Talk:2019 Season (Endurance GT Racing)/@comment-43728197-20191018114340

It has been noted elsewhere that for at least some 2019 Endur GTs, repair seems to wear out more quickly.

I believe this was a general tweak going forward, at least for modern high PR racing cars. Along with it came more frequent ad watching opportunities, and audio improvement for engine sounds, but also not great fame when the series appears.

As of October 2019 this series has no cup fame worth an agent (1 GC is always worth about 6500 fame because high driver rank requires more fame to earn a new level award, which also pays more gold). The lap count is good but not for LeMans & no new tracks beyond COTA.

Despite that, I am enjoying these new GTs better than any other car I have since 2014. I like driving, watching, and hearing them from Track & Cockpit view in replay. Engine audio helps me adjust driving from replay.

Because I like my car so much, I have made it my first VIP car ($4) to get upgrades & repair instantly. Now I have an advantage in practice, online racing, and time trials enjoying my new car even more.

Yes, I do think it costs too much GC to simply buy or to full upgrade it. It costs 375 GC to upgrade for winning the Raceday Special Event (upgrades 3333333), but that was very interesting puzzles as you might see in real racing, and more entertaining than challenging. Most such problems were solvable with typical track shortcuts.

By spending my $4 for VIP,  FM now knows I want more from this car, and will full upgrade if they improve the series with new tracks like Berlin & Bugatti and cups that pay fame over 7k worth farming. They did something like that for GT3 cars of the IMSA GTD season not long ago (that Championship tier got added after the debut).

My other hope for this series is that these cars become the big draw for RR3 as a whole, with more weekly online racing & time trial opportunities.

So enjoy your new car and let FM know that this is worth improving for their sake and ours!

See ya on the track!

Mac