That’s an awesome idea!
I loved stuff like this in games as a kid (probably even moreso now as a nerdy enthusiast to be fair.)
That reverence that Need For Speed used to have for the supercars it offered…My God, that needs to come back. I think a few of those games even went as far as giving you manufacturer running footage and internal ads you wouldn’t see anywhere else. I miss that kind of stuff.
Its not, Hasnt really been since the first one. Its more for people who like road trips and Coca Cola commercials than car enthusiasts. Biggest indication of this is how they deal with the “economy” and race wins and payouts. They’re virtually consequential.
The wrecking yard idea is great, I’ve been thinking of a similar thing for ages where we could find lemon cars with unique parts such as bodykits but have to pay for restoring it (a bit like barn finds but with over powered extras and visual mods such as big exhaust tips giving extra bhp or widebody kit e.g trd 3000Gt supra) but also take parts off the really wrecked cars ( which should have unique parts like aftermarket rear or front lights , even better front end swaps e.g s15 front which can go on s14. Triple rotar turbo engines out of crumpled RX car or even a chance to give us some of the cars from the leak list especially the Japanese cars FTO and DelSol and find them rotting in the back but they rarely show up.
If this is too much to do we could have like a junk yard wheelspins where sometimes you get random unique car items or unique cars you want or sometimes get sh:7 horns