💬 Volume 7 DLC/Catch-up Packs - Looking for feedback! 💬

1 🟢 I think it is noble to include a way for people to get the stuff they may have missed either by not being active enough in the game or for those who get the game after the season ended. However the update to the current Catch up packs is... flawed.

2 🟢 If anything, it feels unfair with the change that the Catch Up Packs depend on whether or not one own's the Premium Pass during the current Volume,this makes some unlockables become impossible to obtain for players that either just got the game later on it's lifetime, or if say, one wants to move platforms or buy the game on a different platform.

3 🟢 Considering that the orginial intent for my feedback was originally the same as this message in the forums, but in Reddit, then decided to scrap it, re-write it because I thought I misunderstood the chart  and made a more relaxed answer, to then realizing I misunderstood the chart AGAIN and now I ended up writing my actual opinion on this forum... Yeah, it is very confusing, as it isn't straight forward or clear that not all the Pass' tiers are included if one doesn't already own the Premium Pass

4 🟢 Simply put: One single catchup pack for all and a separate car pack, the full Catch Up Pack gets discounted if one already owned the Premium Pass... Simple as that, fair and square for all players that are introduced to the game after the volumes end, or if one wants to pick it back up if one took a break

I genuinely am thankful for the first few passes, even if I personally haven't had to use them yet, because one big reason I personally find the "battle pass" systems in games troubling and make me less interested in a game is that sometimes they can become a chore that you're tied to finish, Unbound's doesn't feel as outrageous as other games, but this update to the catch up packs does harm that perception personally, I'm not quite sure I'd be willing to get a copy on say, PS5, because I'm a completionist when it comes to games.

Honestly i feel this catch up pack was worthless when all the previous catch up packs gave you everything you missed out on now you just gave us a catch up pack with half of the customizations obtainable from the previous season. why would i want to buy that catch up pack when the previous catch up packs gave me everything i missed out on not just half. to be honest just delete the season passes all together so players will stop having FOMO. not everyone plays your game everyday to grind for every season to completion. not everyone plays your game everyday none stop and for players who are returning or just getting into the game this is a slap in the face. you literally locked most of the cool customizations from season 6 like the neon infinity rims  i was looking to get like now I'm kind of mad i cant get those rims because IMO and wasn't playing when the season was running. h

I literally stopped playing because of the character data corruption bug lost all my cars, money and progression on single player and multiplayer and i had tons of money and cars but nope all gone in an instant. not happy about that lost alot of time is this game when it first released. now i come back few months later  after setting the game to the side obviously  because of this bug i now i cant get everything i missed out on the following season 6 i missed when but when before i could just get everything i missed with the catch up packs. if you think its unfair for players to buy there way with the season passes then why did you bring out the catch up packs in the first place was it not for players who missed  to be able to get what they missed out on with the previous season with a little cash?

This is the catch up pack ive been interested in and paid for when you first released them this is what caught my eye and what i was anticipating. ( "Missed the items and cars in the Volume 4 Speed Pass? Then you’ve come to the right place. The Need for Speed™ Unbound – Volume 4 Catch-Up Pack offers all 74 cosmetics and customizations from the Volume 4 Speed Pass plus both the Porsche 911 Legendary Custom and Legendary Custom Lotus Exige S (2006). With items including wheel rims, under glows, wrap editor decals, character apparel, poses, banner art and more, this pack will get you right back up to speed." ) Not this other pack you updated to us. like no.... what are we catching up to then if we're not getting the same as the previous packs from previous seasons. Like the main cars which for example the R8 for S6 and the Mustang for S7 should be left standalone like you've been doing, But why bring out the catch up packs in the first place if there were not meant to be just that... as you've explained before to be able to unlock not just half but all 74 of the customizations, cars, decals, RIMS and poses etc..... THAT YOUVE MISSED OUT ON? i bought your new catch up pack thinking i was going to get everything again like all the others before but that wasn't true. i wasn't anticipating getting half of the content i missed when i bought it. So in my opinion just keep it how you've had it premium users who buy premium gets the chance to earn the customizations and rewards through the rewards track because your playing the game at that time during that season but buying catch up pack gets you everything you missed out on regardless of premium users grinding there hearts out not everyone plays till completion im not sure about other but i play other games  not just this one you have to keep continuing to give those of us returning players fighting chance to still get all your cool content from your game we missed out on during the seasons even premium items. Like none of your customizations or items should be locked behind a premium time limited paywall that just makes certain items and customizations available to certain players who play your game during certain periods for each season. I'm now one of those players who don't have the Infiniti rims when i see other players I'm getting really jelly because i cant get them now and that's not a cool feeling any racing game should give you. i was expecting to get in on those rims i mean why not they look sick. love this game since day one bought all the dlc packs im paying you money just about the same as the premium pass with the catch up packs and standalone legendary custom cars pack put together, if I'm putting my money into the game for that from the start. why change it up now? im not trying buy anymore dlc if im only able to get half of your content i missed out on. it like saying you only love the community who plays your game none stop till completions and ridicules the ones who dont.☹️😞

I replied on twitter, but I have no idea if that feedback was recorded since my account is private. So I guess I'll just reply here: 

The catch up packs are extremely confusing. And I've played the game for 500 hours.

I want the exclusive cars from the pass, and don't care about anything else, and I don't know what I need to purchase to get these cars.

I love the game, but I don't want to support buying a battle pass just to get a single car and a bunch of cosmetics I don't care about. Although I love the cartoon/ cel-shaded effects from the original game. I'm sad you seem to have moved on from this.

How about having both cars unlockable in the free pass, and keeping the more "realistic" effects for the pass.

As someone who exclusively plays linkups, I don't care about titles or poses. I just want fun cars!

Hell, if Criterion offers matchmaking for linkups, I'll pay for every battlepass that comes out.

Not that I'm playing this game and not that I've bought any of the DLC, but just at a glance:

- Every single one of your DLCs are tied to a internet connection.  Meaning that if someone buys the $113 worth of DLC, then it'll become a digital paperweight when the servers are shutdown.

- DLC content can't be accessed if the internet is out.

- DLC content doesn't get included in the base game.

- Online content doesn't get included in the base game.

My feedback is simple, it's a bad idea.

I did my feedback already on reddit so I'm using this post for additional info:

The crucial thing about this change that EA/Criterion missed is to keep an option to buy the previous premium pass. I was hoping to recover premium content from Volume 6 but sadly this isn't possible. I hope that was a mistake, because if its intentional then we are seeing *FOMO being promoted on NFS which is the worst scenario possible.

*FOMO = Fear Of Missing Out, check on google for more info.

I'm just gonna flat out say it... this new change is utter balls. I wanted that Darius custom Audi R8 and those Infinity wheels in Volume 6, but it doesn't feel right at all to keep them out of this new change. You have two options to make the change better:

1. Make the Dynamic Packs free and release the paid Premium option individually, or

2. Revert the change completely and turn the packs back to what they were before

You have no excuses, you better take one or the other because making the change this way is just unfair. That's my two cents on the matter.