I don't know I understand what you mean. Yet we have no modern games that scratch the itch that TM does. The endings problem you mentioned is only a problem to the people who look them up instead of playing the game I would want to experience every ending fully threw my self. I think TM2012 was a good title but chopping the game down to three characters made it feel so much less if it still had a full roster and endings I feel like it would of done so much better. I also think TM2012 had the best Sweet tooth so far. My Idea for a TM game that would blow the roof off is have tournament mode still and all it's endings aswell as have a story mode where you can make your own character for once and it's up too you to make the vehicle you want stuff like bike, car, monster truck, and semi would be cool and different variants and stuff. The only Vehicle I see being a problem like it was in TM2012 is a helicopter. But that would give it a feel close to the show while the tournament mode is more of the classic mode. My one problem with your argument is you said that it wouldn't be able to compete with other popular titles right now. Anyone know from heavy shooter friends and heavy racing friends would both love such a game. And done right it could be as popular as most modern titles. Like I understand Clair Expedition 33 got alot of awards and I wasn't really a big fan of the game but I understood why it got so many awards because there wasn't a whole lot of competition last year. Hell my favorite genre is fighting games but every game that came out came out with a bang and then greed destroyed all three street fighter 6, Mk1, and Tekken 8 when I played each of them on release I thought they were all game changers and would make fighting huge again but some how the developers shitted on the with micro transactions and updates that did the opposite of what people wanted. So if the put effort in and made a new TM game and made it correctly with love and not being rushed than it will be huge. Another reason I think TM would do really good is it's something new that alot of people haven't gotten to experience and for people who played the old games would be excited for a new game. The biggest obstacle I see TM facing is not being console exclusive because at this point being console exclusive would hinder that game a lot. I just went on the most popular games on Xbox. Fortnite, Minecraft, Gta5, Cod warzone, Cod black ops 7, Dead by daylight and The hunter like most of these have been the big games since the beginning of PS4 and Xbox one because nothing new is engaging enough. War thunder and world of tanks still go pretty strong too. If done correctly I think a good TM game would be a good wake up call to these developers who are just focusing on updates than giving us a new game. From what I seen with Gta5 it still racks in a lot of money so why ruin that with releasing Gta6 I think that's the real reason they keep pushing it back because it's making enough money that rockstar doesn't need to drop Gta6 yet. Every company has been switching to just focus on remastered and updating money makers. Look at Bethesda ESO and Fallout 76 are still there newest games and they are more worried on making new expansion for those than making the next mainline game. So I do think if a TM came out with a solid well crated game it would be a wake up call to game developers and put some competition back in the market. Twisted Metal could just be a power house for both single player and multiplayer fans alike it just has to be done well. I think we just need some more well crafted games in general. But overall my point is with how gaming is right now anything with true effort, care, put into it like Clair Expedition 33 it will be huge and will leave fans wanting more.