Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20190204232949/@comment-28169398-20190206053458

One thing you do need to remember... Matt and the designers are fans of racing and cars as well as being computer programmers and game designers... They have a lot of good ideas of their own. Some, like Matt also plays his own account in the game, so he sees things from both a designer's and players perspective.

Game Changers are a tool for them to get opinions of players who aren't also responsible for meeting production deadlines and revenue targets. It also allows them to discuss things with players, because we have signed NDAs, that they cannot publicly. Just think of how much Gameloft or Feral Games would love to know even FM's next release plans, let alone several months into the future.

Reddit, the productive threads anyway, give them a more direct channel to communicate with the players about the state of the current game and also can make official statements about the game that are responsive to player concerns. They can't get to everything and they cannot reveal everything, but I think they do get to a lot and give a good insight into their thoughts about the game.