As The Crew Motorfest continues to evolve, the development team remains committed to improving the player experience on the vibrant islands of O'ahu and Maui. With a focus on enhancing gameplay and streamlining various features, a series of quality-of-life updates have already rolled out in Year 1, with exciting plans on the horizon for Year 2.
Year 1 QoL Recap: Elevating the Motorfest Experience
Throughout the first year, Motorfest introduced several quality-of-life updates designed to make racing and exploring O'ahu more enjoyable for players. Here's a quick recap of the standout changes:
- Custom Show Improvements: Buy cars directly from the show, view winning cars, dynamic spawn points, and a new Custom Show Calendar.
- Main Stage Updates: Themed weekly challenges with automatic rewards and new leaderboards.
- Grand Race Enhancements: Vehicle categories are now visible with clearer reward notifications.
- Difficulty Adjustments: Difficulty levels displayed in all menus and can be changed mid-event.
- Faster Car Loading Times: Quicker access to your vehicle collection.
- Multiscrapping: Ability to scrap multiple perf parts of the same rarity in batches in your vehicle upgrade menu.
- Replayers Toggle: We gave you the ability to toggle Replayers (also known as Ghost Cars) on or off.
- Cara Frequency: Ability to tweak CARA's voice settings:
- Switch Guidance ON/OFF
- Switch Playlist Introductions ON/OFF
- Switch extra voice lines ON/OFF
- Part Swapping: Given players the ability to switch parts between vehicles of the same category, with just the click of a button!
- Map Filters: We upgraded the map filters with new presets that show you the activities linked to specific Main Stage tracks so you can navigate your way through your progression easier.
These enhancements have already made The Crew Motorfest more streamlined, responsive, and fun, enhancing both the gameplay and overall player experience.
Year 2 Commitments: What's Next?
Looking ahead to Year 2 and especially Season 5, the team is gearing up for even more QoL improvements that will continue to enhance the experience. Some of the key updates to look forward to include:
- Rearview Mirrors: A significant and long-awaited update, rearview mirror functionality will provide players with improved situational awareness, giving a better view of competitors and the environment behind them.
- Available on New Gen Consoles and PC Only.
- RPG Enhancements: Check out the dedicated RPG Enhancements section of the article below!
- View Parts in the Car List: Players will soon be able to see installed car parts directly from their car list, simplifying the process of managing and optimizing vehicle setups.
- Prestige Tickets: While not a quality-of-life change but instead a new feature, Prestige Tickets will be earned primarily through the Custom Modes with their new enhancements.
- For more information check out the dedicated Custom Mode article here: https://ubi.li/m25wm
- Bug Reporter: This will help to improve the tracking of any issues players are having in-game. More news on this coming soon!
RPG Enhancements
We are aiming improve the experience of our players that are always on the lookout to kit out their favourite vehicle in the best parts possible. Here's a quick rundown of some new features that we are hoping will achieve this.
- Merging: A merging system will be introduced, allowing players to combine 3 parts of the same rarity, combining them into the same part of an upgraded rarity.
- This allows players to farm Legendary parts of a specific type at a much faster rate in exchange for spare parts and bucks.
- Legendary Set Half Bonuses: Legendary sets now have activation steps. This new system will reward players with 50% of the bonuses if they have 3 parts of a legendary set equipped and 100% of the bonus if they choose to equip the full set.
- This will allow players the opportunity of more flexibility and opportunities to maximize their performance in their own creative way.
- This means you can combine the effects of 2 Legendary sets on the same vehicle, which was not previously possible.
Looking Forward to More on the Tracks
With the many updates in Year 1 and the exciting roadmap for Year 2, The Crew Motorfest is committed to delivering a more polished, engaging, and player-focused experience. Whether you're a seasoned Festival-goer or a newcomer to the islands, these quality-of-life enhancements are designed to make your time on O'ahu and Maui smoother and more enjoyable.
Stay tuned for more updates, and we can't wait to see you back on the tracks, enjoying all that Motorfest has to offer!
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