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Amrosa wrote: SirDuck74 wrote: I kinda wish they'd do flashbacks the same way they do them in NFS No limits.

They've got a list of flashback events in a specific order. The first event on that list that you have not completed is the one you will play.

That way catching up and a full garage is do-able that much quicker. This might become a thing.

None of the next few FBs are on this list, though....

RR3Level500 wrote:

Hey FM, here's a Flashback/SE idea. Go back and repeat the same events in the same order, starting from Road to LeMans. It doesn't matter if its a FB or SE, just repeat the chronological order they were historically. The advantage to this is that new events would be predictable, and players wouldn't have anxiety about what's coming next and whether or not they need to save their gold.

While I understand the excitement generated by players wondering what the next FB/SE will be, in my opinion you should hit the wayback machine and just repeat events from the beginning. Thanks for your consideration. That doesn't work with the freemium model. If people "knew" that Car X was going to have a FB in 3-6 months, then they would be less likely to buy the car for gold if it is offered on sale, is the top car in a WTT or TC, etc. Freemium looks to generate an artificial sense of urgency to get people to pay to play. So please explain how only needing one car to complete a series works with the Fremium model? One would think they should go back to needing every car in a series to complete that given series. I think it would generate more income.

As to knowing about a FB 3-6 months ahead, timing could still preserve the sense of urgency. The future flashback car  could be timed so that its the top care in WTT or TC before the flashback. That way players would still potentially buy it if they needed it right away  (presuming WTT is important to them, which is debatable). If players wait for the flashback, then they miss out on the top WTT car or team competition.