Ever considered bringing back the R&D Tree?
Ever since the switch to the current style of Research UI during F1 2021 I've already been quite unhappy about the redesign.
The visual presentation - despite the UI suggested a linear progression, it is actually branching/non-linear, it creates confusions and made planning almost impossible, unlike what it used to be with the Tech-Tree style (see picture).
How the UI was layout also made it very cumbersome and unintuitive to navigate, because every option has the same "bracket" design, everything blends together to the eye and easily became confusing as you switch areas. It is also very easy to miss out the additional branches of upgrades that were unlocked through progression, because the other branches were almost hidden as the UI doesn’t highlight them effectively on screen, unless you inherently already know there are multiple paths for each area of Research.
I came back to the series after only skipping by a year, and had already forgot you have to scroll down to see the other branches of upgrades available. Literally, I thought I only had Front-wing upgrades at the start of my first playthrough. Imagine being a completely new player.
The worst part is the progression weren't exactly anything new compare to the old Tree system of pre-2021, the redesign was just a skin on top of the old system that pretended to be different but harder to use in everyway.
I miss the tree, I really do, I don't even need the progression to be anything different simply because it's just so much easier to use and understand, and aesthetically it was crisp, pleasing to the eye, and fits the technological-theme perfectly.
So please, bring it back!