There are a few details surrounding the minimap and the UI that need resolving.
Many people have already complained that it's impossible to drive by the minimap and you don't know when to turn because the minimap doesn't cover enough area for you to see a turn in coming up in time. People want the minimap bigger, but I took the other approach: I simply turned it off. The point is that you should pay attention to the beautiful city and not stare at the minimap. It's a lot more fun to figure out your own way in the city, confusing as it can be, than to just follow a dotted line set out for you.
Turned off the minimap really has proved a lot of fun to me, but there are still a few issues. First, once you turn off the minimap, you no longer have an indicator whether or not you are in combat. You can usually tell by the music, so this isn't a major issue, but it still would be nice to have a separate indicator. Secondly, there are still the in-game overlaid indicators of where to go (i.e. the quest indicator with distance and the waypoint indicator with distance). I'd really like to turn those off too. Let me watch the map, figure out where I need to go myself and how to get there. Please don't solve all my problems for me, it's a lot more fun getting a little lost in this city than to follow a beacon the whole time. I don't need a carrot, I'm choosing to play this game.
For the latter (removing the quest indicator) there's a mod, but I still have to check that out myself. Regardless, it would be better if that option were in the game itself. We can already turn off most UI elements, this one is just missing from the list.
I'd prefer playing this game by paying attention to the amazing city/world CD Projekt Red and Mike Pondsmith have created, rather than just blindly following on-screen instructions. I can't emphasize that point enough. So even if on-street driving driving paths are added like in the races, I hope they can be turned off. Except maybe in the races, they may actually be necessary there.
One added UI element that would be useful for navigating the world without doing it for me, is a simple compass. A simple one that tells you where north is, not the crazy Skyrim one that tells you where everything is.
Many people have already complained that it's impossible to drive by the minimap and you don't know when to turn because the minimap doesn't cover enough area for you to see a turn in coming up in time. People want the minimap bigger, but I took the other approach: I simply turned it off. The point is that you should pay attention to the beautiful city and not stare at the minimap. It's a lot more fun to figure out your own way in the city, confusing as it can be, than to just follow a dotted line set out for you.
Turned off the minimap really has proved a lot of fun to me, but there are still a few issues. First, once you turn off the minimap, you no longer have an indicator whether or not you are in combat. You can usually tell by the music, so this isn't a major issue, but it still would be nice to have a separate indicator. Secondly, there are still the in-game overlaid indicators of where to go (i.e. the quest indicator with distance and the waypoint indicator with distance). I'd really like to turn those off too. Let me watch the map, figure out where I need to go myself and how to get there. Please don't solve all my problems for me, it's a lot more fun getting a little lost in this city than to follow a beacon the whole time. I don't need a carrot, I'm choosing to play this game.
For the latter (removing the quest indicator) there's a mod, but I still have to check that out myself. Regardless, it would be better if that option were in the game itself. We can already turn off most UI elements, this one is just missing from the list.
I'd prefer playing this game by paying attention to the amazing city/world CD Projekt Red and Mike Pondsmith have created, rather than just blindly following on-screen instructions. I can't emphasize that point enough. So even if on-street driving driving paths are added like in the races, I hope they can be turned off. Except maybe in the races, they may actually be necessary there.
One added UI element that would be useful for navigating the world without doing it for me, is a simple compass. A simple one that tells you where north is, not the crazy Skyrim one that tells you where everything is.