Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26829117-20160620123600/@comment-31526827-20190822072640

After 2.5 years my GC balance has fallen under 1000 and the next update is sure to drain it utterly. I have no way to earning enough as I've already done almost all the ES's and I can't regularly get into Group A in the WTTT (especially if I don't have the required car and FU'ed at that). I'm on a device that does not show any ads so I can't do that. And, frankly, I absolutely refuse to grind(farm) for an insultingly low ROI on my time. This is a racing game - I'm here to race, not do empty laps scraping for pennies.

This makes me sad because I have emensely enjoyed the game. I loved the original OMP and actually playing against others. I liked the Time Trial with four races so your average A could be maintained even if you couldn't make it into A in any one reace. All those are gone now with lame replacements.

Everything has just gone up in price and the rewards have not increased meaningfully. The latest bump in a couple ES's are far too little too late. I'm not going to spend the GC to FU the Renault in order to race 60 races and still be in the hole. How does that make sense? Let's not even talk about the criminally priced EVO - what a joke. Most expensive car ever, not the top performer, and races that can't even turn a profit SHOULD I decide to farm with it. Trust me, not having 10 lappers with the EVO was a concious decision to deny farmers a better tractor. It's punative. And that kind of behaviour is destructive to my soul.

I'm not interested in hearing the boasts of poeple who have managed to spend countless hours of their lives in order to play for free for years. If that's how you choose to spend your life and you enjoy it, more power to you. That's not me. For me, games are meant to be entertainment, not a low paying job.

I'm so sad because I'll even miss the community. It's fun reading the forums here and on Reddit. Listening to constant complaints about cheaters, reading defenses of crappy netcode and all the other silliness. I'll miss the excitement of new cars and sometimes tracks with their new looks and sounds. What I won't miss is having to remind myself to log into my daily job. Grinding away on boring lap after lap for various series in order to pay for the "free" car (what a joke, I wish some lawyer would ding them for that language. When there is a minimum PR in order to comlete a LTS, the car isn't free. A truly free car would be one that a skilled enough player could make it to the end without any upgrades).

So, this is my last complaining post, this is my last whinny message. I may reply here and there, and who knows, maybe a joke post or commentary now and again but I've just lost the spirit. It was broken by the price gouging of the greed publishers of an otherwise fun game.

I'm going to resume playing my PS4, where a AAA game can be purchased for under $70 and you can play and win every single goal without paying one single penny more. I can buy a new game every month and spend less than on RR3 and have a hell of a lot more, AND FRESHER, content and modern game play.

I wish everyone the best and hope no one wastes any time attacking anything I wrote or chastising me. I didn't post this to attack or anger anyone. Just venting because I'm sad that a good time in my life is coming to an abrupt end when a good game economy would have prevented it. Peace Out.

- DiB