Suggestion to improve Career Mode immersion
It would be great to bring back interviews and add a social media system similar to EA FC. The choices made in interviews could influence rivalries with other drivers and even affect how the team vie...
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I completely agree that there is a hollow feeling to it. It's not that it is awful or anything but that there are deeper potential avenues they can go down like some of what you've suggested such as the cutscenes. You achieve something big... and it feels like just another Tuesday where it's not really recognised and you move on. I swear there used to be a cutscene when a driver won the drivers title where they would run into the garage and jump all over their mechanics (I may have imagined it) but now it's just a spinny donut.
If there's an option to have them on, or to turn them off for those that just want to drive without the workplace politics then that would also be great.
My concern with improvements like these would usually be that it just moves the goalposts. They bring in interviews and then people say they don't change anything and are repetitive. They bring in commentary and people complain it's the same 12 lines over and over. They bring in social media and it's the same posts over and over. They'll give an inch and people will immediately demand a mile and say that the inclusions aren't enough. I'm not saying it shouldn't happen, because you're right, but I just hope it's done in a way that doesn't open the floodgates for a different wave of gripes.
I understand that interviews and social media can become repetitive if not implemented carefully. Perhaps they shouldn't appear after every race, but rather be used occasionally—that alone would help keep things fresh.
But the real problem is that career mode desperately needs more depth and immersion. Right now, the game quickly loses its surprise. By the end of the first season, you've experienced practically everything the mode has to offer, and in subsequent seasons, almost nothing new happens, regardless of your performance. This destroys long-term engagement.
Other games have proven how powerful these details can be. In Football Manager, for example, you can be congratulated by club legends after winning a major title, achieve "club legend" status, or even have a stadium named after you if you've spent years building success with the team. These are details that keep the experience fresh and engaging, generating much greater immersion.
Adding this kind of depth and unpredictability to career mode would dramatically increase immersion and keep players coming back for much longer.
