• Bring back the wristband system or something like it. The XP leveling system currently in place doesn’t make sense this game is not an RPG. Not to mention how easy it is to abuse it.
• Game should start in C class and gradually increase similar to how it was in the OG Forza Horizon and the FH5 Hot Wheels expansion.
• Bring back themed and class restricted events and make completing these the only way to advance in the campaign. Each track should have a selection of these with more being available as you progress through the game. That way early game tracks don’t become completely obsolete once you move on to the next wristband tier and you have multiple options to choose (like in FM4) instead being forced to acquire a specific car to race there.
• Separate street races once again. In the original Forza Horizon street races didn’t award any points towards your next wristband level but they paid roughly twice as much as a normal road race. Returning to that format would make them stand as a different activity rather than just being road races with traffic.
• Blueprints should still be available to make/play at any point but you won’t get any progression points/XP from completing those. You can use them to grind easy money if you want to ruin the economy for yourself but not to cheese your way to the top.
• Wheelspins should be awarded for achieving certain milestones, challenges, or festival playlist events. Making them rarer will balance the game economy and incentivice players to seek alternate ways of obtaining new cars like completing challenges, festival playlist events or stories.
• Accolades (or something like it) should be carried over. It is a very good idea and gives an alternative way of obtaining vehicles and the like.
• A large credit reward for completing the final event. The original game rewarded you with 5 million credits (just over 10 depending on your difficulty settings). This would make completing feel like an actual accomplishment instead of just another event on the list.
The hardest thing in my opinion is how the festival playlist would fit into this. But I suppose if they simply add the cars you missed out on to the auto show or simply allow you to replay older playlists as you wish then it won’t matter if you missed out on a rare car because you couldn’t afford the right cars to complete the events.
Car pass/DLC cars should remain unchanged. You’re already paying real money for them.