Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26829117-20160620123600/@comment-28753807-20170607171538

It is time for me to say goodbye. As others have said on this thread, RR3 is the game I have played more than most others. It did quite well at the balance between boring and too difficult. Well, I will say using this wikia with playing RR3, did that, for me.

I don't recall when I started playing the game, but it was around three years ago. I slogged in the career some and tried some special events, but didn't get anywhere in them. As with other games, when I hit a wall, I would look for strategy sites online for tips on how to play better. When I did this with RR3, first I found YouTube videos, then around December 2015, I found this wikia. Using the videos I found and information on the wiki, which I found surprisingly current with the changes in the game, I found myself improving my driving and my results.

Then in January 2016, I uploaded my first gameplay videos to my own YouTube channel. The two channels I'd been watching, Guru and Sick Racer had styles that were different than how I wanted to play. Guru spent more of the resources early and Sick wanted to crash everyone, more than I did. So, I felt there was room for a different style to be represented on YouTube.

My most popular video came in the McLaren MP4-X series. It got over 2100 views! By comparison, though, Guru's videos were getting over 22K views and Sick's around 12K views.

Some of the reason I started playing RR3 and other games was, I needed something to enjoy with free time I had. Lately, I've found other pursuits to do that. I've been maintaining some racing for the last several months, but not with the enthusiasm I had before. So, the 2015 Nismo was something I'd wanted for a while - not that particular car, but a car I could run on the 10 lappers at Le Mans. I won the car, but all along I wondered if I really wanted the opportunity to race for 30 minutes to move the driver level. Well, I got the car and now, I have less time to race it, so I suppose if I ever want to pick it back up, I can, and I will have that, but right now, I'm not that interested in doing so. I thought I'd go for one more, after that Nismo, but when FM came out with 'retro' LM cars, I was disappointed. I tried making the 2017 RSR my final car win, but the frustration over some of the events just got to me too much.

I will say my frustration is over a combination of FM setting the parameters, my expectation of completing each goal with less PR than recommended, and my driving expertise level, which is developed, to a certain degree, but not enough. In Stage 4 or 5 of 6, I was disgusted with the whole situation when I couldn't complete one of the difficult goals with out having my PR at the recommended level. I really tried to finish, but 6.3 got to me. I didn't need the car, I didn't need to spend the gold and I realized I didn't need to play the game, either.

So, I'm off. I'm going to enjoy my other pursuits and not try to keep RR3 progress going, too.

I had a lot of fun in the time I've been racing, contributing to this wikia and uploading gameplay videos, but the time for the end has come, for me.

Accomplishments I enjoyed over the last few years include NASCAR, the Sesto Elemento, the Regera, I really love the Corvette C7.R, 2 Le Mans GTE cars, the Lotus Type 125, the McLaren MP4-X and lately, the Lambo Centenario and the 2015 Nismo.

I thank everyone who contributed to this wikia. It really helped me enjoy RR3 much more than I ever would have on my own. Thank you to all who viewed my videos. They are still available to view. I think it would be too much work to take them all down! Some of the ones that might help even with future events are the ones I did on learning a new track, or how to take different turns in the game. After I did those, I realized I needed to add a turn type. Maybe I'll do that one day.

Anyway, remember, there is an old saying Shallow men believe in luck, Strong men believe in Cause and Effect. I have tried to represent a voice of reason in the face of much blaming of FM for poor programming or many other mistakes, especially when those blaming FM feel they are intentionally doing things to upset them. Above, I stated that it seemed to me that FM did well at the balance that a great game needs, between being too easy and too difficult. Enjoy the game, Enjoy the wikia, Enjoy the recorded gameplay that can be found out there. If you aren't enjoying it enough, say goodbye.

Goodbye racers.