kazanova_Frankenstein wrote:I hope it caters to my tastes for the game to reward actual skill /finish position / time etc, as well as selecting increased AI difficult and reduced driving aids...i do hope there is a little more this time for those that want the adrenaline boost of just getting over the finishing line in first place without using rewinds, leading to a unique challenge becoming available in recognition of the achievement.
I'm in a similar ish position and have accepted that this game just isn't that anymore, and that rivals mode is where that kind of thing lives on now (not that I was ever seriously challenging those, but it's where I can do what I like doing). The rewards are technically there in terms of more cash for turning down assists/upping AI difficulty, but if it's still just about completing races to "progress" then I won't put much effort into doing that but just ticking them off as a means to an end, even if that means getting rinsed by the hardest AI but still getting more money for coming last than winning at lower difficulty.
Hopefully the track creation stuff is in from the beginning and you can create time trials instead, or use the new creation suite without the wacky stuff or something like that.