My WF2 pipe dream
I really hope WF2 will be as fun online as WF1, which is a little less populated, but still plenty of servers and even some new folks join in. Aside from some other wishes for gameplay, the two things I feel most crucial for WF2 success are:
Better mod integration. As much as we may love WF1, let's be real, it gets old. There are shitton of cars and tracks, but when you have played each of them hundreds of times, you want something fresh. There are mods that add very high quality new cars and tracks, that are quite in spirit of Wreckfest, even bring some oldies from fan-favorite Flatouts. And tracks... Oh god, the tracks... TONS, SO GOOD! But aside from some occasionally hosted events, some dead servers or offline bots, you won't really see or play those. Which is sad. If they do something like what Left 4 Dead devs did, it would be grand, for players to just download stuff on their side when they join, or at least won't have to reload the game every time they want to add mods... I mean, it needs something! Amirite?
New (roguelike) singleplayer mode. Let's be honest, Careers in the VAST majority of racing games suck so bad - it hurts. Those are usually super generic random events slapped together, where the player has to just do a few laps with dumb AI, sometimes with pretty annoying and nonsensical side objectives. It gets old superfast... because ultimately the goal of every career is just to win, win, win, which unlocks new events, cars and stupid objectives. What we need is something like we had in Destruction Derby series, called Smash 4 Cash. Basically:
You have starter small cash that lets you buy your first car. You have a choice of the few events. You don't have any restarts, rewinds and all that shit. You go into an event, and you earn cash based on how many cars you wrecked, or what place you took in a race (or for both). If you lose (DNF or come last) - you don't get shit, and you have to also pay for car repairs. Plus need money for new parts, new car and maybe some other gimmicks. If you got rekt too much, all your cars are broke, and you don't have money to repair - that's game over. You lose everything and have to start over. Wouldn't that be more fun than just generic career mode with random events, that almost every racing game comes with?... Of course, we will need better AI than we have in WF1, but there's hope, aye?
I mean, the game can and must live off online, but offline with AI is also important. And just imagine that gamemode PLUS online with all custom-built tracks and cars seamlessly integrated? Endless fun, right?
Whadday think? Share your pipe dream?