So, I’ve given this some thought. I don’t foresee them adding ai cops. It’s a ton of work over what they have to build on and they wouldn’t be able to get it done to the high expectations that we have if Forza.
I do think a “cops and robbers”/“cops and racers” multiplayer mode would be fairly easy to implement and fantastic fun.
6v6 players or so.
Cops have limited vehicle choice (Charger, Crown Vic, Raptor, Falcon, maybe a few others.)
Racers get free range of cars, say 10% fewer performance points from the cops.
Cops start spread throughout the map (within reasonable distance of the route but do not have visibility to the route.
Racers start with a normal point-to-point race
Cops don’t see racers on the map except at checkpoints and collisions with “civilians”… but they can see other cops and racers in a cops line of sight are added to the map.
Racers lose 5% of their race payout for every time tagged by a cop (I.e. $20k payout for first becomes $19k, then $18.05k, they will always win something) with a 20-30second refresh. This could be paid to the cop player.
Racers lose 25% of payout and are reset just off the route if they are stopped (or reasonably stuck) for 20-30seconds. This is also paid to the cop players that “touched” the racer during that time.
After the race, teams “randomly” switch so you have equal chance to be cop and racer.
I’d play it…
Im not talking about adding cops in general to the game. Please read my initial post and arguments for this idea. I do not want cops in free roam. They do not need to be there. I agree with this.
What I am talking about is adding another “type” of mode or race. “Street Races” in FH3 are illegal. In Forza horizon 2 these were also called street races except they were part of the festival and had trafffic.
In Horizon 3 they took that out and made “street races” a non sanctioned race aka “illegal”, now the point to point races in H3 are simply called “Sprint” races.
Here is something else to think about. They already have DLC crown victoria with police headlights and everything.
All Im saying is adding another style of race or mode. So for example, they have street races and midnight battles, just add another type of race that is exactly like street races but add a cop to chase you. You get busted, the race is over and you have to do it again, you make it to the finish line you win and you “get away”. Simple. I do not think this will hurt the game in anyway whatsoever. They do not need to implement any “cool downs” or “hiding/getting away from them” since they only appear in this type of race (since they are illegal) and not anywhere else.
Dont like it? Dont do it. Thats what is great about the Horizon series. You have plenty of options to play your style and how you want. For example: I hate the drift PR stunts. absolutely hate them. I do them once, get one star and never touch them again. I dont have to complete those to complete the game either.
So you race the cops to the finish line? (Already a requirement in Midnight Battles)
Are their sirens blaring? (Do not want)
Do they try to ram you or otherwise wreck you? (Do not want)
The Australian police already use the Falcon that’s in the game (the XR6 turbo variant anyways) and the original version of the Chevrolet Super Sport (Holden Commodore SS).
What does it really add?