Suggestion Name: Add "players near to you" bar, when "TAB" is not pressed.
Suggestion Description: Amazed's idea (driving direction of players -> awareness of other players) inspired me, in a little different way. It could be nice to have a possibility to turn on/off a bar with the amount of players, that are near to me.
Any example images: Just press "TAB" in the game -> look at the top line and set aside the rest.
Why should it be added?: Half the time, I drive on empty roads and half the time there is something going on (traffic, jams, accidents etc.). It could be nice to turn this number of players permanently, so I don't have to press "TAB", see that number, then press "TAB" again, to see my mirrors.
This could be on the same exact spot, where it is, when "TAB" is pressed. It could be text only, or with that exact background (Just take the top line and scrape away the rest). Players could turn this feature on/off.
When 0 (/low number of) players, you don't have to be 100% concentrated, don't have to look into mirrors and speculate, from which side a Need-for-Speed player will ram you. When people are near me, I focus more, I pay attention more, etc. Sorry, if this was already rejected, I just didn't find it in search feature.