Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33870577-20190306105623/@comment-33870577-20190307162302

FTC Fan Account wrote:

your argument seems to be suggesting the GTE cars should cost 4000-6000 Gc in order to be fairly proportional to the GTD car prices. Stop making it. I say how GT3 cars must be cheaper than GTLM, not more expensive (and I even give quotes) which this current batch is, and you read that as 4-6K GTLM cars. Lol.

Amrosa wrote:

With IMSA GTD content, they have to license from both the series and the manufacturers... the cars cost them more than the LMs... Fair enough. But at least give us something in return then (not you but FM). Like maaaaaaaybe longer races, eh?? IMSA 2018 Season has exactly ZERO of them. Two are ok-ish with five laps and everything else is just sad to look at. Two laps of COTA GP, their brand new track. Two laps of one damn excellent American track for an American racing series? MEGA-FU🤬ING-LOL!!

Amrosa wrote: As for the budget that you mentioned, my guess is that while the cars and running the teams are more expensive in LM, a lot of that cost probably has to do with logistics. IMSA GTD is run in North America. No overseas shipping. No customs and EXIM fees moving things across boarders. Then there is airfare for team travel, different tax treatments, entry fees may be more expensive, consumables may cost more than IMSA (Tires, Fuel, etc.), insurance may cost more.... There is a lot of reasons that LM budget could be 10x more than IMSA GTD. Shipping is a big part but it's really not that expensive. Just the cost to develop these GTLM cars is similar to a DPi program. GTLM cars are complex and very advanced. FIA-GT3 cars are very simple in comparison and they're really no match to them (in performance, lap times etc.).

Btw, kinda related to this thread - if anyone is interested to buy a (used) GT car, there you go: https://racecarsdirect.com/SubCategory/Index/34/sports-prototypes-gts?page=1