The Crew PC System Requirements Revealed

Ubisoft has announced the system requirements for PC version of upcoming open-world racing game.

Publisher Ubisoft has revealed the PC requirements for its upcoming open-world racing game, The Crew.

Ubisoft has broken down the specs into three categories: minimum, recommended, and optimal. The first thing to note is the 64-bit OS requirement in order to play The Crew on PC.

Minimum:

• Supported OS: Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8/8.1 (64bit)
• Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 @ 2.5 GHz or AMD Athlon II X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz (or better)
• RAM: 4 GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 or AMD Radeon HD4870 (512MB VRAM with Shader Model 4.0 or higher)
  

Recommended:

• Supported OS: Windows 8/8.1 (64bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.66 GHz or AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0 GHz (or better)
• RAM: 8 GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX580 or AMD Radeon 6870 (1024MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher)
  

Optimal:

• Supported OS: Windows 8/8.1 (64bit)
• Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K @ 3.4 GHz or AMD FX-8150 @ 3.6 GHz (or better)
• RAM: 8GB
• Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX670 or AMD Radeon 7870 (2048MB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or higher
  

General Notes:

• OS: The Crew only supports 64-bit operating systems
• DirectX: DirectX June 2010 Redistributable
• Sound: DirectX Compatible Sound Card with latest drivers
• Peripherals: Keyboard required, Xbox 360 controller optional (or compatible controller)
• Supported Video Cards at Release Time: NVIDIA GeForce GTX260 or better, GTX400, GTX500, GTX600, GTX700, GTX900 series; AMD Radeon HD4870 or better, HD5000, HD6000, HD7000, R7, and R9 series.
• The Crew requires that a driver more recent than 14.6 is installed for Windows 7 and 8/8.1. Performance issues may arise when using inferior versions of the video driver (14.4 and below) on these operating systems.
• Laptop correspondent models of the above desktop specifications, as well as newer CPU and Video Cards, may work but have not been exhaustively tested.
  

The Crew will also launch on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, but not PlayStation 3. All versions of the game are scheduled to launch on December 2. Xbox One and PS4 gamers can try the game ahead of release through a closed beta that begins in November.