Board Thread:Challenge Threads/@comment-26505418-20160727113729/@comment-192.41.131.251-20160729100043

I wouldn't take the showcase discount, unless you're swimming in gold. Two reasons: you need all three LMP1's for 100% completion (~1900 GC + R$ 4M, plus upgrades), and these cars go on sale regularly. I'll assume you didn't use the recent sales during Le Mans.

EK is key, as it allows a cheap-ish route to the second-highest paying races in the game. Medium term, you're better off buying the Audi (R$ 4M), upgrading it with gold until PR94, and then race 22.1 and/or 22.2 tto boredom and beyond. At Le Mans the R18 is faster than the 919 anyway, and you'll get pitted less often.

It's very likely you'll see an LMP1 sale in Christmas or by the next Le Mans. If you've quit by then, surely not having 100% completion or all LMP1's won't bother you. If you haven't, well, you'll save 200 to 300 GC over the showcase price.

BTW: I would have been *furious* had I not been offered the car about two months ago.

PS: I have all three 2015 LMP1's, and even then can't be bothered to upgrade either to the PR for the EC 10-lapper. EK is so much more relaxed...