I must say, even though I don’t play much online, the lack of a traditional 3 lap grand prix is annoying.
The roads between circuits are not so great a concept that they had to force it on every mode. Especially since a lot of them are very same-y, with only a couple rather cool areas. I was not a big fan of linear tracks that have appeared since 7, but 2 “laps” of random highway for only 1 lap on the actual circuit is worse.
For that reason and a couple others, I still think 8 is the better game.
Agreed. I’m pretty much completely over World at this point and only play if my kid asks me to. I think it’s technically impressive and gorgeous to look at, but the tracks are so utterly boring I have little motivation to fire it up.
I’m still salty about the lack of local multiplayer free roam too, but that’s another issue entirely.
I hadn’t even thought of local coop free roam, but yeah, that would be fun too.
What I had thought though was why the hell don’t we meet random online people messing around, in that mode that’s basically just about messing around? Anything to make it feel less empty and boring.
I mean come on, they did random online coop in the latest actual main Mario game!
Burnout Paradise did it like a decade ago
Edit went and checked, 2008… 17 years 😐
I am more familiar with Forza Horizon, which is my own comparison point, but, yeah. It’s like they missed why those were fun.
Also, those button missions. They’re slow to set up, they interrupt the flow of driving, they’re mostly easy enough you can still beat them while messing up completely and they don’t incentivize breaking records.
Compare that to speed traps and danger signs in Horizon. You see them, you speed through them, you do stupid shit. No pause, no slow as hell camera move showing you the obvious thing you’re supposed to do. It’s all organic.
