Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-119.247.23.42-20180401124650/@comment-32052843-20180401161731

Amrosa wrote: That isn't true. There was a lot of skill-dependence in this event. Forced upgrades are where you have goals that are actually over the top speed of the car upgraded to the recommended PR, and there are events in the past that have had this.

And where isn't autoracing about spend versus skill. Great drivers will still be great in under performing cars, but they won't be standing on the podium. Just ask Fernando Alonso. Look at the finishes that Valtteri Bottas had at Williams versus Mercedes. Max Verstappen wins when he steps up from Toro Rosso to Red Bull. I agree. Did you see how happy Alonso was at Indy last year? He said,(and I'm paraphrasing now) that this is how racing should be. You could tell he was so happy NOT to be in that McLaren/Honda s***box.

The old racer's adage: Speed costs money,how fast do you want to go?

Money is what destroyed Showroom Stock racing when I was doing it.

SCCA let the factory skunk-works cars in.

I'll give you one example: one-off aluminum oil pans with a miniscule layer of steel over them to pass inspection. And the custom baffles inside them to keep the pick-up submerged. They looked stock from the outside.