User blog comment:Kuzz/I'm disgusted/@comment-31433854-20170622123811

I'll say, as a relatively new player (~10 months), I am of two minds. Obviously FM has put together a great game that we enjoy playing. There are some really good aspects of the game. But yes, the push for gold does seem forced. I don't mind it too much as I don't care about 100% of anything so I am more than happy to ignore the things I'm not interested in. I farmed pretty hard to get to Level 150 for elite status and got burned out but now I hardly farm at all. That, and the leaderboards here, keep me going.

I had thought FM had figured things out. Several updates of generally reasonable cars and driving challenges, rather than tricks. R3-spec was great, giving a fun to drive car in a good series that was worth redoing events on. Having some reasonable cars in Exclusive Series, which are the best series IMO was nice, too. The flashbacks are really nice for a player in my position as well. But now I'm not so sure. I was super excited about Group C, but can't believe they didn't give us a LM track variant or anything but miserly rewards despite them being in a career series! What's the point? I had been planning on FU'ing the Jag but not now. They halve the flashback rewards. They make really obnoxious event requirements (eg Path of Defiance 6.4). Then two of the good cars they've added (one:1 and the new RSR) you can't do anything with (unless you want to dump 1000 gold to 'earn' the privilage of driving the one:1). Not even in WTTT. Just FE BS instead. Speaking of, HK is the only track that has been added while I've been playing, and it is so useless even FM won't use it for Cups in the new series, so it is as if they didn't add a track at all.

Ultimately, the way FM manaages the game, makes it extremely repetitive so the career doesn't have a lot of draw. The only (functional) competitive aspect of the game is WTTT, but it is rigged to require having all four top cars, which I am rarely in the position of. It is frustrating to have two Group B times and still be in E overall. The best part of this game right now is the leaderboards here, which is a sad commentary on FM.