Volume 7 feedback thread

As promised, this post will be more about Questions and Suggestions for additions and changes for future Volumes

I won't be touching upon car additions or requests assuming these have already been set in stone for the future of the game.

With that in mind, here's a few Additions I've had in mind:

Variable Communication Wheel:

While the current iteraton of the communication wheel is fine on it's own, I personally have one issue with the feature that I would like to see expanded in a quality of life update

I'd like the Communication to be "Variable" per Activity, this functionality is partially in game as the first two slots have preset prompts that vary depending if a player is in freeroam, a chase, linkup, race, among others

My proposal is to expand in this idea and allow the player to customize a whole Communication Wheel per activities with all slots on the wheel being customizeable.

This way, one can have a set of 10 useful Phrases in different scenarios and actually use a lot more of the provided options in a more dynamic way!

I already juggle between a small amount of prompts before, and the first two options that are preset are not always something I'd like to say while on a race (I'd rather say "My Bad" as "Oops" sometimes sounds like I'm being sarcastic.)

Tweaks to Car Unlock Requirements:
One of the more Controversial additions to Unbound that I've seen being talked around in circles is how time consuming some of the unlock requirements are to complete for some people, I personally liked the unlock requirements as it gave me objectives to aim for and cars to build and try,  so here's my suggestion on how I'd tweak them so it's a bit easier for players to finish their tasks:

- Decrease the playlists requirement in half
While some are easy to do like 5 playlists with a certain car, The challenges that ask for 20 or more playlists to finish might be a bit too much for the overall playerbase, I suggest the maximum of playlists needed to unlock certain cars to be 15.

- Replace the Takedown Challenges with Police Takedowns
There's a few cars that have Takedown Challenges, these are overall agreed upon to be a bit problematic as it encourages dirty driving, and it also is difficult to be granted a Takedown as they are very situational. Swapping the requirement from Players to Cops provides for a more entertaining challenge and much less frustrating than taking down players, for both ends.

Racing Helmets:

I see that Racer X seems to be sporting a Racing Helmet
I'd love to use some helmets or masks Myself to add a bit more to my character, as in Racing, Helmets are also a way for people to express themselves with a variety of designs and colors

I know my friend GT-RS Would love to sport a blacked out helmet like Racer X's as in everything he plays he always wears a helmet or a mask as his trademark so, think about it please!

Ideas for NFS Legend Customs:

If the final 2 Updates' Legendary Customs haven't been decided yet I'd like to propose some to keep in mind I would love to see...

- Ryo Watanabe's Lancer Evolution X

- Ana Rivera's 350Z

- Roberto Rivera's Camaro

- Sean McAlister's Bel Air

- Mia Townsend's RX8

Decals from the Past:

I've noticed that over the years since 2015 a lot of Legacy Stickers that were added back then have started slowly disappearing with each entry.

Most of which I refer to are classic decal designs from NFS Prostreet, NFS Underground, Most Wanted, among a few others.
Why not bring them back alongside a few more surprises from the past? 

I still miss the Dragon Decal from Ryo's Evo that was in 2015... Just Sayin'

NFS Legends Themed Clothing:

Since a big push for these updates seems to be the Legacy of NFS I'd like to point out one addition that might be cool for future Speed Pass Items, such as clothing referencing NFS Characters from the past like:

- NFS Most Wanted/Carbon/Undercover Protagonist Themed Clothes

- Ryan Cooper Helmet and Outfit

- Darius' Jacket

- Razor's Outfit (with Tatoos)

- Ana's Outfit

- Jackson Rourke's Outfit

- Neville's Getup

And why not (for the funsies)...

- Tyler Morgan's T-shirt

-  Joe's T-shirt

-  A Tess Skin

Performance Tweaks to certain cars:

I am aware that at this point in time there's only one handling designer in the team, so I'm not going to ask for a complete overhaul of the handling model regarding the new handling, the question is... Could we at least see some tweaks to a few of the lower performing cars' handling? Is it possible to introduce a small "ballast" system where some outperforming cars get their performance index rised up a bit without outright nerfing their overall performance? Maybe similar for lower performing vehicles?

These are just suggestions as I'm aware this takes a lot of time to tweak

Enkei Rims:

Just specifically wanted to point out that we've had the Enkei brand on modern NFS titles ever since NFS 2015, but they have never been added to any game other than No Limits...Even though we have a sticker to represent them in the livery editor.

I really like a lot of Enkei models, so seeing at least one of them in the future would be very appreciated.

More Brake Calipers:

I find it odd that we have stickers for "Stop Tech Brakes", (And a certain car from the update seems to sport a very enticing "Endless" Sticker)
Yet the Only brake calipers we can apply to cars are Brembo Brake calipers... Even if it's just a logo stuck into the six piston generic caliper, could we see these being added to the car customization in the future?

Here's the list of the brands that are currently in the game (Credits/Decals/Preset Liveries) that make brakes:

- Stop Tech (Sticker)

- Endless (Credits and Preset Livery)

- Wildwood (Credits)
- Alcon Brakes (Credits)

And speaking of those stickers....

More Aftermarket Decals:

There's a few brands that exist in-game and are even shown in preset cars that we can't really use in the livery editor, the aforementioned Brembo Brakes can be equipped to cars but can't be represented in cars, I find that slightly disappointing.
So far these are the brands I've noticed are in the game's credits and preset cars, however they don't have any stickers:
- HKS

- Kumho Tire

- Brembo

- BBS

- Takata

- Nitrous Express

- Weld Racing

- Sparco

- Endless

- Wildwood

- Alcon Brakes

- Nankang

- Nengun

- Trust (I know we have Greddy, but the Trust Logo also looks nice)

- Overtake Japan

- TEX Modify

- Schroth Safety

- Street Fighter LA

- RTR (The RTR Flags don't count IMO)

- Nismo

- Mazdaspeed

- T&E Car Make / Vertex Edge

- Tamon Design

-  Avante

- 3DDesign

Also Thought I'd add... Stickers that don't have a colorable variant:

- Bride Japan

- 3DSM Wheels

- RWB

- Liberty Walk Works

- Tanabe

- Cosmis Racing Wheels

- FI Exhausts

- Aimgain

- Ben Sopra

- BBI Autosport

- Bisimoto Engineering

. DTM Fiberwerkz

- Kahn Design

- Mansory

- Prior Design

- Project G

- Vorsteiner

- Vossen

Last Adding Notes...

I know this one is technically a bug report and that should be in said in said Forum Category, but as a very Active player the FTCL5001 Bug is starting to cause me constant battles with maintaining connection to the game, or even play in it as a whole... actively punishing me for adding more cars into my garage...

It's extremely frustrating as it makes my gameplay experience feel like I'm tip-toeing between landmines before the game disconnects me for strange reasons, I will make a more detailed bug report later, just wanted to bring it attention here.

Oh and... I know this probably doesn't help my case, but I really need more wrap slots...
There's so many more car designs I just want to try and make and I actively

 can't without saying goodbye to some old ones


All in this thread is not a necessity, but things I would be happy to see addressed

Sorry for the wall of text >.>

Zino Out, Cheers