I realise that there are issues with medals, times, leaderboards etc., but their must be a way of deleting a track... who cares if someone has a medal on it ? Surely we are not as "anal" as the Forza 4 lobby ? They freak out if someone gets 1000 credits too much.

But seriously, here are the issues I have with uploading tracks - issues that could be attended to:

1. It is impossible to Beta test them before final submission - not great really ! - on so many levels

2. Cannot delete - or delete and replace

3. Can't modify

All that will happen with modifying and tweaking, is that people will start having "My Track v1"; "My Track v2"... and so on... where each subsequent "version" is an improvement on the last.

Lack of Beta testing creates obvious problems. This "psuedo-beta" testing system WILL happen - you watch - which will mean the index of tracks will be an utter mess eventually ! You guys need to realise this quickly and redesign the system. It needs thinking through a lot more.



Here are two suggestions as to how it may be changed for the better:

A. Have a way of allowing friends to Beta test it for you ? Comments can be made through normal text system and no scoring or medals are involved, and track is sent 'privately'

OR:
B. Have a 'beta-testing area' - where people rank and leave comments for the designer. When the designer is happy with the end product, he deletes it from the beta-server and uploads it to the main server. If people play these tracks, no medals are awarded.

The stars awarded by "testers" are then wiped, and the "Final" version becomes free to download and be 'scored' in the usual manner.

To encourage and recognise the effort made to help with this beta-testing process, time spent doing it could be rewarded in some way - maybe included in the user-stats: e.g 'Time Spent Beta Testing'

This system, gives users lots of tracks to play with, and has a number of advantages:

[list:2t2ggs2m]they don't feel as though they have wasted their time,[/list:u:2t2ggs2m]

[list:2t2ggs2m]they feel as though they are contributing to the development process - giving a sense of 'worth' even if they are not 'talented' enough (or don't have the time) to make their own[/list:u:2t2ggs2m]

[list:2t2ggs2m]we all end up with better tracks[/list:u:2t2ggs2m]

[list:2t2ggs2m]the developers get helpful tips and comments[/list:u:2t2ggs2m]

[list:2t2ggs2m]the leaderboards don't become choked-up with half-hearted attempts[/list:u:2t2ggs2m]