Hopper-style gameplay is great in super popular games like Forza, COD etc. For it to be seamless and successful you really need to have great game filters and a large user-base, otherwise you risk players having to wait an eternity and having to deal with sub-optimal modes. In the first month of PCars i remember only "online quick find" would find me a race, therefore I had no control over the length, format or class of the race I was dropping into; very bad.
F1 2015 was just as bad with it's ridiculous elimination of online public lobbies. Even though they were never massively popular, it was always a good option to get a race in previous iterations rather than relying on the search. I found it nearly impossible to find a game in 2015 as the hopper system was seemingly broken for awhile after release, when I recently went back to it I laughed about how I looked for a multiplayer session for 15m, gave up, and did 2 full length Pro Mode race weekends over the course of a day and my game was STILL LOOKING for a hopper the whole time.
My one big wish for this game is for public lobbies to make their return, as well as if they retain a hopper system, have more neutral searches like they had in 2010-2014 rather than the extremely limiting options from 2015. Also I hope they incorporate a feature that allows us to see how many active users are playing a quick game search so that you don't waste your time searching for a game type that no one is playing.
See you all in August
F1 2015 was just as bad with it's ridiculous elimination of online public lobbies. Even though they were never massively popular, it was always a good option to get a race in previous iterations rather than relying on the search. I found it nearly impossible to find a game in 2015 as the hopper system was seemingly broken for awhile after release, when I recently went back to it I laughed about how I looked for a multiplayer session for 15m, gave up, and did 2 full length Pro Mode race weekends over the course of a day and my game was STILL LOOKING for a hopper the whole time.
My one big wish for this game is for public lobbies to make their return, as well as if they retain a hopper system, have more neutral searches like they had in 2010-2014 rather than the extremely limiting options from 2015. Also I hope they incorporate a feature that allows us to see how many active users are playing a quick game search so that you don't waste your time searching for a game type that no one is playing.
See you all in August
