Reconstructed from the old scan for FM4?
It took me a while to find it because the clue has a picture that isn't what the world actually looks like. So I thought it couldn't possibly be where it was and specifically didn't go there because I knew it couldn't possibly be that location, until I eventually gave up and went there just in case I was mistaken about the visual difference, and there the chest was, but I wasn't mistaken, the clue image and world simply don't match.
A new map is the main thing, you're paying for the interest of having a new world to explore and new tracks to learn, which is basically what these games are all about compared to track racing games, they're for people who get bored of driving the same tracks and want some new ones.
I assume there are official CAD files of the car. After all it's from 2007.
My opinion? That will wait until I play it.
You relied on influencers rather than forming your own opinion.
It's an option! Just go to HUD & Gameplay in Settings and scroll down to Proximity Radar. Trust me, I needed it for the Nachi Run, which was not easy compared to the other two street races I did in that Seasonal Championship. Anyone who complains that the roads are too wide in this game should have every race locked except this one until they beat it and its gaggle of rainy-bumper-cars Drivatar oafs.
This has nothing to do with what I said.
That's odd. This is the image on mine:
No, you clearly don't.
Yes, so as you can see, they don't match at all. The clue has a fence on the far side of the path that is the same as the fence on the near side. The actual game world has those short concrete things on the far side. I knew this is how the game world is so thought it couldn't possibly be that location.
I must have missed the modern cities in 4 & 5.. I'm not the biggest fan of the series and I have *no regrets.
I mean... they do.
The screenshot was probably taken in development before the concrete barriers were added, They expect the players to pay more attention to the landmarks (what type of road, the lake with the building on the opposite side, and the hot air balloons), since that is what your eyes should be focused on. Always look at the major landmarks before going into the finer details (where the trees are, where are the rocks placed, etc.)
To me these (taken from your images) are clearly different:
I just found that location pretty memorable when I went there in normal gameplay, because it's unusual to have a patch of water that is inaccessible like that, so the short concrete posts really stuck in my mind and were the first thing I looked for in the image.
Yes, as I agreed:
... but they are clearly the same location given that they have all the same landmarks and even larger details like trees and the arrangement of hot air balloons (which is... odd). It's got virtually nothing to do with knowing the map - I certainly don't - but when it's one of the marked points of interest, even notwithstanding the red treasure chest icon, the slightly different fencing and foliage quantities ought to matter little.
