Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-108.206.39.138-20180112054443/@comment-28169398-20180112215833

QuickNick wrote: FM’s statement ...

All Formula E and NASCAR content will be removed from the Career and new content will be created in the new Motorsports category.

That is far from clear and so easy to misinterpret. It does not state that Formula E or NASCAR will be added to Motorsports, just that five new series will be added.

They added the pointless section ...

''The removed series will no longer be playable, and series progression will be reset. Any R$ or Gold series completion or collection rewards not obtained before players update to 6.1 (launching on the 13th February) will no longer be winnable.''

If series are being removed, of course they’ll no longer be playable!

But then they wrote ...

Your cars, liveries and upgrades will remain the same.

This indicates that the existing NASCAR and Formula E cars will still be in the game, it seems rather pointless having cars you can’t use, so the implication is that there will be NASCAR and Formula E in the new Motorsports section ... which is rather confusing as I thought that they’d lost the NASCAR license, surely the official licensee will want to limit/stop other games’ use of NASCARs to encourage people to play their game.

I think that ... You are not reading it like a lawyer. If you did, it would make a lot more sense.
 * The existing NASCARs will still be in the game but they won’t add any more.
 * They will shift their focus to Formuka E and add more cars and (over time) more tracks.

I don't think you will see more NASCAR, as NASCAR Heat 2 is also a Free-To-Play IAP game that has all of the sanctioned races and is dedicated specifically to NASCAR. I don't see how 704 would have agreed to develop without an exclusive license on Mobile Platforms from NASCAR, but they may be sublicensing and the License may be offering content to both 704 and FM.

Formula E may be developed further, and by removing it from Career, they can make it a stand alone for fans only interested in Formula E. They had a big push last year at Formula E venues to introduce them to Real Racing 3. However if you are going to bury the Formula E content in the Masters Category, and expect people to wade through the Amateur, Pro/Am, Pro, Expert and some of the Masters to get to that content, then you likely will lose them long before they get there. Moving it also likely makes it easier for them to monetize Formula E. If people come to the game just for the Formula E content in Motorsport, then they will not be getting completion bonuses and they will not be leveling up that quickly, meaning they will be more inclined to go the IAP route to get gold.