Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-70.210.224.210-20160711010502/@comment-26388545-20160711173752

88.97.61.110 wrote: Snapped up the P1 GTR straight away as I'm on McLaren Generations in my career!

Hate to be pedantic, but feel I should point out that the Lotus 125 isn't actually an F1 car, it's a production car inspired by F1 technology.

I'm surprised its bonus series is in Elite though, and not Legend... hopefully that means it'll be cheaper than expected

The Lotus Type 125 does not belong in Elite. The car is expensive and so are the upgrades. Only 2 'level 2' upgrades are available without gold, with the cheapest one being 42 gold (1372 gold to fuly upgrade). With a 880 gold purchase price... what's it doing in Elite?? Check it out HERE

I hope it's not a sign of things to come. Legend has become horribly bloated. I hope they don't start sticking Legend priced cars in Elite more and more.

I would expect that you can't win the Lotus without some gold upgrades. So...

For those who no have no gold and still want the Lotus;

Maybe start the event a few days late. Do some farming to earn at least some gold. Go HERE once the event starts and see if you can just skip a few levels rather than upgrading. That will probably be cheaper than having to buy all level 2 gold upgrades. You won't know which strategy is better until someone completes the event.

Don't get me wrong, I think paying gold to skip is a horrible strategy. BUT... there will be no showcase discount on this car. We also have no idea if a Lotus will ever go on sale. Better to lose 100 gold and win it then pay 880 gold for it later!!

Also in prep for the event with low gold, you need to learn all about bot slowing. Go HERE and scroll down to "Taking advantage of the TSM algorithm". This will help you to win all cars with as little gold as possible.