Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31526827-20190514081652/@comment-32545704-20190515161456

They already have precedent for a "damaged car" as part of the storyline, it gives Eric something to do. In this case there was no storyline which would have made it even easier ("Car damaged. Win this event now."). There's no advantage to not declaring it, they still get the gold either way.

But whether it is the case or not, there are too many variables (including the human) to be able to prove it. Even if they did, so what? One way or another the game will cost what it costs. Whether it's higher upgrade prices, lower rewards, more ads, less ads, forced ads, less farming, shorter races, flooding of content, hidden car damage, OMP conspiricies or FM hacking your credit card, they are going to make sure you pay the price they set. How they do it doesn't matter, if they don't do x then they'll do y instead. So I just ignore all that and play the game the way it lies, until I don't want to anymore. I'm not sure how being so paranoid contributes to enjoyment of what is supposed to be a game. There are more worthwhile things to complain about, like why do the bots suck so bad? Why are team competitions such a waste of time? And why is there not an exclusive series for the McLaren F1 GTR??