This guide shows all photo ops locations in The Crew 2. There are 92 photo ops in the game. Some of the them require you to perform a certain action with a certain car and some require you to just take a picture of a landmark. Some Photo Ops have to be completed at night, while it’s raining, when it’s foggy etc. To simply bypass those requirements, you can change most environmental settings in the live photo menu itself. Simply press (PS4) / (XB1) to bring up the settings menu and then cycle through the different options with / (PS4) / / (XB1) . You can also turn back time by holding or jump ahead in time by holding .
Doing Photo Ops gives you money, followers, the “Pics or it didn’t happen” trophy/achievement (for 40 photos) and it adds towards your progression in each racing discipline.
All 4 racing series have a photo op menu called “Photo Album” that is divided into 3 categories. The categories are made up of 6-10 photo ops and amount to a total of 92 photo ops.
You can view the Photo Albums in the Pause Menu > Activities > Select Racing Discipline > Photo Album.
In the Photo Albums Menu you can activate each photo op individually and see the exact requirements. This is by far the easiest and most reliable way to trigger each op. Then all you have to do is go to the locations shown in the guide below.
The Photo Album Menu also lets you keep track of which ones you have completed. They will also be marked on the map after taking the photo.
Street Racing (22)
Underground (7)
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Perfection
Head over to your personal HQ and place any Hyper Car as one of your showcase vehicles and take a picture of it.
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Jump Around
Simply use a ramp to perform a jump with a Drag vehicle.
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Drifting in the Rain
Equip a Drift vehicle and perform drift in the rain. Now head over to the live photo mode and change the weather to rainy before taking the picture.
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Round & Square
To perform a donut you have to hold and at the same time an steer into any direction to perform a full revolution. Do this in Time Square in New York/ Midtown.
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Midnight Rush
You actually have to take a picture of 2 real player using (another player and yourself) nitro at the same time. This does not work with an AI racer. Change the settings so it becomes night for the photo.
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Camaro Night
To unlock the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 you have to reach Icon level 100. Alternatively you can test drive the car in the Street Racing HQ. Perform a burnout by holding and and end the test drive. Now immediately head over to the live photo menu and turn back time.
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Express Delivery
Use any drift vehicle to drift through the Dragon’s Gate in San Francisco.
Roadtrip (8)
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Guilty
Take a picture of the Auburn’s Courthouse north-east of San Francisco.
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Wrecked Ship
Take a picture of the ship wreck south of Lake Erie east of Detroit.
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Ghost Church
Take a picture of the Calico’s Church in the ghost town south of Las Vegas.
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Unisphere
Take a picture of the Unisphere in the Flushing Meadows of Corona Park in New York.
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Hot Chocolate
Take a picture of the of the Meritage Espresso Inn north-east of the Freestyle HQ.
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A Room with a View
Take a picture of the Fermont Banff Springs Hotel in the Ivory Springs Valley in the north.
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Cruise in Paradise
Take a picture of the Key West’s Cruise Ship south of Miami.
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Gas Station
Take a picture of the Gas Station on Route 66 near Black Mount south of Las Vegas.
Skylines (7)
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Golden Gate Bridge
Take a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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Lady Liberty
Take a picture of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
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Foggy
Take a picture of the Queensborough Bridge in New York. Change the weather settings to foggy for this picture.
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Capitol
Take a picture of the Capitol in Washington.
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Strip
Take a picture of the Las Vegas Strip by night. Change the day time to night for this picture.
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Pentagon
Take a picture of the Pentagon in Washington.
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Piggy Bank
Take a picture of the top of the US Bank Tower in Los Angeles.
Offroad (25)
Landscape (7)
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Rush for More
Take a picture of Mount Rushmore west of Chicago.
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Go East for Mitten
Take a picture of The Easten Mitten Butte Monumnet near the Offroad HQ.
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Cape Cod Bay
Take a picture of the Cape Cod bay including the lighthouse north-east of New York.
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Everglades
Take a picture of the big Cypress in the middle of the Everglades park near Miami.
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Niagara Falls
Take a picture of the Niagara Falls north of New York.
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Meteor Crater
Take a picture of the Meteor Crater south-west of the Offroad HQ.
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Grand Canyon
Take a picture of the Grand Canyon west of the Offroad HQ.
On the Edge (8)
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Dam’ High
Perform a wheelie on top of Folsom’s Dam north of San Francisco with any bike.
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Slippery
Stand at the edge of Seaside Waterfall near with Mountains with a motorcross bike north of New York.
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Ivory’s Peak
Stand on the top of the Ivory Spring Valley mountain in the Proto Buggy rally road car.
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Mt. Moriah
Stand on the top of Mt. Moriah north of Las Vegas with a rally raid vehicle.
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Pikes Peak
Stand on the top of Pikes Peak in a rally cross car south-west of Chicago.
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White Mountains
For this you have to reach the peak of the White Mountains north of New York with a motocross bike and take a picture of that.
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Las Mountains
Stand on top of the tallest mountain south-east of Las Vegas in a rally raid vehicle.
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Salty peak
Stand at the top of the mountain north-west of Salt Lake City in a rally cross car.
Wild Life (10)
The “Wild Life” photo op set requires you to take picture of wild animals. You’ll have to drive around in a specific region until you are notified that a photo op opportunity is nearby and which one it is. After you accepted the photo op, switch over to the live photo menu and have a look around for the animal in question. The only thing I can really help you with here is giving you an approximate area in which the desired animal is roaming around.
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Bear with Me
Take a picture of a bear in the wild. Bears are found in pretty much every forest in central North America. A good place to look for them would be in High Sierra, which is located right between San Francisco and Las Vegas or the forests near the border to Canada in the north.
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Mangrove
Take a picture of a crocodile or alligator in the wild. Alligators/ crocodiles are found in the swamp areas around Miami and New Orleans.
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Antler
Take a picture of a deer in the wild. Deers are found in pretty much every forest in central North America. A good place to look for them would be in High Sierra, which is located right between San Francisco and Las Vegas or the forests near the border to Canada in the north.
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Befriend
Take a picture of an ox in the wild. You can find ox north-west of Miami, near the “High Speed Drifter” rally raid event in the forest.
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Dance with the Wolves
Take a picture of a wolf in the wild, while it’s snowing. Simply change the weather to snowy for this. Wolves are found in pretty much every forest in central North America. A good place to look for them would be in High Sierra, which is located right between San Francisco and Las Vegas or the forests near the border to Canada in the north, like the Fergus Pass north of Salt Lake City.
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Flight of the Condor
Take a picture of a condor in the wild. Condors are found in the desert, so have a look around the surrounding area of Las Vegas.
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Buffalo
Take a picture of a buffalo in the wild. Buffalos are usually roaming around the area north-east of Salt Lake City, near the “Jackson Hole Valley Escape” street racing activity.
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Coyote
Take a picture of a coyote in the wild. Coyotes are found in pretty much every forest in central North America. A good place to look for them would be in High Sierra, which is located right between San Francisco and Las Vegas or the forests near the border to Canada in the north.
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Pink
Take a picture of a flamingo in the wild. Flamengos are found in Miami and the surrounding area near the ocean including New Orleans.
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Spirited
Take a picture of a moose in the wild. Moose are found in the forests near the border to Canada in the north.
Freestyle (23)
Reckless (8)
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Monster & Co.
Perform a trick with a monster truck in the STORMX ARENA Playground east of New York.
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French Kiss
Fly through the Eiffel Tower Replica in Las Vegas performing a inverted-low-altitude maneuver.
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Over the Head
Jump over a Ferrari while driving a monster truck. This can be performed using any ramp, but you’ll need another player driving a Ferrari.
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Top Notch
Perform a knife flight through the notch on the West Mitten Butte. near the offroad HQ.
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Not a Scratch
Perform a close break maneuver with another player in monster trucks. You have to accelerate towards another player then break and come to a halt before touching the other vehicle to perform a close break. This can be done anywhere.
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Against the Flow
Jump off the North Woods Waterfall north of New York in a power boat.
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Like a Breeze
Perform a roll through the Wind turbines near Big Bend west of Dallas in an aerobatics plane.
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Vestige
Fly through the ruins north of Black Mount east of Los Angeles with an aerobatics plane.
King of the Hill (7)
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King of Egypt
Stand at the top of the pyramid in Las Vegas.
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King of the Plant
Stand at the top of the Nuclear Power Plant in a monster truck west of Chicago. Use a plane/ helicopter to land at the edge of the chimney and then switch to a monster truck. It’s enough to simply touch the edge, even if you fall down afterwards.
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King of the Rodeo
Stand on the head of the massive cow north of Dairyland (north-west of Chicago) in a monster truck. Use the same method as used for “King of the Plant” above to land on the cow.
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King of the Peddle
Take a picture of the Peddle Wheel boat on Lake Superior north-west of Chicago in any plane. You have to change the time of the day to dawn for this picture.
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King of the Graveyard
Perform a low altitude maneuver above the plane graveyard south-east of Los Angeles.
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King of the Valley
Stand at the top of the highest pole in Monument Valley south of the offroad HQ.
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King of the Wall Street
Perform a wall ride with a monster truck in the Financial District in New York. Use stairs in front of the police station to perform the wall ride.
Weird (8)
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Home
Perform a jump with any bike with the moon in the background. Simply go to a somewhat open area, perform a jump and change the time of day to night and the weather to clear and rotate it so the bike ends up in front of the moon.
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Hover-1
Drive a hovercraft on the Speedrome race track in Long Island east of New York. In order to unlock the hovercraft you have to beat Sofia in the main event of the freestyle racing series.
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Sail High
Jump off the big Ski Jump in a jetsprint vehicle north-east of the freestyle HQ.
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Wrecked Wheel
Take a picture of the wrecked paddlewheel boat on the bank of the Mississippi river west of Chicago.
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Dino
Take a picture of the dinosaur shaped bushes on Santa Monica drive in Los Angeles.
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Presidential Bath
Ride any boat in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington.
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Bottom Up
Perform an inverted low-altitude maneuver in the Grand Canyon south-east of Las Vegas.
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Un-conventinal
Stand in front of the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles in a monster truck.
Pro Racing (22)
Official Track (6)
For these pictures you have to take an aerial view picture from about 500m/ 550yards in the air. You have to make sure that the whole race track is visible on the picture for it to count.
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Laguna
Take an aerial view picture of the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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Little Eagle
Take an aerial view picture of the Little Eagle Speedrome south of Detroit.
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Long Island
Take an aerial view picture of the Long Island Speedrome in New York.
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The Giants
Take an aerial view picture of The Giants Race Track north of San Francisco.
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Golden Hills
Take an aerial view picture of The Golden Hills Race Track between Los Anegles and Las Vegas.
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Miami
Take an aerial view picture of The Miami Race Track in Miami.
Pro Line-Up (8)
The Pro Line-Up photo album requires you to take pictures of various pro racing vehicles. You either have to unlock the vehicle or alternatively test drive/ select the vehicle in the pro racing HQ so it is being placed on the respective pedestal. You can use the live photo menu while you are in the HQ.
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Proto Water
Take a picture of the Proto Offshore MK2 power boat. You have to reach icon level 400 in order to unlock this vehicle.
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Grand Tour
Take a picture of the Aston Martin Vulcan touring car. You have to beat Clarence Bishop the third in the main event of the pro racing series in order to unlock this vehicle.
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Another Edge
Take a picture of the Zivko Edge 540 V3 air race plane. The plane costs $240,100.
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Stylissimo
Take a picture of the Ferrari 488 GT3 touring car. The car costs $796,600.
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On Your Mark
Take a picture of the Proto Alpha Mark II alpha gp car. The car costs $583,800.
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Powerboat Line-Up
Take a picture of 2 power boats, one of them being the Vector V40R. The boat costs $459,900.
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Air Race Line-Up
Take a picture of 2 air race planes.
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Seal Crew
Take a picture of 2 pro racing vehicles, one of them being a power boat and the other one an air race plane.
Elite Pilot (8)
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Head Start
Take a picture of a car perfomring a burnout at the starting grid of Little Eagle Speedrome south of Detroit.
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Low Blow
Take a picture of an air race plane flying at a low altitude above the finish line of The Giants Race Track north of San Francisco.
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Central Show-Off
Take a picture of yourself flying in high speed with an air race plane over Central Park in New York.
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Overtake
Overtake another player on the Jersey Racing Track west of New York and take a picture of it.
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Mountain Pass
Take a picture of yourself at the exit of the Jackson Hole Valley tunnel west of Chicago at high speed. It’s recommended to use a drag car for this, as you have to reach at least 303 kph rather quickly.
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Cruise ‘n Go
Perform a touch and go on the deck of the Key West’s Cruise ship south of Miami. A touch and go requires you to touch thr ground and then lift off again in one motion.
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Under the Bridge
Fly underneath the the bridge at the State Prison north of Detroit with an air race plane.
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Slipstream
Perform a slipstream with another player on the Key West Bridge south of Miami. You simply have to drive behind each other in order to perform a slipstream.
Those were all the photo ops in The Crew 2. After completing 40 you should have unlocked the “Pics or it didn’t happen” trophy/achievement. Congrats!
ilchiodi says
Perfect guide, thanks!
Geekycenobite says
To get around wasting money on vehicles or grinding to get timeline unlocks you can just go to the hq of the vehicle class you need, hit select then scroll to needed vehicle, back out of the menu and take the picture that way
tom says
perfect guide because you can see exactly where the photo ops is using the photo thanks whoever made this