F1 25/26+ Features Request
Like many others I love Formula One and this is the only racing game I like to play, it can capture the feeling of the real sport with its tense battling for poll position, sudden shocking events like lock ups, spin outs and crashes that completely change the outcome of any race. But best of all, the exhilarating competitiveness between friends or other players.
There are several things about the game however that I wish were different or expanded upon to help make the game feel more rewarding and fun.
These suggestions are as follows:
1) Quick Restart - An option for a quick restart for Multiplayer Lobbies that require a vote from all players to instantly restart the race without the need to exit back via a long loading screen to the lobby and then back in again via another long loading screen. Just a quick prompt, vote, boom! Straight back to the start to try again. I am very surprised how this is not already a feature for the game as it is fundamental to any racing game unless it is within a tournament or ranked experience.
2) Permanent Save Replay Option - An option to save the replay of any race no matter the outcome or whether or not you completed it or not. Want to save and replay the awful moment you were taken out on a chicane in the rain? Want to save and replay that awesome record breaking lap but you spun out on the last corner and DNFed? Any moment whether you finished or not can be saved and rewatched later in the Theatre.
3) Multiplayer Replays From ALL Perspectives - When replays of multiplayer lobbies are saved and rewatched in the Theatre, only your perspective can be viewed and no other drivers. Yet a single player race replay can be viewed from all other drivers too. This is incredibly frustrating as many epic and intense moments happen in all multiplayer lobbies that are missed despite saving the replay due to the fact that you cannot view a situation from any other cars no matter if they are AI or Players. I see no negative impact to having this feature and I am genuinely surprised how it is not already a basic feature for the game.
4) Fully Fleshed Out Livery Customisation - The cars are the best piece to the physical titan machine that is the Formula sport and even though the customisation for F1 25 is good, I feel it could be really expanded upon to really help players express and represent themselves within all races. Another popular racing franchise Forza has a very complex and awesome customisation feature that I think would be incredible in F1 25/26 or a future addition to the franchise. This customisation system allows you to make your own Logo's, Patterns, Shapes and Colour effects to allow you to fully design a livery that captures everything about you as a player. Now... I understand two key points to why I suspect this is not already a feature. First... being that unfortunately some players would abuse the ability to create Logo's and will go and create "explicit" things for their cars. But I think this can be easily deterred with a ban offense for any "explicit" liveries reported by players or spotted by moderators. Second... is the monetization of customisation items for the game, I simply suggest that all the current monetization efforts would still be apparent but the liveries would be replaced with shape, logo and emblem packs.
5) Improved Crashes - One of those awesome but terrifying aspects to the Formula Sport has to definitely be the high speed, high risk crashes that grip every single person on the track. These crashes can dictate an entire races direction and sometimes that are bad enough to completely cancel a race. Right now, the crashes in F1 25 are nothing more than just losing a wing or a tire. We get punctures, body damage and effects to aerodynamics but we do not have much for visually chaotic collisions that result in horrifying destruction with the showering of car parts, smoke and fire bursting out the engine or a track being littered with debris that has to be cleaned up by Ai as you drive past with the safety car. I and I know many others would love to see a true representation of one of the biggest aspects of the real world Sport.
