I find them interesting, all these homologation complaints. I've had a taste of pure class-based racing in Horizon 3 and hated it.
Reason? Well, some categories are ruined by how the game is balanced. Racing Classic Muscle cars with a grip build is torture, even against the AI, as the Drivatars draw from the actual people's builds, so you end up with a grid full of dragsters you need to keep blocking if you want any chance to win.
In the previous system there were a lot of useless upgrades like Sport suspension that people would never use because there was always room for the adjustable coilovers. Now, not so much... You might actually want to go with those previously useless parts to free up PI for other stuff.
Some people also complain because they have to restrict the car. In some cases, the car is indeed "worsened"... In others, the ability to limit power and lower weight is a huge improvement. I took the DLC Corvette for a spin and I experienced almost no loss of top-end power with the less powerful homologation build compared to the standard one, yet handling was much better because I could lower weight.
This system needs improvement when it comes to certain aspects of it, for example the addition of a minimum weight requirement, but it'll be much better in the long run than the old system, for one reason only: standard tire compounds per division. It's not just "add wide Race tires and use the rest to bring it to A700" anymore. And I expect FM8 to come with class-based career events for those who like it, as we have class-based in the Leagues now, which means Turn 10's going back on their attempt to eliminate the old system.
If some people were "car nuts" as they put it, they'd know every racing series runs standard compounds these days, every racing series has formulae to keep competition close, and it makes no sense to bring TCR and GTE cars to the track against plain, "souped up" street cars. The old system made Forza more arcade. Strip your road Lambo all you can, you just can't compete against an actual racecar like the Ford GTLM on the track. But in Forza you could, and it made the game into a glorified Need for Speed rather than something more serious like it has always been understood by the general public.
Edited by user Saturday, April 21, 2018 7:27:21 PM(UTC)
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May the forced induction be with you.
Alice >>>>>>>>>> Keira