Neon City Overdrive (HUB)
Simply put, I was looking through many alternatives to CPRED because The Crew had reached a point where some of their STATS were getting results that heavily outpaced the Difficulty Rating schema proposed by the system and "balancing" would've meant just spiking the difficulty on the NPC's ends as well.
I first looked at CBR+PNK, which I was already familiar with, but it was too simple (with no way to go up). Then, The Sprawl & The Veil were interesting, but neither was hitting the mark.
Eventually, I found Neon City Overdrive, which had both an interesting core mechanic and was very much player-facing.
For more about the mechanics, see here:
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The basic roll: Trademarks & Triggers
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Bonuses: Edges, Conditions, Gear
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Maluses: Conditions, Flaws
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Results: Dice Rolls, Boons, Stunts
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Other types of checks: Extended Checks, Helping