Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20161108185108

The existence of an $R to gold exchange is good for us AND it's good for EA. If an exchange existed, many long time players would actually have incentive to earn $R and would play more. Time played is an important stat for EA. Also, the amount of people who upgrade, race and then restore would drastically go down over time. Many people would fully upgrade many of their cars, especially the cars that appear in WTTT regularly. This would then encourage more play time from those who have raced in WTTT in the past, as they could now be more competitive with the Gold Groups A, B & C. Also, many players who gave up on WTTT would now try again. This would increase the weekly payout for WTTT, but not by very much. It is percentage based, so Group A, B & C times would be harder and harder to get and more people would end up in the $R Groups. As such, even more play time that EA can report to ad agencies as players try to break through to gold.

So then, what is the current rate of $R to gold? Simple. All we have to do is use a basic mathematical principle;

If a=b And b=c Then a=c

If 1019 gold = 139.95 CDN (my current cost in Canada) And 139.95 CDN = $R 5,000,000 (my current cost in Canada) Then 1019 gold = $R 5,000,000 (works regardless of currency used, try it)

Therefore, 1 gold = $R 4907 (5,000,000 / 1019 rounded up)

Well that is kind of shocking! My current $R bank is worth over 22,000 Gold! But wait, it really isn't very much in context. To buy every car in this game will cost about $R 38,000,000 & 35,000 in gold. To fully upgrade every car from base stats will cost about $R 174,500,000 & 22,500 gold. If you are just starting the game, that's $R 212,500,000 & 57,500 in gold. Convert 57,500 to $R and it's $R 282,152,500. So then, $R 494,652,500 in total is needed to buy and fully upgrade every car (excluding new cars from 4.7.2 update). The numbers are even higher if you don't get the 20% showcase discount. That would take a VERY long time to achieve!! So EA shouldn't fear an $R to gold exchange. 