Seasonal objective vehicle requirements

[Enorats]

Is anyone else constantly annoyed by the vehicle requirements of the seasonal objectives? I keep forgetting to check those, instead choosing a vehicle I think would be appropriate for the challenge.. doing it, then being confused when it doesn't complete.

Then I remember, oh, that's right. I need to do this with a 2007 ford painted black in the S1 class with a spoiler while doing a precisely 183 degree spin in midair. Oh, and it needs to have a sticker of Rudolf on the hood as well, or it doesn't count.

Yes, that's an exaggeration, but it's how it feels when I'm playing these things. I just want to use the cars I like using, not be forced to use 14 different vehicles I don't even own in a wide variety of classes I don't generally play.

[Jacknm2]

It doesnt bother me, i think its geared towards getting you used to making different class and different type vehicles, to use in online races.

Refining tunes for certain classes to make the most effective car in that class etc....

I think any way, sometimes it can be too specific, like the belair one we just got.

[Moga CMDR]

I agree that the requirements may be annoying initially, eventually that is all there is to racing.

If they didn't force us to use specific things, we'd use the same 2 cars our whole career.

I do think sometimes it's too narrow, but I also think a lot of times their car classification system is trash. But that is a different discussion. having restrictions is one thing, but also having it paired with an arbitrary car classification system makes some things worse.

[viilihousu]

I actually like it very much. In fh4 everything except the championships were done every single time with the same car(s), no need for variation.

This way you get an incentive to make more build for your cars and for me that is pretty much the main point of horizon games.

[kireta]

Idea isn't bad, but there's just too many damn categories. Like they broke down "buggies" into 3 categories, 2 of them having precisely 2 vehicles in it.
And often there's no consistency in how cars are classified. Virtually every offroad in now "4x4 pickup", including Jeep WB and Land Rover III. "Offroads" is now made of, I believe, 5 cars, all of them purpose-built Dakkar/Baja racers, which means they should be in Unlimited Offroad with trophy trucks. 90's Impreza and Lancer are "retro", when this theme is for group B and early group A cars. And so on.

[Enorats]

I suppose I can see the appeal of the restrictions. Restrictions are what makes a lot of real world racing what it is after all. We wouldn't really have so many different types of racing if not for the rules - though, those restrictions also tend to make the cars within each type extremely homogenous.

I also agree with the category problem. I was hopelessly confused for a solid week as to why I couldn't finish the offroad requirements using my Deberti JLU. I love that thing because it's so similar to the JLU I actually own.. so I was excited to finally actually use it in a challenge. Turns out it's "offroad unlimited".

Also.. It looks like one of the championships this time around literally says "anything goes, b700". That should be interesting.

[n3mes1s]

Yup, its another dumb decision the devs made. But it is what it is, it doesnt matter how annoyed we are. We tried, really tried in FH4 to give feedback to the devs but was completely pointless. So badly designed gameplay mechanics are carried over and over and over.

One of the coolest things about this game is (was i mean... lol) having your amazingly favorite tuned and dedicated offroad car, for example, but turns out you cant use it in most of the events because of all restrictions of some sort. In the end, the motivation of tunning and upgrading, and doing liveries.. is completely destroyed. FH5 right now must be the worst game ever released in... pff... many many years lol.

[Frank Bullitt]

Restrictions are perfect .
We are having a lot of fun using new cars and tunings every week.
What is the point doin all challenge with your same three favorite cars?

[KynQ]

Yeah, I tried to do Unlimited buggy challenge in a beetle which is a buggy, but I forgot "Unlimited buggy" is actually a category.

[Eternal Wanderer]

Event restrictions encourage you to try and play with all those cars that you'd otherwise not even bother to check out. Without these event-specific limitations, hundreds of cars would merely be collectibles.

In my opinion, they bring out the game's actual flavor. The events that ask you to try out one of the ignored classes at low PI ratings are particularly enjoyable.

Also, do check out each event's restrictions beforehand. You are supposed to make it a habit when playing seasonal races.

[[RXS] da| reeZe ^.-]

The actually Season-Restriction-System is just trash. Sometimes it force you to use 1 specific car. What is, if this specific car is a 11.000.000 CR car or even one you only can claim by season rewards. Then you just not able to complete the whole season.
To set these restrictions only on the class is fine. But force to use 1 specific car is just trash on every point.
Also the PR-Stunts in Seasons actually sucking hard because of the restrictions at all.
In FH4 i loved it to drive the weekly PR-Stunts by hanging around with friends and have a passiv target and was not forced to change or even build a car for. Just for a 2 second interaction. It is soooooooooooo big waste of potential. That these season-races got restrictions is totaly fine for me and increase also the experience.

_________ Things they HAVE to change _______
- Stupid single/specific-Car restrictions
- PR-Stunt restrictions

[reverb]

I like requirements. The more specific, the better.

[Staquix]

I really like this feature. Requirements make you think about what and how you are going to accomplish the goal. Makes it more stimulating than grabbing the same car each time your presented with a specific challenge.