Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-30267511-20171218135624/@comment-33340837-20171218163035

Sirebel wrote: So my recommendation would be to save before starting the special event and just do the special event. If you can't win the car then restore to before the event, recover your gold and buy the car in the sale. Simples.

I don't think PR 104 is the point with which it is 'better' to buy the car than trying to win it. If you buy the car it has no upgrades. If you win the car it is upgraded. However you look at it, the like for like comparison is always:
 * Buy the car full price + upgrade it to PR 104 = 950 + 400 = 1350
 * Buy the car discounted + upgrade it to PR 104 = 475 + 400 = 875
 * Win the car + upgrade it to PR 104 = 0 + 400 = 400
 * Win the car + upgrade it to PR 108 = 0 + 1290 = 1290

It's all about when/if you spend the gold.

Well it backs to respective people with their respective choices.. but for the long run.. according to my limited experience (9 months) playing rr3.. I believe LTS and SE are the best way to acquire cars.. I am at 148 of 203 cars at the moment.. I would never have that much cars with only 25,000 gc (the total amount of gc obtained) if I prefer to buy cars even in their biggest discount instead of running LTS n SE.. I still have 3,500 gc left in the bank while most my cars have been sufficiently upgraded to open all series up to CSF except V8 supercars (68% completion).. I myself prefer to fully upgrade the car and win it in SE or LTS (never done it though n never skip any stage with gc also - thanks to this wiki) rather than to buy it.. but again it is a matter of choices..