RaceNet Ideas
Where would I post possible additions/updates to RaceNet for EA to review This has some very good elements to it.
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Racenet is a great idea, poorly implemented! It is really useful, but these features should be IN THE GAME, not on a separate app where 80% of your player base has no idea it even exists. The telemetry data should be visible in game on your garage monitor, either in Time Trial, Practice or Qualifying Sessions. You have the ability to track real time telemetry for what the car and the driver inputs are doing, so why not let us see these in game and compare to team mates during a session? Show players where they can find lap time, how to improve pace, what their driving is doing in terms of fuel and tyre behaviour etc!
There are so many third party apps that use your telemetry settings in the menu to provide some incredible information. Jeff2.0 is an app that shows you a lot more in-race information, including everyone's total track limit warnings, and even your opponents ERS battery levels. SimRacingTelemetry shows an insane amount of pro level telemetry from your laps and even shows the real data for things like tyre slip statistics and G-loads through each tyre. If third parties are able to create these amazingly useful features, why are the actual game devs so far behind with it?
This is what players want!! You have a very strong sim racing community on the F1 game. Cut back on trying to gimmicky brand clothing for your avatar and put more effort into actual racing/gameplay features! I get that you have to be accessible to even the casual F1 fan, but don't dumb the game down and turn it into an arcade racer or you WILL lose an enormous amount of your players to rival sim games.