destructible environments, crumple physics, and ragdoll drag
This game absolutely needs to feel more real...
You're like 90% there to making this game truly remarkable and all I can see is these few huge inadequacies that take your game from a big budget AAA to nothing better than a mobile game:
A) destructible environments ; you guys put more effort into the environments in Hot Pursuit. Buildings need to inflict damage on your car, and you, them. There should be crumple physics involved to some degree so there's CONSEQUENCE to your driving experience. This set up is so arcadey, there's no adrenaline or risk involved!
Also, trees are not twigs, they do not splinter and crack when you drive through them... Come on guys, that's juvenile.
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B) the drifting physics could use an improvement. Make it more ragdoll and physics based