User blog comment:RomGuyony/Cost Prediction of v4.3.1/@comment-25956839-20160522082017

With the previous release being positive return on and this one being negative, almost exactly cancelling out v4.2 gain. Even with hours of play per day, it's not possible to reach 100%, without paying some serious money! How much can you buy with GBP 159.98? A quick search of Amazon turned up an X-Box one 1TB with with Forza Horizon 2 for £269.00.

I've never spent any real money, only some credit I was given, when I bought a Chromecast, so RR3 is still a free game, FM is not forcing me to spend real money to buy, unless I want to. I'm a patient man and can still enjoy the 6 weakly updates. My goal of reaching 100% will wait, if the strategy continues, I will NOT pay for 1,000, I will just cross off that goal, with a sad hart.

FM's freemium business strategy is great for me, I'm getting a great game, for free! Other players are subsidising my game play, FM must be getting a revenue from adverts I watch too. The questions I have are:
 * Is their cost model right?
 * How much do they make from IaP?
 * Are they topping the charts?