The Crew Motorfest in test: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

A feast for racing game fans? Ubisoft tries to compete with Forza Horizon 5 with The Crew Motorfest. We took a closer look at the title and clarify which graphics card is needed for which settings in this benchmark test.

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Test notebooks

We are currently running our gaming benchmarks with these notebooks. Clicking on the photos will take you to the respective manufacturer's homepage. All other test systems (tower PCs, mini PCs, ...) are listed at the end of the article.

Technology

One of the biggest strengths of The Crew Motorfest is its impressive visuals. The idyllic island paradise with its dreamlike landscapes impresses with crisp textures, very dense vegetation and a generally high level of detail. The effects, be it tire tracks, reflections or water splashes, are not bad either and are on par with the times. The same applies to the fancy lighting and the successful vehicle models.

As is typical for Ubisoft, the graphics menu is also convincing. While you can influence the resolution (there is unfortunately no classic fullscreen mode), the render scaling, the edge smoothing (TAA + FXAA) and V-Sync in the "General" tab, there are more than 10 detail controls in the "Quality" tab, which can be adjusted via preset in one go. Particularly praiseworthy: There are not only explanatory texts for the individual settings, but also comparison pictures. It is also nice that all changes are applied without restarting.

The built-in FPS limit is not quite as optimal: More than 60 FPS cannot be coaxed out of the title. Some gamers will also miss the presence of DLSS or FSR. Ubisoft could also work on the loading times (duration of the game start, return to the main menu). On the other hand, the title does not take up too much space on the storage device with about 34 GB.

Benchmark

As you would expect from Ubisoft, an integrated benchmark is on board. The approximately one-minute sequence shows - who would have thought it - a car race from changing perspectives. It goes through water as well as through the jungle. Conveniently, an FPS graph is already presented during the measurement. There is some more information at the end of the benchmark, but the evaluation is not nearly as detailed as in some other Ubisoft titles.

Basically, we would describe the hardware requirements of The Crew Motorfest as quite moderate. With 40 FPS upwards, you get a sufficiently smooth gameplay.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

The performance table is very unspectacular in Full HD. With the exception of the iGPU Radeon 680M, which only drives 1,280 x 720 pixels and minimum settings with more than 40 FPS, all tested mid-range and high-end GPUs scratch the 60 FPS limit when using 1,920 x 1,080 pixels even with maximum details.

The Crew Motorfest
1920x1080 Low Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (58^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	60 (58^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (57^min) fps ∼100% 60 (57^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100% 60 (58^min) fps ∼100% 59 (56^min) fps ∼98%
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	60 (57^min) fps ∼100% 60 (57^min) fps ∼100% 60 (56^min) fps ∼100% 58 (53^min) fps ∼97%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	29 (24^min) fps ∼48% 28 (24^min) fps ∼47% 24 (20^min) fps ∼40% 20 (17^min) fps ∼33%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

For a combination of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and the Ultra preset, a mid-range model on the same level as the GeForce RTX 4050 is sufficient.

The Crew Motorfest
2560x1440 Ultra Preset
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	60 (58^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	59 (55^min) fps ∼98%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	59 (56^min) fps ∼98%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	55 (50^min) fps ∼92%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	55 (49^min) fps ∼92%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	47 (41^min) fps ∼78%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

The wheat is only separated from the chaff when using a 4K display. 3,840 x 2,160 pixels and full details crave a high-end accelerator starting with the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or GeForce RTX 4070. In these settings, The Crew Motorfest seems to be quite VRAM-heavy. On our RTX 4050 laptop (only 6 GB), a warning message about too little VRAM appeared in 4K/Ultra.

The Crew Motorfest
3840x2160 Ultra Preset
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	60 (58^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	60 (59^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	57 (50^min) fps ∼95%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	41 (35^min) fps ∼68%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	39 (34^min) fps ∼65%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	35 (33^min) fps ∼58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	34 (29^min) fps ∼57%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	25 (22^min) fps ∼42%

Note

Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often restricted by installation or activation limits, we can only provide you with a part of the benchmarks for the publication of the articles. Further graphics cards will be installed later.

Overview

All test systems

Notebook	Graphics card	Processor	Memory
XMG Neo 17 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 @175 W TGP (12 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Focus 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 @140 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @150 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900H	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Acer Predator Helios 300	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti @150 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-12700H	2 x 8 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	AMD Radeon RX 6800S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	2 x 16 GB DDR5

Tower PC	Graphics card	Processor	Memory
Custom I / Asus ROG Strix Z790-F / G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB GDDR6X) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900K	2 x 24 GB DDR5
Custom II	Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB GDDR6X) NvidiaTitan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) lNvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 Super (4 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB GDDR6) AMDRadeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	2 x 16 GB DDR5

Mini-PC	Graphics card	Processor	Memory
MinisforumNUCXi7	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @125 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 8 GB DDR4
MinisforumHX99G	AMD Radeon RX 6600M @100 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Minisforum UM790 Pro	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2 x 32 GB DDR5

4K monitors	operating system	Nvidia drivers	AMD drivers
Gigabyte M32U	Windows 11	ForceWare 537.34	Adrenalin 23.9.2

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5	Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
	May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
	May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
?	Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
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Pos	Model	< Prev Next > The Crew Motorfest (2023)
Pos	Model	low 1920x1080 Low Preset	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset	high 1920x1080 High Preset	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra Preset	QHD 2560x1440 Ultra Preset	4K 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
5	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080		60	60	60	60	60
8	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT		60	60	60	60	60
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU		60	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	60
22	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU		60	60	60	60	57
24	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		60	60	60	60	58
36	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU		60	60	60	59	41
37	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU		60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ²	59	39
40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070		60	60	60	60	46
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU				60	58	36
50	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU		60	60	60	55	35
53	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	60ⁿ²	60ⁿ³	60ⁿ³	60ⁿ³	54.5ⁿ²	34
64	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	60	60	60	58
91	AMD Radeon RX 7600S		60	60	57	42	24
145	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	60	60ⁿ³	60ⁿ³	59ⁿ³	46.5ⁿ²	25
148*	Intel Arc A730M	60	57	50	46
152	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile	59	59	52	46
167	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	55	50	40	35
187	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile	48	43	35	29
189	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	49	45	37
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >The Crew Motorfest
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
198	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	33	30	24
202	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	46	41	33	28
222*	Intel Arc A310	37	33	27	22
223*	Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU	32	30	25	21
225*	Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU	26	24	20	17
241*	AMD Radeon 780M	35	33	27	24
249	AMD Radeon 680M	29	28	24	20
281*	AMD Radeon 760M	25	23	19
382*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10	13	12
431*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	14	13	10
511*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	13	12	10
669*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	7