This is a bad idea, they need a local save on the console else there will be headaches when local connections blip or go down and folks lose their hard earned progress. Not sure who came up with extending saving to only online when the bulk of the offline stuff has absolutely nothing to do with the ratings system in the least. If anything online should only be used to authenticate that the game save file was not accessed outside of the game/system environment, what's the point of having offline content if you can't save it when you're actually offline? I think some idiot at PD's security and online integrity group thought that everyone in the world would just take this as is. It's a bit of an over reach if you ask me, being able to use the game even when you internet isn't working should be a given. Perhaps they are assuming that they'd be safe from power outages which could cause data loss or just like during the online Beta they do something and mess up everyone's save data. They could potentially cause a massive headache if that happens months later when folks are playing and after doing some hard work PD server screws up and they lose some if not all their hard worked for data. Who is going to give them back their time? We need to complain to PD that they need to figure out something else to deal with cheaters but local save is a must for everyone. with or without internet the game still needs to be enjoyed.
Bloody hell, I have no driving games to play yet...this is horrible, it's like everyone is making good strides and then out comes the trip and fall. I cannot in good conscience buy this game. Thanks for playing, as years go on this hobby becomes worse and worse.
