F1 23 (Career Mode ideas)
Some realistic ideas for F1 23 Career Mode in order to not only improve the immersion of the career mode, but to make it also more dynamic and dependable on player actions:
- Social Media (News):
You can't deny the huge amount of attention and power and popularity that F1 Social media has. Would be awesome to have dynamic social media during the career season (similar to FIFA News feature) where the latest season news and events are addressed or reflected.
User case: As a Player I want to have a News page where I can watch/read the latest news from the current F1 season from different teams
Example: Some drivers/teams express their frustration or confidence in the car... reflect on some race events or someone's behavior on the track/team performance... teams may announce new drivers, address rumors/speculations on driver moves. Drivers may tweet about each and this can reflect on their rival/friendly relationship.
- Driver Reputation System:
As an F1 Driver, all of your actions on the track or the paddock, or on social media can reflect your career. Would be very nice to have control of your own character by having more interactive career gameplay. Imagine you can be a dirty driver, which is very aggressive on the track and often involved in collisions, or very respectful driver who is loved by many fans. All of these actions may have consequences on the team/fanbase/sponsors relationship.
User case: As a Player I want my actions during the season to reflect on my career experience (driver behavior/aggressiveness on the track, social media status/sponsor satisfaction)
Example: If I wreck into other drivers very often, I may get a bad reputation on social media and make more rivals on the track, I may lose fans, and the team may question my performance. I can reflect on the situation by being respectful/cocky during interviews, addressing the events on social media apologizing/being provocative, or being more/less aggressive during other season races. My reflection on the situation can reflect driver/team ratings, sponsors satisfaction, my fanbase.
- Pre-season testing (challenges)
Every February the teams have official pre-season testing at Barcelona, which helps the teams test their pre-season car performance, and gather specific data.
Would be great to have a pre-season testing session before every season starts in the career mode where players can do different challenges and practice programs, which will differ from team to team, as every team has different goals and expectations. Some teams are fighting for championships, some teams are fighting for scoring points.
User case: As a Player, I want to be able to complete different challenges and get rewarded with R&D points and Driver/Team points that later can be used or reflect my career experience
Example: Before the start of the regular season, I can have a Pre-season testing session as the first event on the calendar. My team (depending on its rating) has a set of specific challenges (f.e maintaining a specific pace, qualifying practice, tyre/ers managment, to finish the session by being in the top-10 fastest etc.) Depending on the outcome results of the challenges the teams and drivers will have their results reflect on driver/team ratings/performance. The team/driver (player) can reflect on the outcome even more during a post-session interview where he can address all the issues by being honest or dishonest with the car's performance and expectations, which will also reflect on driver/team ratings, especially when further results in the season will differ from the stated expectations before the season.
- Be able to change Jeff/Mark as Race Engineer in Audio settings
Would be nice to be able to choose race engineer voice the same way as player can choose race commentators in Audio Settings. This way every player can select their desired Race Engineer. Some people miss Jeff 🙂
