Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-89.98.77.215-20151102115927

Since day 1 I have been hooked on RR3. But not anymore. I decided to quit trying to achieve goals, in my case to finish categories. I have completed everything except Nascar (61%), Elite (96) and Legend (91). And Pro, which needs only the Stingray for which i get 4 gc in return. I will only race if there is a car to be won and do the series connected to that. Nothing more.

Why pull back? Because it is pointless and frustrating and has nothing to do with fun anymore. I know all circuits in and out, the AI is very predictable and passing cars is easy and always the same. In RR2 you needed to qualify, which added to the challenge. Now, you always start last and the AI cars are slow. Sometimes, it is impossible to beat them all without cutting a corner, so you are forced to do that. Like at Laguna Seca where your start is interrupted by the final left-turner in a 22-car field. You need to cut the downhill chicane to be able to reach 1st position in a 2-3 lapper. Is that REAL racing? Also, going off-track isn't penalised at all. Not REAL at all. Collisions with other cars are almost unavoidable. Try to win a 3 lap race at Melbourne without touching another car. Clean racing isn't enough, the AI cars will get you anyway. There is only a marginal penalty on colliding, not REAL at all.

I never spend a dime of real money, so there is nothing to complain about. I happily paid for RR1 and RR2 and had lots of fun completing them. I understand that the freemium model is far better when it comes to upgrades and additions. But 129 cars? Isn't that a bit too much? And with every new update, the goals you set for yourselve shift out of sight. Like with the McL650 in Elite: Another 467 gc needed to complete that and win.... 24 gc. Wow.

The free gc policy also takes its toll. Free ads come and go, on my iPad I often only get 1-3 a day. The past week I installed RR3 on 3 other devices (2 iPads, 1 iPhone) and collected gc from daily ads through numerous cloud saves and restores. It adds a lot of gc to your account, I got 30 a day on average. But I felt stupid doing all that, at least three times a day. And after a week, the average goes down quickly. Anyway, I never chose to get addicted to endless cloud saves and restarts.

Even if I could harvest 750 gc every month, it would take more than a year to complete the game, based on current standings. New updates would certainly raise that bar, again and again.

It really IS a great game, 708 hours of playing time prove that. Most of those (early) hours were well spent. And this website has been a great resource, so a big thank you for that.

May you racing hours be happy and well spent. 