I'm most of the way through season 3 in tour mode and have platinum'd and got 1st in every event so far and am thoroughly enjoying the game. I am level 28 in my multiplayer career and tend to play it nightly with the same group of friends - and we have all noticed at this point, two things.
One, trailblazer is shit. I want to like it, the idea of superfast cars on new/different tracks than regular Rally is appealing - however what results is in fact, tracks that are too long, cars that handle too easily and overall a boring experience. The only excitement tends to be when someone destroys their car late in the race.
Two, damage model is awful. There are multiple types of fences, signs, lights and shrubs that you can power through without issue. Then there are magical posts, free standing signs, chainlink fences, white rocks in Kenya, and shrubs made of titanium that will rip your car apart. Granted the idea is to avoid any of these, but it's ridiculous having a random death or major crash because of some tiny free standing sign that looks harmless.
That said, ridiculously fun game. The variety of cars is awesome, tracks are great and multiplayer is only missing replays or else it would be perfect. I'm hoping they can do something to spice up rally cross - at the moment it's a race to be first out of the first few corners and leave everyone else slamming into each other as much as possible.
Also, the only way to play this game is forced helmet cam, forced manual, driving assists off. So many people hate it - but the game is far too easy any other way.
