User blog comment:LoveFastCars/New beginning with RR3/@comment-26070920-20171214170524

Winning the car in SEs and LTSs usually forces you to spend gold on upgrades, but the overall maths still works out in favour of passing.

In recent events, the amount of gold upgrades required to win the car is usually about 40% of the price of the car with basic PR / no upgrades. But you will have a car with usually in the region of 20 out of 28 upgrades.

Unlocking or buying the car in the regular series will give you 20% discount, so you are paying 80% of the price of the car with basic PR / no upgrades. Your car will be basic PR, 0 out of 28 upgrades.

That makes winning it in the SE or LTS a no brainer, surely?