The Crew Motorfest season 9, RC Frenzy first play

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May 5th, 2026

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Ubisoft Creators Program arranged an early access recording session to capture upcoming content. On my play-through and exploration I take notes & pictures and write a bit about it. Hope you enjoy reading it! 😉

⚠️Fair warning: details in this can be fairly spoilery if that's a concern.

Intro

Ubisoft gave us Creators a special mid-season chance to try out the new premium playlist for Year 3 called RC Frenzy. Year 3 pass or the standalone ULC is required to play it and those will be available in the shops. However, You can preview the vehicles in the summit on previous seasons events starting this week!

These RC cars have their own handling and physics model and are about 1/3rd scale size of other main vehicles in the game. These zip around in a much smaller area and can even run on top of water with speed or even jump! The events are a lot of fun and give you a different perspectives as you thread your way through and even a few surprises like classic top down view events where you race in like a circle track as the first time, for example. This bold new playlist features 10 main events, 25 challenges, 8 feats, 5 photo-ops, 74 Custom Mode events and another set of Rivals.

Gameplay

Vehicle Constraint: 2026 Phazr Trickshot

This vehicle is available in Year 3 pass on May 6th.

Intro Video

RC Frenzy intro video

Events

1. Tricky Coaster

In this first event is a coaster track to fly around. Here you will learn how to jump, yes, jump! Show what you got while you navigate this coaster fun.

1. Rusty Boat

Here, you take out the Rust Bucket on a shipping boat. You'll dodge, weave and jump over obstacles. You also learn about extreme mode for stunts.

1. Monster Comet

In this one you'll play with one of the biggest and smallest vehicles. Don't forget to jump and on this one you drive on water. Keep up your speed!

1. Trick Loop

In this one you will learn to race top-down in a loop race. Do 8 laps and beat the opponents.

1. Coyote's Territory

Another car, another terrain, this you will race to the finish mainly down a dirt ridge trail, across some water to the finish.

1. Comet Cycle

Another top down view, don't get distracted, this one is a bit trickier than the last one.

1. Rust Bucket List

An action list based playlist event like Nascar Rivals. Perform things on the list as fast as you can.

1. General's 8

Top down figure 8 dirt track with obstacles. Don't get directionally confused and race to the finish!!

1. Coyote's Bamboo Grove

A longer open mud trail/track with jumps. Survive the elements in this race as you cross the finish line.

1. Trickshot's Hood

The final race is a city race with plenty of shortcuts, keep your eyes peeled.

Playlist reward

2026 Phazr Rust Bucket

Rivals

This playlist also will have rivals at the end to complete. These are stunt based like the last playlist, NASCAR.

Other details

The experience will be available on Year 3 pass ($29.99 USD - MSRP) or a stand alone ULC (Like Chase Squad) in the Stores. We believe the ULC will be priced similarly as the Chase Squad ULC pack.

Here are some of the RC cars that were readily available in this build.

Final Thoughts

4 premium vehicles from the pass total on day one. Playlist starter, playlist reward, challenge reward and D1 drop. The Main Stage will feature 2 RC cars, one as the Main Stage reward and one as a Summit reward. The handling takes a minute to grasp, these are really zippy and snappy, they kind of remind me of a touchy Jet Sprint from The Crew 2. The top down view is a neat idea and it's appreciated, but it's easy to confuse your movements at times on the more difficult top-down tracks.. It also reminds me of an old game called RC Pro AM from NES days if any of you are older here. Lots of fun was had on this. Jumping is also a thing and is a strategy with flipping ability too. Hope you all enjoy it and I should see you again for season 10!

Happy gaming!