Alternative for bonus points in events

[alpine pivot]

The event's name is "Santa's Little Hummer" but I don't see nobody using Hummer in this event even with 2x bonus points because a team full of Ford is just better.
Also, Hutch can't create a event 5x Hummer because there is only 9 non-prize cars in game. Exclusive brand event is only possible for the major brands.

So, instead of giving 2x bonus points (huge amount but still nobody using Hummer in the top of leaderboard), what about a time penalty for not using Hummer?

Like 10% of time penalty for not using Hummer.
Using Hummer >> 01:00:00 >> 01:00:00
Not using Hummer >> 01:00:00 >> 01:06:00 (+10% in seconds)

[tight echo]

That's not a good idea tbh only because it means you'll never win the tie breakers, because you'll end up always losing the tie. I was previously thinking about something similar where it's -10% points for not using the bonus cars but again a 100-100 will become 90-100

[alpine pivot]

Thats true. Actually Hutch should fix the bonus points for defense too