This, with a more enthusiast-based car roster. No supercars, just cars you'd actually see out street racing on the weekend in any part of the world.
I got Driver: San Francisco a few months back and just seeing an R33 Skyline in there blew my mind. Combined with a lot of other cars in there, you know these guys are proper car nuts and didn't just go after what's hot at the moment. I want something like that, but based around the street racing world, in the next Need for Speed (hopefully Honda won't dip out this time). The typical more modern icons: FD RX-7, Mk4 Supra, R32/33/34 Skyline GT-R, S-chassis, Fairlady Zs, NSX, Evos, STIs; plus mix in some classics (Hakosuka Skyline, anyone?) and American/European sport compacts. Even certain 'affordable' muscle cars would work.
EA Black Box/Quick Lime Games closedSo, with EA Black Box and Criterion not making NFS, that leaves Ghost to be churning out yearly updates. That, or NFS is released every other year.