Hi,
I would like to start with a positive note, by saying that I just love this game; a lot of stuff was done right and the setting, the cars, the story, the day/night mode and everything else is super fun.
I'm now at the point where I've kinda finished what I can do though; I have all Ultimate+ parts, a ton of cars, 10mil heat earned overall, finished all the stories and open world challenges.
The only thing keeping me busy for now are the collectables.
I would really like to keep playing this game, because it's the best NFS in years; but with the current multiplayer options, besides just for personal enjoyment, there's no point in trying to find pvp races. A lot of people have also mentioned how hard it is to actually get in a pvp race as practically no one accepts those.
Little side note here: me and my friends have all found that the multiplayer race invite that pops up in the top right corner is hard to notice!
As for multiplayer, here are some ideas, though I'm sure you're not lacking any (Devs)
- Some form of matchmaking system - right now it's just hard to find people to race with, whether it's in-game, on forums, discord etc.
- Ranking system with unlockable rewards e.g. decals, customisation options, rims, cars etc. - this could be a way of introducing new cars
- A racing system with more open world feel - not the typical menu -> select cars -> select races -> wait
- Something that somehow occurs in the open world e.g. competitive racing lobby pops up at a location while cruising in online > drive there to join (get matched cross-server, not just between the few people on current server, which we know are hard to get together for races)
- List of of 5 races is generated - either random, player voting etc.
- After race ends, drive to the next race starting point within a certain time - if you miss it, you miss the race
- Get some sort of points after each race
- Player with most points in the lobby wins after the 5 races - rank changes and maybe a small reward
- Free roaming ability to pull next to someone and challenge them to a race with the ability to place cash bet or even race for pink slips
- Free roaming ability to create a race - place 1st market as starting point, place X markers as checkpoints and a final one as finish
- The system in Payback where you could only place a start and a finish resulted in people taking random routes and only meeting at the finish line - some people would just go in a straight line over the fields
- There are many successful examples of this, such as in The Crew or GTA Online
- Race mode of following someone - if you fall too far behind, you lose - this was one of the most fun modes in NFSU2 multiplayer
- Even the Speedlists from Payback would be good - though I've always found these a little too static for a game with a big world, they're fine for games like F1 where there's no world, just the tracks.
I'm sure other people will have great suggestions to add here, so please do.
I would appreciate if the Devs would publicise their future plans for the game - what's coming next and in what order.
And on top if that, if we were given some way of voting so that at least they get to know what the players want most - what you think the players want might not always be what they actually want.
See you on the streets,
Protozoid.
