That's often a discussion within the GT community. I've not been a GT user from the start, but from what I've read GT has always been not only about race cars but also about several "special", or sometimes even "weird", car choices. So those trucks, pick-ups etc. are nothing new at all.
I don't think anyone enjoys EVERY vehicle in GT. The oddball vehicles that have been added since launch(such as the MediAce, Unimog, etc.) are and have proved to be more enjoyable by the majority of players. They got people talking about a now 3+ year old game. I'm glad that I am required to use certain vehicles for races. It adds variety, and who knows, maybe even find a hidden gem that you love.
I think I speak for everyone when I say that we all wish for Lotus as a whole to come back, but it hasnt happened yet, for reasons only known to Polyphony. If you want a game that lets you use the same car for every race, try Forza Horizon, you can do beat it in a single car. That has never been the focus of GT.
The Ferrari Challenge wasn't in last week's Weekly Challenges (May Week 3); it was American FR, Nissan GT-R, Kei Cup, WTC800 and the Corvette one-make.
I've been with GT from the very beginning, and I've hated all of those vehicles from the start. We had to use base cars with no power, cars you could run faster than, over and over and over to get enough money to buy a decent car because wasting the money on the base car never got you what you wanted. Pure hate.
Proved to be more enjoyable for the majority of players? You'd have to show me the statistics on that before I'd believe it. I consider it heavy handed by PD, just like all the other things they force on us (and the list is LONG). In short, it's their game, so they force us to play it their way. Forza physics are a joke IMO, no way I'd lower myself to that game, but it's pretty to look at for sure, and some of the features are fantastic.
You pick a strange franchise to stick around then. Masochism?
