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Dumpster pearls are an odd resource you might find in Pacific Drive. They might come out of dumpsters, but you’ll also find them in wrecked cars, pneumatic tubes, or even just crates. But you can’t do anything with them until you can…

Thermosap crystals are a mid-game resource in Pacific Drive. You’ll need these glowing red crystals as you make stronger parts for your car — like armored doors and panels — and they’ll allow you to make better tools. Unless you know…

When you get into your vehicle for the first time in Pacific Drive, it doesn’t feel any different than your average junker. Sure, it seems like it could fall apart any minute, but it somehow manages to stay mostly together… as long as…

As your car takes damage in Pacific Drive, it might start to develop quirks, which you’ll need to fix at a tinker station. Quirks can be things like the hood popping open when you reverse, or the radio changing stations when you turn…

Having already played a preview build of Pacific Drive, I felt confident going into my playthrough for this review. I’d learned a lot about this ornery but captivating driving/survival/roguelite game in those few hours — knowledge I…

Inventory space is at a premium in Pacific Drive. You have to find room for all your tools, all the resources you find like copper wire and chemicals, and all the spare parts for your car. Luckily, you can expand both your backpack and…

Chemicals are a resource you’ll need in Pacific Drive to make the invaluable repair putty that patches up your car and repairs damage. Chemicals are only found inside one specific kind of storage container in one specific kind of…

Pacific Drive drops you into its Olympic Exclusion Zone, where things like physics don’t really work right anymore. The first objective or two will help you get acclimated, but you're left to figure out a lot of it on your own. Our…

Copper wire is a resource you’ll need in Pacific Drive to make electronics and things to charge up your car’s battery. You also don’t find copper wire in the same places you find most other resources as you explore the Damp Forest and…