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Mr Procrastinator wrote: Considering the last new Ferrari was added to the game almost a year ago, I would say the fault lies with Ferrari and that it probably has ridiculous licensing terms.

Keep in mind that it was most likely Ferrari that told Firemonkeys to stop allowing players to customize their cars with vinyl.

The vinyls I can see, but I just think that the monkeys are no longer proactive. Their team should have been negotiating something with Ferrari in 2015 for the upcoming anniversary.

Also, considering Aston Martin's Red Bull tie in of the Adrian Newey Valkyrie, they should have been on board with that as well. Getting Red Bull into the game as a sponsor would have been a big money maker for them.

The thing I really do not get about FM/EA is that their marketing imagination completely sucks. They have all of those track walls and banners, and what do they do? They make up fake sponsor logos. Seriously? They could be selling that space to global brands or targeting to regional brands by IP address. At the very least they could go after Brembo, Sparco, Bell Helmets, etc. They could do livery tie ins where the sponsors bought liveries for special events. Races could be sponsored by Coke and a 15 second add plays before the start of the race. But they chose to nickel and dime their players and cannibalize their good will.