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> From what I can tell The Crew is an online game? What am I missing here.

The main selling point of The Crew was the large, open-world map. All people I know who played that game completely disregarded any multiplayer features (of which there was not that many, at most amounting to co-op throughout the game's campaign).

> I feel like it is well understood that an online game, like Fortnite, WoW, whatever requires a server to work and may at some point stop working.

For most online games, it is absolutely possible to provide basic server functionality, even for MMOs like WoW. See another comment I wrote on here about CSGO/CS2. WoW (and Fortnite i think?) are in a different class than The Crew since they follow a subscription model, where it is more obvious that you do not own the game.