Would love to know a bit more about rivals and the event setup in the game.
Are the race routes season specific or are they the same through all seasons?
Season specific would create a more individual feeling to each season.
I would imagine this is certainly the case with winter due to frozen over lakes.
So maybe we will see a separate rivals menu for each season? That would be pretty nice
From the “Winter” July 24 livestream:
Showing how the map has changed for the season: “It brings in the seasonal Championships for Winter and obviously removes the ones from Autumn, and everything that comes in for that specific season you’ll see on the map as well.”
Would be great to see how they have approached the rivals menu this time around
It’s a nice touch that certain routes will be season specific rather than just generic ones
Well they definitely payed more attention to adding new rivals in 7 so i’d assume playground and them would keep it going for Horizon
So ive seen another thread expressing a disappointment with the rivals mode. It was quite expected to be honest that something was going to have to change.
What I want here is ideas for how you would like RIVALS mode to change
Here is my idea
A realistic solution to this would be to have the menu as such
Race type selection first (as it is) - road, dirt, cross country, drag
Route selection (as it is)
Season selection for that route with 1 pre selected car class
To add in each class is probably not possible, so a pre selected car class for each seasonal route variant would be a great idea. If they share the classes out evenly over all seasonal variants I think most people would make most people happy.
Also the fact you couldn’t run every route in say A class would make the route that you can very popular.
I agree with your analysis until you suggested only 1 class for each track. Microsoft’s servers should be more than capable of storing data for EVERY class in every season.
This is SO important. When you’ve completed all the events and if, like me, you are not a fan of multiplayer, Rivals is the main focus. As it currently stands, this game will have nothing to offer for me very quickly!
The Rivals mode is very limited. There should be the option to race every track in every season for at least A class and S1 class. Maybe even B class for those that like to played with lower powered classic cars. Tuning is a bit part of Rivals. Or rivals can also change with the seasons.
The rivals where you have a specific un tuned cars and specific seasons should be in the monthly rivals section. There is only one monthly rival at the moment… what’s the point in a section devoted to one event?