Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-183.171.30.66-20161124052700/@comment-26388545-20161125205928

In a way, the further you get the harder it is to enjoy. In the early stages of career, you are making and spending gold like a drunk pirate! But then it becomes more like a business. You have be very careful which car you upgrade and how far you upgrade it. Then they put out a new release, introduce a new car and a new series and your upgrade strategy is gone.

The series payout by no means keeps up with the car cost. Look at the current 1st and last series;

Pure Stock Challange Amateur: Total gold winnings for completing series = 30 Total cost of buying and fully upgrading all cars = R$ 330,615 and 19 gold

Italian Prime in Legend: Total gold winnings for completing series = 82 Total cost of buying and fully upgrading all cars = R$ 6,584,800 and 8,003 gold

I found the introduction of upgrade sales actually made this LESS fun and more business as well. Prior to the sales, I would upgrade a new car to the required career PR as soon as the special event started. That way the events were easy and I was 100% complete in the game regularly. Now I am holding back, waiting for sales! I try harder in events to win with as few upgrades as possible. I currently have 6 cars that I have to heavily upgrade to get the game finished again. I have the gold to do it, but I am always concerned about the next update and the gold requirements... so I wait.

I was focused on TT's for a while. I soon realized that I just didn't want it bad enough. Racing the same race hundreds and thousands of times, trying to shave off 00:00:09 isn't my thing. I had all Group A times once, but not good enough to get the big payout. I like racing against cars more than racing against time. Now I just get mid Group B and call it a week. Although I learned a lot about braking points and race lines.

I was really focused on team events for a while, but burned out on that. I just made no sense to spend 6+ hours just to earn 30 to 40 gold. I could easliy earn more gold just racing around Le Mans. I still join a top team for speed events. Even that can get old, but way less time put in for a good payout when on a good team. I run a single man team when the goal is reasonable. I made 60 gold and R$ 1,500,000 in the last overtaking challenge in less than 2 hours

My latest focus is the Indy Endurance race in the McLaren P1 GTR. I find it very challenging to stay focused, anticipate crashes, get through clean with maximum speed and go as far as I can. Is was brutal when the bots were psycho, but now it is fun again.

I am also enjoying Le Mans again in the Nissan LMP1 with my only assist being low steering. That can be a lot of fun. I am 1 upgrade away from full on that one, just waiting for a sale. 440 gold for one upgrade is too much!

In summation, I still have fun.