Talk:PORSCHE 911 RSR (2016)/@comment-80.110.76.170-20160519061846/@comment-27123099-20160519220643

My bringing up NASCAR was in regards to the OP's mention of this being a new event type. The Sunoco Championship was the first time-limited career series I believe. It behaves exactly like every other career series, except that it is time-limited. My comment there had nothing to do with whether or not you could win cars with just R$ previously.

But since you brought it up, yes, for the 1st roughly 2 years of Special Events (I've been around for all of them), it was possible to win the cars with just R$ upgrades and good bot management. Little by little that changed, starting with a race (or two?) in Stingray Evolution which required GC upgrades, and escalating in Generations to where more GC upgrades were required to win the car. It's become clear that this will be the new normal moving forward. It sucks, but the investment to get these cars still shows an excellent ROI compared to buying them outright in career mode (even with a showcase discount). Plus, the GC spent is going towards upgrades which help out in career mode as well. If you buy the car outright, you still need the upgrades anyway.

So, while I'd still prefer to win these cars with just a R$ investment (like I did for roughly 2yrs), I understand that this is the change they decided to make and I've accepted it. I'm still enjoying the game and that's the important part to me. It's just that now I have to have a stockpile of GC set aside for special events, I know that now and I'm prepared. In the past, I would spend that GC on other stuff instead.