Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-90.127.69.83-20170422203312/@comment-27489835-20170423030343

The early versions of RR3 had the system described. The downside was that you could actually lose money on races if you were too sloppy or got spun out. The AI was very poor and would either attack you, even lapped cars, or just stupidly cross your line incurring huge damage. Many players were not skilled enough at this time and there was a large outcry. Eventually, FM changed the system and the system you see today where you can make R$ regardless of how rough one drives was introduced. It took ages for FM to start building decent AI, I think it started with Motor Fiesta update that introduced the Ferrari F1 cars.

In the earlier updates, the sound modeling was different too. You could break the side windows and this was modeled making it really loud. You could also hear scraping bumpers and other damage. I could be wrong but I don't think you can hear that anymore. I think it should added back in.