BRING BACK CLAIRE (The Interviewer)

I know there is an existing topic on this (which is well and truly buried), but I wanted the title to be very clear so as I am now buoyed that someone that has an ear of the devs @EA_rephii and replied to my other topic, leaving me enthused because let's face it "He who shouts loudest gets heard" I am hoping with enough public "outcry" 🙂 the devs might consider bringing back Claire the Interviewer.

Sure Claire could be annoying after the 3rd or 5th time, but this is realistic, can you imagine being a famous F1 driver just trying to get around and constantly being harassed by reporters that always ask the same damn questions?

(Gah, not Claire again) "Oh hi Claire"

Claire "You did really well back there, I bet you're really happy with the performance?" Shoves mic in face with that smile that can melt icebergs...

You "Well actually , Claire, yes, I thought I did pretty well, thanks for asking. Did you see me send it on turn three? What a move even if I must say so myself"

PLEASE CODEMASTERS!

Consider restoring the press interviews, they are actually realistic and add value to the game. Plus...I really miss Claire (sniff sniff)

Do you miss Claire? Please add your own opinions below, let's see if we can get this topic fired up whether you would like to see her return or not.

Who knows maybe with enough support we might get some official input on this very important topic 😉

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23 Replies

Jpk123456
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
No, im sorry
I think it's a relief that she is retired.
Hansenhaus
New Veteran
3 years ago
@BinkyStrider No. I couldn't wait for those segments to end. Plus the look on the face of the camera guy behind her always disturbed me.
AEF251
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
Prefer her to Will.
Apophis-STR
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
um....if somehow CM suddenly decide to redesign the whole interview system and give Claire a much more dynamic environment to present herself and the sport, absolute sure.
But if they're just gonna copy and paste the whole who-knows-how-many-years-old system that was even ignoring the fact that there's already an entire new game mode (MyTeam) like in 2020, then no, just no. Save that time for more important stuff that actually play more significant role in the gameplay itself.
realMisterJes
3 years ago
What they could do is create a media pen segment after a race or a DNF and you go to the different reporters. I’m thinking kind of like in breaking point how when you were in your room you could navigate to the iPad or whatever. That was actually really cool
RokzZzReign
Rising Traveler
3 years ago
Bring her back but give the player the option to skip the interviews too if they cba with it. She does get annoying, especially with inconsistency. But it's better than nothing. Gives the game some immersion.
Also, didn't Natalie Pinkham get face scanned? I thought she'd be replacing Claire. But nope. They removed it altogether.
Radarkasten
New Veteran
3 years ago
@BinkyStrider Yes, they should bring her back, with an Option to deactivate her like in f1 2021. I like the small scenes in driver career F1 2020 as well, brings some good Flair. Using her only for repetitive Interviews is unused Potential, also great to see her on the starting grid. Its also funny to make her angry with no comment or avoidance of answers damaging Motivation of the Team.

There just should be more answers and Different questions. Hilarious would alse be to have kimi raikonnen style answers: claire congratules for the title for more than half a Minute and the answer is "yes, good race" 🤣
svensen86
Rising Scout
3 years ago
Please don't,she likes her retirement i heard.
AEF251
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
A well tuned Claire could have been great. She could have set up career long rivalries and really move your reputation along. The implementation was lacking. FP1 “That was an exciting race….” or on winning Monaco “Tough day out there….” plus “You left a lot of paint out there”
While it was a tough day and I did leave some paint, I did win.
Apophis-STR
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
@AEF251"Chill, Claire...the race didn't even started yet, it was just FP1."

Really shows how little she cares about her job just as much as CM didn't care about this system lol. I would even say without it this year is a straight improvement because it's one less eye-sore.
The simple interviews in HQ now is way better, it opens up more for CM to expand the questions because it's so much easier to implement than having to animate and voice-over every little new things.