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Posting this here because this is more directed at Back to the '90s itself. I looked through the Playlist yesterday, and I actually think the concept behind it is somewhat sound; it's essentially a remix of the usual Playlist regulars when you get down to it. Without Hard-to-Finds in the seasonal rewards, placing them in the same context as European Automotive's Exclusive Events makes a lot of sense. The usual Photo Challenge prompts actually still exist, it's just that you've got three of them buried in the Daily Challenges (and thus only worth one point) instead of counting towards the weekly Photo Challenge. It feels like they're trying to build out what these Playlists will look like when the plug is pulled and new players have to start hunting for the FOMO cars that missed the Backstage Pass for some reason.
But, that being said... As satisfied as I am with what we did get car-wise, Soarer aside, I feel like even this is a bit of a waste. There was absolutely a set of Playlist rewards out there that could have used the Lagonda as its headline car and they passed it over. Sure it wouldn't have included as many JDM cars, but there was a happy medium between '90s performance and '90s vibe that I just didn't see until literally this morning.
European 1990s Icons:
Summer: 1990 Aston Martin Lagonda
Autumn: 1999 BMW Z8 (New-to-Horizon by technicality of FH4's James Bond Edition being the Z8's first appearance in Horizon, but they would probably have played this as a returning car)
Winter: 1999 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Spring: 1990 Jaguar XJ-S (Returning from FH4)
Right there, two New-to-Forza, one New-to-Horizon, and one returning car, just like we got in this update. Sure you'd skip the middle of the decade, and sure it's very biased in favor of the British, but that'd be a grand tourer, a Retro Saloon, and two Retro Sports Cars. Best of both worlds right here. Granted, if we do get the DB7 and Z8 at some point it'd probably be in a 2000s focused season because of how close they are to the year 2000, but again, it'd have at least made up for the last two updates bringing not that much more than upgrade fodder, the Evo III aside.
But, that being said... As satisfied as I am with what we did get car-wise, Soarer aside, I feel like even this is a bit of a waste. There was absolutely a set of Playlist rewards out there that could have used the Lagonda as its headline car and they passed it over. Sure it wouldn't have included as many JDM cars, but there was a happy medium between '90s performance and '90s vibe that I just didn't see until literally this morning.
European 1990s Icons:
Summer: 1990 Aston Martin Lagonda
Autumn: 1999 BMW Z8 (New-to-Horizon by technicality of FH4's James Bond Edition being the Z8's first appearance in Horizon, but they would probably have played this as a returning car)
Winter: 1999 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage
Spring: 1990 Jaguar XJ-S (Returning from FH4)
Right there, two New-to-Forza, one New-to-Horizon, and one returning car, just like we got in this update. Sure you'd skip the middle of the decade, and sure it's very biased in favor of the British, but that'd be a grand tourer, a Retro Saloon, and two Retro Sports Cars. Best of both worlds right here. Granted, if we do get the DB7 and Z8 at some point it'd probably be in a 2000s focused season because of how close they are to the year 2000, but again, it'd have at least made up for the last two updates bringing not that much more than upgrade fodder, the Evo III aside.
