Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20150906214659/@comment-26388545-20150907155409

I somewhat see what people are saying about this not being "real racing". The algorithm is designed to constantly give you a challenge. I do agree that it's a set up so that you need to buy gold upgrades to be competitive. Still, some people are making this worse for themselves. If you want to win the first few challenges by 2000 or 4,000 meters, then it's going to get a lot harder for you later. As Hawkize sad, I win everything by the smallest margin possible. And I have a lot of fun pitting people along the way!! Especially when it is certain NASCAR drivers that I am not very fond of.

It certainly isn't cheating to slow down bots or quit and restart. Cheating is when you break the rules. Hacking the game so you can have 100,000,000 R$ or Gold is cheating.

In real racing, don't people block? Isn't blocking slowing down your opponent? Don't people win sometimes because of rain? In NASCAR this is certainly true. If the race is over half finished and the rain delay will last for the day, who ever is currently in the lead is the winner. Also, sometimes the slower car wins because of pit strategies.

The real money grab for the new NASCAR edition (if there is one) is when we get to career. I'm almost at 50% and I'm reaching races where my PR is barely enough. Unlike other series with multiple cars, you can't advance without doing gold upgrades.

Let's not forget people that AE isn't doing this pro bono. There are salaries to pay and more expensive talent to attract so that there are better the cars and tracks and that the functioning of the game will be better. If you wanted a game that you could buy once, finish and then that's it, then this isn't your game. I really enjoy this game and I am happy that they keep bringing new challenges my way. Because for me, once I beat a game I don't tend to play it again.

That all being said, if I was just starting to play the game now I would probably be very discouraged. Seeing all those expensive LMP1 cars to buy and all the other really expensive gold cars that have been added in the last 9 months since I started. Mind you, I'd still play it. I just enjoy the game.