So I’d like to see a reduced penalty for missing a checkpoint. A lot of the multiplayer races are chaotic, particularly in Cross Country and other player behaviour can be challenging.
The current rewind can completely destroy your race often taking you from a front running position to near last for a minor infraction, often an unintentional one if an AI car or another player hits you on corner entry. I’m fine taking the penalty but I’d like to see it reduced so the impact is less.
It’s a non issue in single player as its a full rewind but in multiplayer a faster rewind and back in the game would add to the flow.
Perhaps this is a controversial opinion, but except for street races, I’d honestly like to see checkpoints be done away with entirely. Ever since Horizon 2, I feel like the developers have been using the checkpoint system as a crutch/excuse to not properly enclose the races like an actual racing festival taking place on public roads would.
Not to mention we’ve lost a lot of track detail since the first game. There’s no licensed sponsorship boards anymore. There’s far less spectators. There’s barely any areas where track marshals, cameramen, and EMS would be stationed. Chuck out the checkpoint system, and bring all of this back and then some. Brake markers, rumble strips, and breakable tire walls would also be welcomed.