I think GT6 should get more involved with Top Gear, GT5 barely had anything about it (the test track, and some annoying challenges). This is what I think should happen if Top Gear is in GT6:
- A lot more challenges that would test your driving ability (mostly timed challenges with cones) and with interesting cars not a VW bus. This can be combined with the licenses tests.
- Cast of the show as narrators for these challenges (Jeremy, James and Hammond) just to make it more authentic
- Head to Head races between same-class cars in terms of top speed, cornering ability, drifting, drag races, etc.
- Beat the Stig mode where you try to match or beat the stig's time of different cars on the list they have on the show (yes that means PD have to make all those vehicles that appear on that list)
- Mini games, car soccer, hockey, jumps, tricks, etc.
- Online aspect of Top Gear could be giving the players a limited budget to buy, upgrade and mod a car and then racing each other to see what each one could do with it
- Top Gear cast comment about cars and talk about their history
- Tours in certain countries or regions, where you race on all tracks in those regions with relevant cars (italy tour would be Lambo vs Ferrari, and so on)
- Incorporate top gear in photo mode, the stage, and the track with stig
Other improvements I can think of with other parts of the game:
- Aspec could have several career paths where the player decides which types of races he is more interested in (muscle cars -> drag races -> Nascar) (Precision racing -> Touring car races) (Racing karts -> Super lightweight cars) (japanese cars -> drift -> touge) and so on
- No Bspec, at least in my opinion that was a waste of time, I wanna race not watch
- Touge, drift touge, night touge
- Drift could be just points, or points and time where you want to finish as fast as possible too
- Up to date cars 2013 Mustang not older 2010 model, new viper, new corvette, aventador, ferrari F70, koenigsigg hundra, LFA nurberbring, Ultiamate Aero SSC, so on
- AI should be a little bit more than brain dead (at least should be faster or more aggressive and varied)
- Car sounds MUST be improved, alot of cars sound really bad. The sound should feel more mechanical (gear changes, turbo sounds, blow off valve, superchargers should be more prominant)
- Fix shadows and smoke
- more photo mode areas
- Open doors, trunk, hood, roof in photomode, and interior should be accessible (we use glitches to get interior shots)
- Remove useless and repeating cars (dont need 100 miata's and skylines)
- Free camera with right analog stick while using behind-car cam
- Quick snapshot feature using R3 button to take pictures mid race
- Behind car cam should be a bit more flexible (it is too rigid in GT5)
- In car cam should have some feedback based on driving conditions (some tilt while cornering, bumpiness when offroad and so on)
- More rally races, snow races, nascar, F1, etc
- Instead of black silhouette for standard cars, use generic interior where it changes based on make (just emblem on steering wheel) and type of car
- More customization options while still keeping it classy (no underbody lights) and possibly some liveries
- Brake upgrades
- Customize car interior colour when applicable
- Change rim size
- Turn ON/OFF mechanical damage in A Spec
- Turn ON/OFF gas in A spec
- Better visual damage, lights break, windows break, bumpers fall, etc.
- More than one car in photomode would be awesome
- Environment sounds (sound of rain, lightning, cheers from crowds, commentators, city sounds, birds, waterfalls whatever just better sound)
- When gas is empty car stops, when tires are burnt out they pop, when you slam a wall your car is dead
- Challenges based on events in racing history (big achievements or winning a race with very bad odds)
- Either make cars get really dirty (to make car washes useful) or take out car washes alltogether
- Rear wipers should work too when its raining
- Rally races should have some mud and water splashing where you have to use your wipers
- If you buy a convertible car, you get to choose the roof up or down when racing
- Racing Modifications on more cars and possibly more Racing Mods per car (depends on application: drag, drift, rally, precision and so on)
That is all I can think of for now. Hope someone in PD reads this.