Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20200115165228

Agressive Ambition lived up to it's name. You needed Agressive Ambition to win. Aside from 5.1 (people now getting reimbursed), I thought it was a good event. It was challenging but gave me room to decide how I wanted to proceed. I could upgrade more and win faster, or keep it lower, adapt and try to find a way through a stage. It's what guys like me NEED to keep playing this game.

When Special Events got put on the back burner a while back, some long time and dedicated players quit. There was just no challenge left in the game. There's WTTT, but that's just a time trial. OMP... that's a time trial with ghosted cars on the track. I like them both, but both are only about fast and clean laps.

It's events like Agressive Ambition that helped me to become a better racer. To turn off assists, find faster and cleaner lines, brake earlier, brake later, push it harder out of corners, try some "tricks", etc. All of this made me a better driver EVERYWHERE else in the game. I earn more in WTTT & OMP because of what I learned driving Special Events.

Yes, they have gotten harder over the years. Finishing with just R$ was once the norm, not anymore. However it is the ONE interesting way to earn a car for many of us. There were really hard Special Events years ago, it's not new. Some may remember how hard the first FXX K event was, or how the Venom had people blowing gaskets!

Much of the game has been made easier;
 * LTS - easy, upgrade and drive5A92ABC5-6DF8-4303-B420-B41D4A443AA9.jpeg
 * Race Day - easy & boring, upgrade and drive
 * Track Day - just like Race Day
 * F1 GP - easy, upgrade and drive
 * Special Events - the only interesting one

The first 4 are so easy that much can be done unserviced with minimum upgrades. Lower the bots in LTS and you can drive unserviced, with assists on high... one handed (I've done it). Even then you'll have to wait for them to catch up on cup events!

My point is this; in trying to make a game the appeals to all, some parts will be hard. Many of us give detailed daily event reports, people can use those to decide if they should go for the car or not. Some people even share their WTTT abilities so others have something to compare to. This car will probably get an LTS at some point, many people will have more than enough upgrades to win it then. Of course, that doesn't help a depleted gold balance now.

When I first started this game, I had to pass on more expensive Special Events. I coulnd't spend my whole bank on one car. Even if I won it, I would earn almost nothing back in it's one series. My general Career progress would suffer too much.

Finally, if you hate events like this... you'll be glad that Gauntlet's are gone. Those were amazingly hard at times. I still miss them, but those got more hate than any other style of event! So, it could be worse. 