Honestly I’m not sure how I feel about this, on paper I think it’s cool but I worry that the event lab props will create a jarring contrast to the map (I know I can do whatever I want with it though). My biggest concern is that this could be a nuisance for players, like me, who aren’t skilled in eventlab which is where my point above comes from.
I feel cool things can come out of this but for the majority of casual players I worry this will be a waste of space on the map, I just hope it’s not too big of an area compared to the rest of the map.
It’s probably about the size of the stadium in FH5. You can also just use Prefabs from other players if you don’t want to spend time on creating it yourself. It’s also not gonna be a big deal if you don’t use that feature, as it’s just for players who enjoy EventLab already and just wanna show off their skill to their friends. If you don’t wanna use it, you can also just drive to the other player houses and ignore the estate.
Exactly how I feel about it too… I find the Event Lab creation tools cumbersome no matter what controller I attempt to use them on, it’s discouraging to me honestly, and it is basically how I also felt about the Livery Editor - but that I got used to. The myriad of different controls you get in game for the Event Editor is itself almost too much to handle. And I play on PC with a Wheel… so I use my Keyboard because I cannot use the wheel to do anything. I was honestly “meh” about it.
Now the garage customization - that I am excited for.
Hopefully that is easy enough to manage in the editor.
For clarity, What I’m saying is: The editor UI/UX is unnecessarily cumbersome / hard for me to use on my inputs.
It is exactly how I felt about what they did to the Livery editor in Motorsport.
Example: It was awful to use compared to Horizons, and that is no claim that Horizon’s is great.
Horizons is functional, and the UI design doesn’t get in the way of it. It’s consistent between input methods as well, with only very minor differences.
No such luck for the event lab UI. As a wheel user on PC I have to do this silly dance between my wheel and keyboard & mouse to work the UI. As a creator, I want to use their UI, but for me and my chosen inputs types, it’s more trouble than it’s worth. So, I concentrate on Liveries and Vinyls. …which is a whole other story.
Not sure if i understood it correctly but wasn’t The Estate, part of the special island that we’re supposed to unlock, once we’re granted legendary status? So i suppose we could just ignore it, if we want to. It’s also placed in a valley, all surrounded by forests and hills, so it doesn’t seem like it’ll interfere with the map a lot. But i do get your point.
I thought it was up in the mountains. Like a valley in between the mountains. That’s the impression I got from the presentation at least.
I don’t think it’s on legend island. They imply one of the characters from the main story gives you the place. The estate once belonged to her family or something along those lines.