
Payback is built on the same game engine as NFS 2015, removing multiplayer free roam took more effort than it would've if it was kept in the game. You cannot host car meets, you cannot run into and meet new people, and if the host starts the race at any moment, you get thrown into a race whether you wanted to or not, as you may have been cruising around with others. It is not a proper multiplayer free roam, and should stop being claimed as one. That is a loading screen and nothing more. Anything less than that, and they can pretty much chalk this game down as dead on arrival. Many people, myself included were finally excited for an NFS game after a long time, but after learning this, we won't hesitate to get our money back and make sure others don't make the mistake of buying it, unless it's addressed and explained that it is in the game, or that they will patch it in Day 1.

Whoever at Ghost games suggested removing multiplayer free roam was a good idea, and the person who approved that, should be fired, because they quite literally ruined any hype or excitement for this game, and people are leaving in droves. I am waiting and giving Ghost a chance to make a public announcement regarding this issue, and if they don't, me and everyone else I convinced to get the game, are also going to be refunding this and never looking back. The refund train has already left the station, and people are getting their money back, baffled by what a STUPID decision it was to remove a core gameplay feature that everyone enjoyed. In fact, most people bought Payback FOR that reason. No one in their right mind wanted or asked for that to be removed from the game.

Everyone needs to make it known to Ghost that literally everyone wants, and more to the point was promised, a multiplayer free roam just like in NFS 2015.

People need to stop accepting that kind of *. There is literally no way of hanging out with anyone other than a couple people in your friends list, no way to do meets, nothing. You people need to stop labeling that as the 'multiplayer free roam', because it isn't.
