Updated and finished 3/28/17
Will be making a youtube video at some point in the near future to further elabaroate and explain some of the points in further detail. Any more suggestions or arguments against any suggestions are welcome.
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Bring back Forum Chat :3
But for the actual game I want bikes and riders to be even more customizable than in evolution.
Obviously I want tire glitches looked after, but I fear that this issue will only get worse as graphics improve.
Since they announced that the new systems may be able to play together in the future, xplat LBs would be great.
Make sure FMX isn't exploitable off the bat. It really hampered fusions launch.
Bring back tournaments as they were in Evo. Rotating weekly/daily ones are good but only in addition.
Several things that have to be said about the editor
- Make sure your editor world LOOKS GOOD. I have to be honest, there is only one half-decent default theme you get in the fusion editor (the sunset resort area when you switch around). The rest of the world is just a mess between futuristic buildings and plain open spaces with nothing there, making it almost impossible to create minimally decorated tracks that look ok. Just look on TC, I can't think of a single amazing track that used any sizeable portion of the game world, as opposed to an entire built up theme created from the objects.
Evo by contrast, a lot of very basic tracks could built up in the sky without fog and the background would speak for itself.
- Give us more flexibility with save files. Allow us to more easily give our tracks-in-progress to others to enable collaboration. I also have to suggest automated backups of some kind on editor files. Needless to say, there are lot of users who have lost data due to save corruption.
- Autosave. You can't guarantee your editor will be perfect and absolutely never crash, so just have that there.
- Multiplayer editing, as in allowing multiple users to edit a track at once? This was suggested by Vantier or someone else I know, would be a very nice feature if at all possible.
For ninjas, this will be my opinion from now till the end of time:
Make Ninja difficulty official. I'd even go as far as to suggest putting some in that are visible within the main game (and can only be unlocked with a complete or near fully complete medal count). They don't necessarily have to count towards completion or anything, but I strongly believe that this game's difficulty is something that should be celebrated, not tucked away and hidden
Customization: Speaks for itself. Bring back the level of customization you had in evo.
Other than that, yea track central. The track searching within TC went backwards with fusion compared to evo, when it can do so much better.
I know I said evo a lot. Don't think I'm speaking from a position of nostalgia or anything, I started playing Trials when I got fusion. There are quite a few things it did better that definitely should be considered.
I have some small pointers or ideas that I've been thinking about.
- Abillity to see how many have watched your replay.
- Created tracks can only be uploaded if the uploader can get to the finish line himself/herself. (authenticate track)
- More motorcycle and rider customization, more parts to decide colors.
- A function to let you download and store a specific track for offline play.
If your internet is down or the servers are down, at least you can practise your favorite tracks, right?
- A practise mode which lets you skip back and forth between checkpoints
but this disables being published on leaderboards.
- Automatic Cross plattform tracksharing ready at launch.
- A function to leave a comment on tracks in trackcentral.
For exampe if you give the track a thumbs down you can motivate why you didn't like the track, also a great way
to give pointers to builders how to improve. This function could work by using , lets say 4 buttons you can use to motivate why you didnt like it.
First button is "Too hard", second button is "too easy" third button is " lacks quality" fourth button is "not enough check points"
LEADERBOARDS
Personally, I'd like the ability to view the LB's via a web browser.
Make the LB's with the current filters that are within the game at present with the additional feature of sorting by platform. (XB1, PS4, PC, Mixed, DS3).
Have the ability to search the LB's for a specific user.
Have the ability to search by fastest/slowest medal. eg. i'm grinding and struggling for platinum but none of my friends have this medal. Let me find the slowest platinum time with ease so I can race their ghost.
PAUSE MENU
When pausing the game, I'd like to see the name of the track. When I'm broadcasting or watching a broadcast, if asked the name of the track, it should be instantly accessible. I understand this information can be acquired by going to the LB's via the pause menu, but we shouldn't have to navigate to that point to get the basic information.
HUD
Allow track name, difficuty and on-screen controls to be displayed on screen when riding. This would be admirable by those who watch and broadcast Trials.
Allow distance meter to be shown on-screen (including replays), especially for Track Central tracks, as some creators like to hide the finish-line. (Added 27/04/2016)
TC and TC DIFFICULTY
Allow the community to give their opinion on what difficulty they believe a track should be, and where appropriate, have it changed accordingly. I've raced many a-track that's been incorrectly/mistakenly listed.
Allow the community to search (u-lplay/community) recommended tracks by difficulty. Not everyone wishes to see the easy and/or extreme tracks in the feed.
Do not allow ascii code in the naming of tracks. Have seen this a few times and it hampers both searching and relaying the names of the track.
In favourites, allow me to search by difficulty/user/date/recent/etc
I'm sure this has been listed before, but allow 1-5 star rating of tracks and show an overall-rating for the track builder.
Have the ability to remove a track from TC without having to apply on the forums.
Have the ability to hide tracks that do not wish to be seen again by the user.
Where Dislikes are concerned within Track Central, we must provide a reason. eg: bad driving line, lack of scenery, troll track, no (not enough) content, etc (edited 13/09/2016)
BASE GAME
Allow fmx and skill games to continue, but give them their own section away from standard tracks.
If we are to have the ability to do FMX tricks on standard tracks, give us the ability to disable it. I've accidentally hit my right-stick and crashed because of an unintended trick, and I'm pretty sure a lot of others have too.
Medal times: Allow us to see the times it takes to get Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum; even after we have achieved/unlocked them.
ONLINE
Allow spectator mode for ranked matches. One/two bespoke slots for each lobby.
Ability to favourite a track from multiplayer even if hosted by another player.
Give us the ability to cancel Matchmaking, as occasionally, if the servers are having issues, it leaves the game hanging and ultimately, disconnects us. (added 28/04/2016)
TOURNAMENTS
Allow us to see what rewards we will receive and what tracks we will be playing by pressing an alternate button (back/window/select) rather than having to enter the tournament itself to get information, as doing this often requires downloading the tracks before seeing the information.
Option to favourite tracks from tournaments
Option to play tracks individually from tournament for practice
Give us daily, weekly and monthly tournaments. [Original idea by Vantier] (24/04/2016)
STATISTICS/NOTIFICATION CENTRE
Change the Statistics to being Leaderboard access and have what little information that is in the Statistic tab incorporated into the LBs
Notification centre seems to be somewhat underused and could be better incorporated elsewhere. Allow This tab to be customised so you can go to a specific area in-game. eg. Latest TC extreme's
TRACK EDITOR
From personal experience, I find the the editor to be overwhelming. While this is great for those who build tracks frequently, for those who would really like to start building and releasing tracks, the complexity of it is just a little too much. Bring back a simplified editor for us noobs.
Have the ability to edit a released track. I understand this is a BIG ask, but it would be a great convenience for builders and riders alike. No one wants to ride broken tracks. If tracks have been edited, automatically give a version number and have this reflect on LBs too, as to see on what version a person completed a track.
Allow unique tags for builders. eg. Kalzzone uses K8 and that would be unique to him, and whenever they release a track, their tag is automatically added to the search criteria.
Resizeable objects that can be stretched, possibly on all the axis. (updated 26/04/2016)
REPLAYS (added 24/04/2016)
Allow replays of multiple ghosts simultaneously for comparison. This allows to see where a person is losing/gaining time, and what they're doing differently to others attempts.
A rewind feature on a replay so we easily analyse specific parts on a track.
Allow replays (and times)to be temporarily stored locally if playing in an offline mode. This allows for uploading PBs at a later date.(edited 30/07/2016)
Optional cinematic replays cutting to different camera angles as the rider progressing. (edited 13/09/2016)
GENERAL/OTHER
Allow distance meter to be shown on-screen (including replays), especially for Track Central tracks, as some creators like to hide the finish-line. (Added 27/04/2016)
CURRENCY AND CUSTOMISATION (added 27/04/2016)
I believe there should be ONE single currency for buying customisations within the Trials game.
Allow us to preview our customisations before purchase. I don't want to spend my hard earned currency on something to find it doesn't look right when I've changed the colours of the outfit/bike.
Allow us to change the colourisation of an outfit/bike back to it's default colours if we have changed their colours!
It'd be great if there was an option to have an in depth LB for split times too. Both the time taken to reach a specific point (end-track) and how long a specific track took to complete on the run.Originally Posted by Vantier Go to original post
I have an idea to add to the game:
The ability to share obstacles with other players on a place like track central. Download the obstacle and use it in your own track, maybe add something to it.
Some obstacles are very cool, but have taken a long time to build. It would be a shame if they got lost in oblivion.
i don't know if somebody already say that.
But one important point for me it's on Multiplayer to allowed the possibility making race like Trackmania style.
I mean the principe that we have 5 minute to make the best time on a track and we can repeat our run until this 5 minutes.
it's really annoying now that we have only just one chance to perform a good race in just one try.