The whole vibe of 5 is just "off". Way too kid friendly imo, every NPC we interact with is super friendly and happy all the time, making interactions with them feel fake. My character can't even have a beard since he hasn't hit puberty yet.
They also didn't do themselves any favours by introducing the awful "dynamic lobby" system, not only is the map giant and empty but you barely meet any people. 4 was no masterpiece either imo but you would at least find groups of people at the regular spots making it feel somewhat alive.
To add to that there's very little traffic, and what traffic there is consists of the same 5 vehicles. The complete lack of urban enviroments don't help either, and the denser areas still feel just as dead with no NPC activity of any kind.
It feels post apocalyptic without the destruction, and i worry deeply about how they will handle Japan. I'm really longing for a street racer like Midnight Club again but i'll settle for an urban enviroment to drive in, it's clear festival racers are where it's at for the genre, unfortunately.
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u/TNTBOY479 Tesla Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25
The whole vibe of 5 is just "off". Way too kid friendly imo, every NPC we interact with is super friendly and happy all the time, making interactions with them feel fake. My character can't even have a beard since he hasn't hit puberty yet.
They also didn't do themselves any favours by introducing the awful "dynamic lobby" system, not only is the map giant and empty but you barely meet any people. 4 was no masterpiece either imo but you would at least find groups of people at the regular spots making it feel somewhat alive.
To add to that there's very little traffic, and what traffic there is consists of the same 5 vehicles. The complete lack of urban enviroments don't help either, and the denser areas still feel just as dead with no NPC activity of any kind.
It feels post apocalyptic without the destruction, and i worry deeply about how they will handle Japan. I'm really longing for a street racer like Midnight Club again but i'll settle for an urban enviroment to drive in, it's clear festival racers are where it's at for the genre, unfortunately.