Hi guys, here are my thoughts on this game after playing it for a few hours (sorry about any English mistake you see, it's not my mother tongue, feel free to correct me !) :


What I love :

- Ranking system -
This is a brilliant idea ! I've been wanting to play ranked games in Trials since the day I got into Trials Evolution ! Maybe some matchmaking adjustments have to be made as I won my first game quite easily, but got rekt the next 2 games (I played only 3 ranked games so not sure about the adjustments, I probably haven't played enough).

- Ghosts during tracks -
Another very good idea, it's quite hard to find someone with almost the same level as you, and you can discover/help people discover new routes as well. But maybe it should be an option as it might slow down some computers, or some players just don't want to be disturbed.


What I am skeptical with :

- Map -
I have to say it's a very original idea, but navigating through it is quite annoying (unless you have mouse+keyboard, but who plays Trials with mouse+keyboard ?). I really prefer the "old" system, where you can just choose the difficulty you wanted, and then the track. I know there's a filter, but I can't realize right now how useful it will be, since there aren't many tracks but DLCs tracks will eventually make it confusing.

- Customization -
I can understand that the lootbox system is a good system for customizing your character, but why not allow player to buy what they want to wear, like in "old" Trials games ?


What I dislike :

- Faults during tracks -
I really don't understand why you count +5s every faults, and don't show them on your record (or maybe I haven't seen it). If you want to keep this system, why not +10s, +15s or +30s ? Will we be penalized the same way during ninja tracks ? I think this was a bad idea, we lose enough time just by restarting from the checkpoint, and extreme tracks are much harder/easier to do (the extreme track available will probably be one of the easiest extreme of this game (aiming for the plat is not that easy though), but what about the hardest extreme ? Can we do 5-10 faults and still have platinum medal ? Or will we have to do a perfect run ?). I guess it's better for the "medal bar" to have this system, but I feel it's like unnecessary, I really prefer a time+faults limit


Some improvements I can think of :

-Adding more filters to the map (medals, world ranking, friends ranking, ...) or just adding the possibility to enter the track's name.
-Being able to select ghosts that have a better time than you have.
-Adding all the songs into an in-game playlist, and let the player select for each song, if he wants to hear it in game/in menus/both/not at all (just like in the original Need For Speed : Most Wanted if anyone knows).
-Adding challenges on every tracks, just like in Trials Fusion, might be cool as well.


Some bugs I have met :

-When I finish a track, and I want to restart it all over again, I don't have the starting timer + when I want to open the pause menu, there's no response until I'm 5s-10s into the track.
-After finishing all tracks in the USA, I had no other tracks unlocked (I though they were the only ones available), I had to play a few multiplayer games to unlock Europe/Asia tracks (I don't know if it was on purpose or not).


Even though I didn't share a lot of positive feedback, I think this game is looking nice so far ! Tracks are well designed, and the contract system is interesting !
Again, this is my point of view, if you disagree, feel free to share your feedback !
I hope I was clear and constructive on every single point !

Thank you for reading !