There is a seemingly massive backlash against the time requirements for the car level system. In game, seemingly, it is fed by race wins and corner mastery. A lot feel that this system, while addressing the “connection to the car” aspect, limits the openness of the past forza games.
As such, I propose a Sponsor system. A system that rewards the player for doing mini challenges, as per sponsors picked by the player, such as:
- Qualify higher than X
- Finish higher than X
- Overtake X cars
- Complete a race with X assist off/on
- Perfect 3 corners
- Hit X Mph
and so on. As for rewards, these can be anything from: - Simple 2x or 1.5x Multiplier to Car XP
- Credits (e.g… +1000Cr.)
- Driver Gear
- Badges
- Sponsor Stickers (of the fictional variety)
- Forza Edition cars (or cars with specialized liveries)
Of course, the sponsors can be fictional, of which a lot can be seen in the footage so far.
IF this sounds familiar, then it is because it is a slightly altered version of the Mod cards system. Instead of buying mods, you can just have challenges you pick under the name of your sponsor. THese can be tiered similar to FH’s star system. Where, for example, Finishing 3rd is 1 star, 2nd is 2 stars and 1st is 3 stars. More stars means more rewards. They key differences that these can’t be bought, and that these do not give the player advantages during a race (like additional grip).
This does mean that players will have the choice of picking the challenges that they are comfortable with, instead of buying mod packs. This can work well with the “career” aspect of the player too.
This will add additional incentive to take risks, and add variety to gameplay loops, while theoretically being familiar to the developers.
As a smaller note, Manufacturer affinity could be brought back to add simple boosts to Car XP and credits, or to just add a discount to the next car from that manufacturer that can be purchased by the player, alongside driver gear and badges.
