Get out - stop at a parking area and press E to step out and walk around in your s&box avatar; E by your car gets you back in
Ride along - walk up to a friend's car and press E at any door
Drop off - the driver lets passengers out from the pause menu, and "Back to my car" takes you home from anywhere
Proximity voice - hold V to talk to the players around you: 15 m on foot, 30 m from a car, muffled through the cabin
Walk up to a car - its plate shows whose it is, the model, its class and horsepower
Drivers - your car and every player's car now have a driver at the wheel, and you see your friends sitting in the seats
Voices - their own volume slider in the sound settings
Tyres on grass - grass sounds like grass now, on other players' cars too
Tyre squeal - follows how fast you slide: everyday corners are quieter, drifts sound the same
Road roar - comes only from wheels on asphalt
Rivals - once you are past their skill level they stop holding back and fight for the win
Stettler Falke S - the exhaust tips follow the bumper you fit
A friend's car could freeze in place on your screen while they kept driving
The 16 aftermarket rims had matte and gloss swapped in places
The grass verge counted as asphalt - it sounded like asphalt and left white tyre smoke