Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31044517-20170608192412/@comment-31044517-20170610150448

Aaryesh G. wrote: Formula Emre wrote: Rikardo 83 wrote: Yeah, I've been thinking about that too. How do you upgrade a cutting edge race cars? Of course there are literally thousands of restrictions in F1 for example and one way to upgrade is to break them. So, how real is Real Racing 3? I'd say it's still by far the best racing game you can carry in your pocket. I second that.

Of course it's possible to upgrade cars beyond the regulating body's limitations. A well known example is the MP4X concept car which is not limited by the formula of Formula 1, which begs the question: how do you upgrade it even more? It's already a cutting edge technology demonstrator which is not limited by any regulation :D

And, some upgrades are really silly. I mean Formula 1 cars run on cutting edge race-spec slick tires already. Now, how do you upgrade that? The silliest upgrade I've ever seen is a `weight reduction` upgrade by removing all non race-specific equipment and furniture in a car that's already totally stripped of all non racing equipment :D It was a professional race car and you could already see the `barren` cockpit` :D I don't remember what car it was exactly though. Even the road cars in Real Racing 3 have this so called weight reduction of removing all non-race specific parts and furnishings. But even after applying that upgrade you really don't visually see anything different, for instance the interior is exactly the same as it was before. Honestly, the only game I find real when it comes to modifying cars is Midnight Club which allows you to see the upgrades and choose where the parts come from (for eg: the brakes you want from Brembo or some other parts tuner?). As you put better brakes you visually see more vents in the discs (now that's what I call real upgrades).

FM could sponsor Brembo for brakes advertising and maybe Vortec for Superchargers, so that way you get to see some real upgrades being put on your cars. Not something that is just increasing the PR of the car, which is unreal by the way. Very nice idea! I wish the FM would listen. This way those upgrades would be justifiable at least.

And a very good point as well on weight reduction upgrades. The interior remains exactly the same even when "all nonracing equipment and furniture" are removed for weight reduction.