It would be cool if the house boss is named Darius (not necessarily the same Darius from carbon, but i wouldn't mind if it was) as a nod to that game and maybe have Razor/Clarence Callahan as a rival as well. however a new story independent of the past games would probably be better and the nods to previous games is great. I hope (and they probably will) they add the rival wraps from carbon and most wanted (again). It would also be nice to have rival races where you can either win their car or unlock their wrap when you win