I know for a lot of people (maybe just my circles) that midnight club and early NFS underground games are beloved. Looking back it they weren’t always the greatest but still loved. I feel like the forza horizon series has kind over the space of “arcade racer”. From what I have gathered Need For Speed: Heat has been the most like since the early 2000’s.
I think something that most people enjoyed about Heat is the difficulty. It was tough but not a complete pushover when it came to the police presence. Something that I feel like would be an interesting game mechanic is this new thing in underground culture called “swimming” or “cutting up” it’s huge with social media and draws a lot of views.
The main question I am asking is, would game that is gritty like the underground racing scene is now work? Making bootleg tapes, uploading driving exploits on socials, cannon ball runs, having spotters or police scanners. Some of those are kind of tied into previous games but making them more of a separate mechanic.
Maybe redo the underground series or somehow blend the underground series and midnight club together.
TLDR: had a game mechanic idea and want to know if it would work.