Talk:Lotus Type 125 Championship/@comment-73.222.144.32-20171122023142/@comment-27123099-20171122183957

OK, so we have at least 2 different players showing 2 different skip costs.

One stated that at 97% the skip cost was 140GC, while another stated that at 97% the skip cost was 30GC.

Might I suggest that the difference may have to do with the upgrades applied?

If one has a car under PR 113, I can see the skip cost being 140GC.

However, if a player is already upgraded to the required PR, then perhaps the skip cost drops to 30GC since FM already knows that you've paid for the upgrade?

Considering that some goals change on SE's depending on upgrade level, it's entirely possible to presume that the skip costs in this event may adjust based on upgrade level as well.

I will re-state that FM has become much better at not making the skip cost a worthwhile option. Early on, they did screw up a few times and it was cheaper to skip rather than upgrade in a few SE's. But, more recently, the skips have rarely (that I can think of), been a better option. Not to mention the fact that a skip gets you little in return, while upgrading gives you an eternal upgrade on the car which never goes away.

Consider this car, as a fine example. It appears that many players (myself included) were able to win this car via the Light Rider SE with a PR of 112.x at 3323233. Having that upgrade level means that many of us require only a single 80GC upgrade to complete this LTS. However, there may have been many players who chose to skip races in the Light Rider SE rather than upgrade and now they are stuck with a lower PR car and a higher cost to complete this LTS. Sure, they may have won the car with fewer upgrades prior, but LTS's don't let you pass with a lower PR, you upgrade to the required PR, or you don't complete it. Granted, I understand that some may have won this car with fewer upgrades rather than skips. But my focus here is mostly on the concept of skipping vs. upgrading. At least if a player won the car with fewer upgrades and no skips, they still spent less, while paying to skip is effectively throwing GC down the drain.