Board Thread:Social and Race Teams Threads/@comment-25956839-20171024213316/@comment-26829117-20171128142600

At the risk of getting told off for being off-topic, I'll make one more post on the subject.

Your approach is very sensible and I wasn't criticising it, I'm just saying that if you want the car, not winning it now has a cost which you should subtract from any gold won for a true lost opportunity cost.

You might be interested in the little project I've been conducting. I started a new game and am trying to complete all the career series without farming. I've reached the Elite Group with around R$1,000,000 and 1,300 in the bank. I've only run each career series in turn, buying the cars I needed to progress, winning each race first time and only upgrading them enough to unlock the next career series. By the end, I should have all series unlocked and showcase discounts still available for all cars not yet bought though I think I'll run out of gold before Campionato Scuderia Ferrari.

I have left NASCAR All-Star Series as it was too expensive at the time (needing the TOYOTA Camry (Sunoco) at R$750,000 just to unlock the Ford Fusion (Richard Petty Motorsports) for another R$1,000,000). I'm sure it's R$ positive in the end but it was easier to leave it at the time. I've also left one series incomplete (I forget which one) as it needed a new car bought just to finish one or two events and unlock two bonus series. It didn't stop me progressing in the career so I left it for later.

I've just reached the Elite Series (completed the Speedrush TV Challenge) and it looks like it's going to get a lot harder from here. I'll probably skip the Supercars Championship '16 and Supercars Championship '17 as Legend will be unlocked by then and it will probably be more efficient to do it first.

I'm going to write it up and publish some results shortly as I think Elite and Legend might take a little longer than the other series. I'm certainly having to put more thought into "buy new car or upgrade existing" now.

It's surprising how well thought out the career seems to be. So far I've only spent the following gold:
 * 11 upgrading Chevrolet SS (NASCAR Academy) to complete NASCAR Talent Tour
 * 64 buying Shelby '67 Cobra GT500 for Classic American Muscle
 * 120 buying Ariel Atom V8 for Open Sky Challenge
 * 39 upgrading Ferrari F40 for Classic Ferrari Showdown