I found my inspiration watching this video right here.
I think it was a very brilliant idea to let the crowd do “San! Ni! Ichi!” count down before the Go! signal. It makes the festival atmosphere feel so much more involving and fun!
I suggest making the crowd react louder to standout racing highlights, such as jumps, drifts, and overtakes.
Just for ideas, these kinds of scenarios would make racing with the crowd seem more exciting:
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Hear someone scream “Ganbare!” as drivers pass a crowd during a race
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Hear the crowd collectively screaming “YEAAAAAAHHHH!!!” when the crowd see overtaking
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Hear the rush of thunderous clamor and cheering when a rally driver sticks their landing after a big jump
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Hear the loud and unanimous “OOOOOOHHHH!!!” when a driver drifts with extreme angle on the track
The crowd is always loud and cheering for us in Horizon, but it feels generally flat. In real life, and especially in Japan, crowds get higher spikes in reaction and excitement when they see cool moments in racing like big jumps in rallying, drifting, and overtaking other drivers during a race.
I think it’s possible to implement this by tying unique crowd audio reactions/recordings to trigger and play when we do skill chains like drifts, jumps, overtakes, etc. next to a crowd during a race. There are probably more skill chains that a crowd would definitely react to.
This will make the crowd feel more involved, dynamic, and natural instead of simply being flat, static audio backdrops for the festival. Imagine energy plateaus and then sudden spikes of clamor and excitement from the crowd upon seeing cars doing cool moves during a race.
I don’t think I see this in FH6’s current build, and it’s just one month before release. It’s a small detail, not even a nitpick, but something I thought would make the game feel more fun and exciting, memorable to play, when it finally releases. It might be a bit too late at this point but I’ll still suggest this to make the game even more exciting!