Main Menu - Pins: Using the Xbox One dashboard as an example, I'd like to be able to pin favorite game menu locations to the main game menu layout for quick access. My Cars is always my starting point to the game and it seems like it takes an unnecessary number of menu clicks to get to them. I'd redesign the main menu by splitting the Career menu box into two - one for My Cars, and one free box to pin your favorite location in (as specific as Multiplayer Special Events Unlimited Drag for example). Maybe even the ability to move the boxes around or change their sizes to customize your display would be nice to have.
Main Menu - Community content display: I keep forgetting to look for user-generated content like Forza TV and shared photos. It would be nice to see a scroll of current Select, Popular, and Friends photos, designs, and maybe even tuning files, either within a main menu box or as a screen-saver. Something automatic and upfront to show off what the community is producing to prompt me to check it out.
Career - Restrictions display/options: Add a button to show event restrictions in Career League series. Always show the full series event list (even if events are locked), not only after the Championship is complete. Add the option to Buy eligible cars stock, not just upgraded. Add the option to upgrade/tune/paint in the event menu (next to assists). Always show the track name in the event info screen.
Career - Bonus races: If new tracks are added through DLC, add Bonus races for these environments.
Upgrade Shop - Car select: Add the ability to switch cars from within the Upgrade Shop. Always show the car model name on every screen in Upgrades and Tuning.
Buy Cars/My Cars - Filters: Add all the car search filters available in FM4. Display Body Family (vital for Career series restrictions), Model Family, value, and other categories listed in FM4's garage. Add the ability to group cars into custom named categories as in FM4.
My Cars - Upgrades display: Add an indicator of tire type, or the filename of the currently installed tuning setup, or a toggable list of installed upgrades for each of My Cars to make it easier to pick out drag setups vs. circuit setups quickly in multiplayer and single player event lobbies.
Message Center: When a DLC pack or content update is released, use the Message Center DLC section to make the announcement. ("IGN car pack released, followed by a related content update" and content update changelog).
Design selection - Free Look: Add the ability to Free Look in the initial design or paint selection menu, not just after the paint has been selected. (Pressing Back at this point still allows Free Look to work, so this seems doable)
Paint - saved color: Add the ability to save a custom paint color for easy selection regardless of the car model.
Replay Cameras - Helicopter view: Add the dolly helicopter views as in Forza Horizon.
Drivatars - Design selection: Add the option to select designs for the Drivatar opponents to use in races against you (preferable for photography).
Racing - Start countdown: Show the tach immediately when the start timer begins to allow for better RPM staging (vital for drag racing).
Racing - Post race payout display: Add a Press A to Continue to each payout screen to give players control over either pausing on the payout info, or skipping it quickly.
Leaderboard - Assists key: Add an indication of the car's drivetrain to the leaderboards.
Rivals Events: Add a 0-60mph-0 rivals event. Add slalom Autocross events on drag strips (gates equally spaced on a centerline requiring tight S-turns). Add time attack events with Automatic-only override, which would help unskilled controller users show their racing line skills against Manual/Clutch drivers.
Edited by user Sunday, January 19, 2014 10:41:36 PM(UTC)
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