A small status bar of all your riders should be at the left side of the screen at all times. I believe that TDF09 for Xbox Arcade had this? I know there is not much space for that, but a picture of the rider, his name, his group, his position in that group, an icon showing his current order, and the energy bars. It should be possible to make this quite compact, giving all the information you need on the left side of the screen.
Pres X (Xbox) and the current rider is on autopilot. Now you can select the teammates with the right stick and give them orders. Pressing X again shows the different orders available to the right of the status bar. Confirm your order with X. Press B to highlight/unhighlight a rider, giving the opportunity to select more riders and give them the same order. Again, press X give orders to the highlighted riders. Y cancels all order for the selected rider and holding Y cancels all orders. When you’re done, press A and ALL the orders are carried out.
It would be best if the game could go on pause when giving orders, but I don’t know how this would work on versus/multiplayer
Pres X (Xbox) and the current rider is on autopilot. Now you can select the teammates with the right stick and give them orders. Pressing X again shows the different orders available to the right of the status bar. Confirm your order with X. Press B to highlight/unhighlight a rider, giving the opportunity to select more riders and give them the same order. Again, press X give orders to the highlighted riders. Y cancels all order for the selected rider and holding Y cancels all orders. When you’re done, press A and ALL the orders are carried out.
It would be best if the game could go on pause when giving orders, but I don’t know how this would work on versus/multiplayer