I think the “solution” (if there is one) would be:
Featured multiplayer:
- Renamed to Ranked Multiplayer
- No more than 5 series in any one week (Forza GT2 (or 3 or 4), Forza TC, Community Choice, 2 “flavour of the month” events based on the update’s content)
- Leaderboards of player rankings added
Unranked multiplayer:
- Searchable custom lobbies (as in FM4)
In theory, drastically cutting down the number of Featured series will funnel more people into them and lead to fuller grids with better matchmaking, and if people want to “just race A Class” they can make/find their own lobby, have people join, kick the griefers etc.