Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-220.233.18.203-20141114235742/@comment-27293514-20151126115621

I wanted to make some suggestions to the FireMonkeys which I'd like and I think would improve the game, not more cars/tracks but improvements to the game itself. When I clicked on the suggestions link it sent me to the EA Answers website so I posted it there but I have no idea if they look at them (I've had no response) so I thought I'd also post it here to see what other think ...

Please note that I play on an iPad, some of these may not be suitable for smaller (e.g. iPhone) screens.

On the race car-selection screen, show the amount of Gold and R$ for winning the race ... if you select a manager, adjust it accordingly.



On the race PAUSE screen, show a race leaderboard with laps, best lap, time/distance gaps ... like F1.

On race screen, when showing other players (in front of you) make their photo (semi) transparent as it occasionally blocks the view.

On race screen, have a permanent rear-view mirror, maybe configurable from the settings screen, allowing for ALWAYS-ON or SELECT-ON. I race in bonnet view and would find it so useful if I didn't have to select the mirror (at sometimes awkward moments) resulting in not being able to see where I'm going!

On race screen, show the gap (in time and/or distance ... configurable in settings OR switchable by tapping on it) to the previous next car. Show previous top-left (above the laps) in green. Show next top-right (above the position) in red.



On-screen map in race. Show more of what's behind. And/or allow scaling to show greater distances (zoom out) or more detail (zoom in), maybe with a + and - symbol on-screen next to the map. I can't count the number of times I've been knocked from behind by a faster back-marker  e.g. when I'm driving the Porsche 919 and they're in a Toyota, I've lapped them but they come back past on the straight, I only know they're there when they hit me or I hear the engine noise.

On game-progress screen. You recently added a CLEAR LOCAL SAVE option. Please move this out of the way OR to a separate screen (from the game-options screen) as I keep worrying about pressing it! Also add a CLEAR CLOUD SAVE option ... I recently had a game-restore issue which took 6 weeks to resolve (thanks again for fixing it), my local-save progress was worse than what was on the cloud so my game didn't save for 6 weeks until the problem was resolved. So, allow the clearing of the cloud save without have to also clear the local save.

GOLD!

The price of Gold is ridiculous. £80 for 1019 Gold. When you had a special offer of 1000 Gold for £12.99 I was straight in there ... and would probably take advantage of that offer again as to earn that much Gold takes literally months!

Examples ...

- Toyota TS040 Hybrid. 1000 Gold. That's about £80 for the car and probably as much again for Gold-only upgrades!

- Porsche 919 Hybrid (2015). The 8th (and final) engine upgrade is 440 Gold. That's £35. For a single upgrade. And for that you get an irrelevant 0.2 PR increase!

Surely the only people who can afford the Gold-only cars/upgrades are most likely those who cheat and hack the game.

Surely by reducing the price of Gold you would make it more accessible to people thereby generating more revenue?

And how about allowing the use of R$ to purchase Gold? I have (more than) R$125million and (apart from non-Gold-only purchases/upgrades of any new cars you add) nothing on which to spend it! Very frustrating. 1019 Gold and R$2million cost the same amount, £80. I realise that this would be a special favours so there should be a premium added SO how about charge R$1million for 50 Gold or something like that? I've gained (more than) R$100million since January this year so I think there needs to be some other incentive to keep playing.

SPECIAL CHALLENGES.

I like these, more please, but how about less of the silly challenges ... actually, you seem to have omitted these from the recent Stingray challenge so maybe you are listening to your customers. Thank you.

Allow access to the car for servicing/upgrading even if all events for the day are complete. It's really frustrating if you complete the last event for the day and inadvertently click on CONTINUE and then have to wait until the next day to do servicing/upgrading.

Event. Race opposite direction to opponent. I find it unfair that I have to waste time turing around whilst the opponent shoots off in the right direction and so immediately has a (substantial) lead/advantage. How about starting me pointing in the correct (opposite) direction?

In the recent Stingray challenge a few events required me to help Ahmed finish the race in a certain position. In these events it would be helpful if his position was displayed on-screen.