I've been thinking about fuel too, i'd find it great to do that, you could also then have a sort of chat with "Joe, the friendly station mechanic" and learn about the hottest in-game trades that change everyday. Of course, they would have to add a option to shut it off: Limited/Unlimited Fuel, or even if you don't have fuel you could:
a) Get ported to the nearest gas station
b) Be Able To Keep Driving
c) (my fav.) Hitchhike with another person (online only) with voice-chat and comment on his driving (sweet, sweet payback :) ) buy gas, and get ported back/hitchhike back to your car.You could of course then get the others to pay for the hitchhiking and make sort of taxi clans i guess. :shocked:
Anyway, they'd have to add way more gas stations, seeing as i believe there is only 1?
I find the idea's of Drye good too, especially: - Night Time, - Rain (Promised Windshield/Headlights Atari???) and Tuners drift harder. I think that it'd be good to have early races a bit less money-making and the high-class races more money-making, to really emphasise the fact you made it, and are a bigshot.., more cities wuld be nice to go along with the beaches and mountains,but especilly no less cities, or you'd get a sort of JustCause, where 75% of the map is forest, and driving places takes eternity...
Tuning would be nice, but then it'd have to go in detail imo, with custom licence plates, vinyls, and dangling dice or other thing for in car decoration (maybe even odor fresheners...) and speakers, so the car would idd be a unique driving experience... :)
If you'd do this Atari, also include photo mode for friends, so you can take pictures of your friends cars, or give virtual money for the most beautiful car...
Lemme know what ya'll think of this?
Please note this is just my two cents and i'll be editing this.