Best for driving mechanics
Forza Horizon 5
4.7 feature score
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Mario Kart World
4.6 feature score
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Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
16 supporting reviews
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Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
4.3 overall score
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Driving mechanics are one of the strongest consensus points, with reviewers praising handling, realism, speed, and arcade-sim balance.
Pros: controls responsiveness, movement feel
Cons: tutorial quality, animation quality
Driving is a clear highlight, with the Batmobile and vehicle handling described as fun and the best yet for a Lego game.
Pros: pacing, core gameplay loop
Cons: companion AI, map and navigation design
Driving and drifting were among the strongest points, with reviewers praising the feel, physics, and mechanical precision.
Pros: animation quality, sound design
Cons: difficulty balance, AI behavior
Naval handling earned strong praise, especially where storms, waves, and refined ship combat appear to affect how the Jackdaw feels at sea.
Pros: core gameplay loop, visual effects quality
Cons: monetization fairness, microtransaction impact
Driving receives broad praise for controller feel, physics, wet-weather realism, and accessibility, but some reviewers call certain handling slow, loose, or oversteer-heavy.
Pros: open-world design, replay value
Cons: dialogue quality, writing quality
Vehicle sequences were often singled out as cooperative highlights, especially when each player controlled part of a boat or vehicle.
Pros: writing quality, checkpoint system
Cons: menu usability, user interface design
Vi-O-La itself often controlled well and could be fun, but its role was tied to the more divisive desert hub.
Pros: world-building, frame rate stability
Cons: companion AI, upgrade system
Driving impressions are mostly positive for Bond-style speed, spectacle, and road feel, but several previews note hands-off uncertainty or chases that run long.
Pros: level design, user interface design
Cons: AI behavior, facial animations
Vehicles are praised for handling better and arriving earlier, though several reviewers felt driving can trivialize the hiking-focused identity.
Pros: animation quality, facial animations
Cons: quest design, AI behavior
Mech/vehicle-style sections were mixed to negative overall: some enjoyed the spectacle and scale, but many found them shallow, repetitive or underpowered.
Pros: environmental detail, polish
Cons: camera behavior, value for money