This was a feature in private lobbies in FM4 but not Free Play for some reason, and the community have been requesting it be brought to Free Play since then and we have heard nothing from Turn 10. It's such an obvious thing that it's already weird that it's not there, but the fact that it existed at one point but only in one mode and then was never seen again is pretty baffling.
You can actually do that now, you just have to get the settings right. I think it's "Organize by bucket" has to be turned to "yes" for it to work, then you just put a roll off delay in the bucket you want to start second, and a bigger roll off delay for the bucket you want to start third, etc. Doesn't work for rolling starts I think though.
That's how it was in FM7, I don't get why we have gone backwards for this title. Would be nice just to get back to the 3 weather slots at this point, but pre-release I was hoping we would be upgraded to having 5 or 6. Would also be nice if we could set a window for the transitions so it's not as predictable what lap it will change.
This is one of those things that sounds like a good idea, but then when you realize how annoying people are you wish it would go away. PC2 had this, and people would just spam the lights all the time. For chase cam it wasn't always as annoying depending on time of day, but for cockpit view drivers it was really obnoxious, particularly in some cars depending on dash materials and color the roll cage was painted and so on.
I'd be interested to see Polyphony's budget compared to T10's.
We must be revising history a bit here because FM5 got slammed for the exact same things FM2023 is getting called out for.
I strongly believe that they changed their mind on the single player concept, the3D walkable garage was great, it hinted at a much deeper and more involved career mode, liveries could be applied to all cars in your garage space, all colour coded, the fictional sponsors were everywhere (the ones you see out on the circuits). I think it was almost going to be like a Grid style progression career mode, rags to riches/road to racer sort of thing, with sponsorships etc. You can still get bits of it from the game, like the radio transmissions, the fake sponsors on all the circuits etc.
It did, but FM5 was still actually fun to play, something FM23 isn't. Also, the games career mode qas pretty similar to FM4 if I recall, just smaller due to there being less cars.We must be revising history a bit here because FM5 got slammed for the exact same things FM2023 is getting called out for.
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In your opinion, sure. In mine, I enjoy FM23 just fine.
Again, opinion.
FH5's car list objectively puts every racing game's car list to shame because of how gigantic & diverse it is. It's literally near 900 cars categorized over 35+ different classifications. It's impressive how the only popular game with a similar, diverse roster is GTA Online & that game's got about a decade's head start.
That would have been exciting. In fact, the 2020 trailer was basically just that :
Of course it's opinion, but I don't think I'm the only one who thinks it.
Then, there's your point of issue. T10/Esaki made it known early on they would be focusing FM2023 primarily on motorsport/track racing & that would influence its car list. That made it pretty clear that if not only was a chunk of FM7's car list going to be left out, Horizon's diverse car list was also not going to be considered. That whole, "built from the ground up" that became a beaten meme was Esaki telling us this FM was going to be seen as a reboot.
Agreed, I saw them making that known and was excited by that direction, then they gave us a career mode that features zero races involving racing cars or any of the motorsport series involved in the game, only eventually seeing some months after launch which can now no longer be accessed and were time limited. Instead they focused on building road cars (hence, builders cup) and then didn't put any interesting ones in there from the FH series anyway, so we lost out on both fronts.
Good. If fans didn't complain we'd be at square one still
Fair point - and for what it's worth I'd agree with the general sentiment that FM was delivered incomplete and unpolished (and indeed still is both of those things).
Yes, but will that 'forty-something father of two' find the time to play something different? Would be nice, esp after buying the game day one, to be able to leave the game for a while until more tracks are added without the FOMO on unique cars.
As a forty something father of two, yes I can confirm that you can find time to play something different. I do it all the time. The FOMO in FM23 lasts a month, sometimes a bit longer, which is ample time to spread everything out.
IMO it's a huge mistake for them to be trying to copy FH gameplay elements in FM.
I agree but, I dont see this happening any time soon tbh... Unless T10 somehow manages to "fix" the tunning/upgrade system on this game (so people won't abuse the system in order to gain an advantage over others who doesn't know how the system works/how to properly tune a car) or at least make decent BOP for the cars. Until then, the person who's a better tunner will always have an advantage, even if you're a good driver, you can't compete against META cars or "op" tunes.
The tuning side of things is a valid point, though I was more talking about the car collecting side of things and just how much time it takes to earn the credits to get all the cars and upgrades, plus the cars that are only available during a limited time window.
