Is a shifting transmission really necessary?

[Cory]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Instead of making the build process easier to level the playing field, I'd like to see the game challenge be made wildly differetn and oodles more challenging in order to level the playing field. Make it something no one has done before, and then all will be at the same level, and all will ba challenged.

Even if it's something nobody has ever done, the "powerhouse teams" will all still have a significant advantage, while rookies get left behind in the dust.

Innovation is not a problem. If the 2005 game had required an innovative drivetrain, teams would have innovated, but it didn't, so neither did the teams.