The Fast & Furious movie series either spawned or inspired many other racing games like Need For Speed and Midnight Club. The games have released across various platforms, even for mobile devices and of course arcade games. When The Fast and the Furious released for PS2 in 2006, drawing heavy inspiration from some of fans’ favorite film installment Tokyo Drift, it was met with very mixed reception, averaging out to about 6/10 on popular review sites. This average score would serve as a precursor to many of the Fast & Furious games to come, including Crossroads.
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Fast & Furious: Crossroads is another reimagining of the film franchise. It was originally geared to release May of this year but was ultimately delayed along with Fast & Furious 9 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Crossroads features many of the same main characters and locations while combining racing with a version of enemies. But the films, while sometimes lacking in the story development department, offer adrenaline-filled scenes and jaw-clenching drama for its audience that it cultivated over nearly two decades. Crossroads, unfortunately, does not seem to deliver the same action-packed quality.
Push Square (Liam Croft)
Score: 3/10
Gamereactor UK (Peter Hegevall)
Score: 3/10
Eurogamer (Martin Robinson)
Score: No Score
GameSpew (Richard Seagrave)
Score: 3/10
It looks like Fast & Furious Crossroads has completely missed its mark as a gaming successor to Universal Studio Hollywood’s biggest franchise. Though Slightly Mad Studios is known solely for racing games and most notably for the Project CARS series, the developer was unable to deliver the same quality from its past racing titles, so fans may want to pick up one of August’s other games instead.
Fast and Furious Crossroads is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
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