LEGO 2K Drive is three-quarters of a great game. The open-world driving around Bricklandia is fast and full of goofy visual humor, and the garage mode where kids build custom cars brick by brick is genuinely impressive. Vehicles automatically morph from street racers to off-roaders to speedboats as terrain changes, keeping races fast and dynamic.

The friction comes from publisher 2K treating a full-price console game like a free-to-play mobile app. The in-game shop regularly advertises cosmetic vehicles and battle pass items behind virtual currency. If you lock down platform purchasing settings or play offline, there is a fun kart racer here, but expect your kid to ask for virtual currency.