Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27109924-20151201084631/@comment-26249703-20151201112454

I don't think it's intentional (that it no longer saves - though I can't say for sure), I think it has to do with how they work out why one save is better than another, so that you don't overwrite a better save with a worse one. I think they did try to implement a change for the Time Trials, but I don't think they got it right. I say this as, usually, selecting a TT that hasn't been loaded in that playing session normally allows the user to cloud save, even though no change has been made. Now it doesn't (though even if it did, it wouldn't work).

The underlying problem is that EA/FM only seem to divulge information that benefits them, therefore won't explain a change that has to aim to try and stop the user from taking a different path to the one they want the user to take (for example the adverts fiasco during NASCAR was most likely due to contract clauses rather than a "bug" that needed to be "fixed", it was just far too convenient). Therefore it's hard to assess whether this is a failed attempt to restrict the player's freedom, or just a mistake.