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SDGMatt
Seasoned Ace
7 months ago

Fanzone in Season 5

My game just updated with ‘Season 5’ and prompted me to select a new team and driver for FanZone…..

Season 5 has been advertised with the line ‘embrace the winter break’…..

There is no racing for 3 months! 
Features like ‘Grand Prix Voting’ are now useless…

It STILL gives you the option to select Logan Sergeant and Daniel Ricciardo. No Colapinto or Lawson…. 
We have a Liam Lawson Pro Challenge, but can’t use him in the RB in game…. 
Why have the drivers not been updated? 

This is the first year of this new feature and yet it looks like a half baked idea that nobody has bothered to maintain. 

Fanzine has been highly criticised, but it’s actually a cool feature that has just been poorly implemented. The results mean nothing at the moment. You get an icon next to your name on the leaderboard for a bit….

How about being able to unlock an item of team clothing for your avatar menu person? Or your chosen drivers real helmet to use? Practical and valuable rewards that people will actually try to unlock and maybe change up their chosen team/driver each season to try and unlock a few options? 

This could all be done so much better! 
Ultimately, much like submitting bug reports, nobody will even bother to read this, and none of it will find its way to the devs…. 

5 Replies

  • @SDGMatt The drivers likely haven’t been updated due to the potential to cause issues with existing save files. That is my interpretation of it.

    As its the first year of Fanzone, i suspect it was trial and error and our feedback will be passes to the team to help improve it.

    Also don’t link it to an achievement and make it optional rather than forcing it
  • seichrotierer's avatar
    seichrotierer
    New Vanguard
    7 months ago

    Do not improve it. Just remove it! Is' BS and wasted resources that would netter be used elsewhere!

  • Just bringing this up again as Season 6 launched, which prompts players to pick a new Driver & Team pairing. This seemed redundant during the off season when Season 5 launched in game, but now we are heading into the real 2025 Season and the real teams and drivers are way out of date. You can legit still pick Logan Sargeant as your FanZone driver! This whole feature just doesn't seem to offer players anything! 

    What is the difference between a FanZone "Token" and  FanZone "Points"? I keep having my in-game inbox filled with messages every time I load up the game telling me to "claim" these, but I have no idea what they are/do and why I should care? What do I get for them? What is the incentive here?

    FanZone isn't a bad idea!! I just don't feel like it has been thought through.... The idea that players would earn points to contribute towards a FanZone Championship for your favourite Team/Driver based on how much you play and how well you perform is a great idea!!! It really is!!!....... But what does the player get for it? It doesn't seem like there is any reward....

    How about, being able to unlock Team Kit/Merch for your digital avatar menu driver!? You can already adorn them with the latest Puma shirts and Sunglasses, right? The Team Kit assets are already in the game on your Pit Crew/Staff...  I'm sure real teams would LOVE to include some of their real 2025 Merch designs in the game. It would be a great advert for their Merch range. Being able to unlock shirts, hoodies, caps and helmets of your favourite teams and drivers would be a nice reward for competing in FanZone. It would make the mode worthwhile and rewarding, and maybe encourage players to change up their chosen team/driver combo each 'Season' to unlock as many items as possible! 

    Good idea, right? Can we pass that suggestion on?

  • Oh and you can always include some on the "Store" for about 3,000 pit coin each and it would really encourage players to spend spend spend! 

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