The report highlights that the publisher unveiled on various store pages that it will remove Lego 2K Drive from sale on May 19. The multiplayer servers will remain online through May 2027, after which time all of the online functions will stop working. 2K is set to delist the Lego arcade racing experience it dropped three years ago.
According to the latest update, given that the delisting is taking place exactly three years after Lego 2K Drive's arrival, there's a decent chance that the removal is due to expiring licenses. In any case, it's always a blow for experience preservation any time a title is no longer available to buy. It's not exactly clear why 2K is nixing the experience.
In a fresh development, it has a similar format to the Forza Horizon series and Mario Kart Worldwide scene in that it's an open-global stage experience with races, challenges and other objectives strewn throughout. Lego 2K Drive is from the team at Visual Concepts, which is best known for its work on 2K's NBA and WWE titles.
According to the latest update, the vehicle builder capability is particularly rad. You can let your imagination run wild and create just about any shape of car you want with virtual Lego pieces. While I had some issues with the offline races and pushy monetization, I mostly enjoyed my time with Lego 2K Drive.