F123 new article
https://insider-gaming.com/f1-23-details-include-new-car-upgrades-new-f1-world-online-hub/ Sounds really disappointing in my opinion
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[...] a new car upgrade system that sees players earn parts to change their vehicle’s attributes.
These upgrades, Insider Gaming sources say, can be earned through challenges and by winning races and meeting win conditions.
[...] If you happen to get parts you don’t want to use, you can salvage them for extra money or expertise
Hmm... Not my cup of tea. Reads like the seeds of a loot box system.
We all know the R&D we had was chronically unsatisfying. It's been all but broken, if not actually broken, once you got past two or three seasons worth of upgrades.
But still felt more authentic than "George, we need you to finish 5th so that we get to unwrap that big box on the garage. We don't know yet if it's a new front wing or that new push-rod rear suspension you wanted, but it does smell like a blue rare part and we're all counting on you! If Lewis finishes on top 5 too he'll open a purple ultra rare part!"
Edit: tagging @TotosHeadphones as you posted the same piece on the other thread. Please be more optimistic than this poor friend of yours that's still sour for losing the hexa last December 🥲
@mariohomoh wrote:If you happen to get parts you don’t want to use, you can salvage them for extra money or expertise
Hmm... Not my cup of tea. Reads like the seeds of a loot box system.
I completely missed that bit, potentially pay to win? Hmm.
- @s00zster I guess if it is on single player mode it's not technically pay to win, but yeah. Potentially just as bad as Ubisoft's "hey, pay for this XP boost so you don't have to grind on our new bloated Assassin's Creed!"
Mind you, we're just speculating here. And choosing to do so on the pessimistic end of the scale – these are all just a few vague lines from an unvetted source. But no harm in expressing our concern.
Just imagine though if we still get a broken, unbalanced car by season 3, but now upgrades are earned by RNG instead of developed in a managerial style? 🥲- @mariohomoh Last good assassins creed for me was syndicate. London obviously was a huge draw. But the fact you could only level up to 10. Great game and no endless grind. Then they lost the plot with the following games endless tedious grind unless you boat time savers. A joke.
I know it's a small thing but i miss the bronze silver gold, platina medal infront of my name during the lobby screen. We still had it a few years ago but it got removed all of a sudden. It was a little nice feature to keep playing and show lobby members who were active players etc.
So are we still expecting an announcement today? If so, what time? Because not a peep out of EA. Wouldn’t they have said that they’re about to release a trailer at x time the day before or something?
