Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-8.33.44.149-20180527014835/@comment-28169398-20180527080706

Sworup Thapa wrote: Mildvex wrote:

It's not an issue if you plan your progress correctly. I would've if I'd found this discussion board earlier. But many Elite racers say that FM have become very greedy over the years for GC. Personally i think this is partially because the game doesn't have to stay as it was forever and mainly because of all the illegal hacking going around and necause of that the beginners are the one's mostly affected. I'll be going happy go lucky for now. Progress will be made eventually. But the "eventually" will be a lot late. This is pointless.

The game has changed, grown, and matured. Initially you build a brand and are willing to operate at a loss to build up your customer base. Eventually you have to start turning a profit.

And it has nothing to do with hacking. It is simply the Freemium business model.

And why is it so much more expensive now? Because the game originally had less than 100 cars (I think 70) and now has 217. Not only does that mean that you as a player have to come up with the in game resources to acquire the DLC, but FMEA has to pay to license every single one of those cars. They have tripled the number of cars that they started out with. That means licensing costs have at least tripled, if not more to get license to more desired content.

And if they hadn't grown the game, people would have stopped playing long ago. So the cost of having a vibrant and developing game is that it requires more time and effort to maintain your position in it.