Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-34609328-20180511174449/@comment-28169398-20180513072651

Rr3guest wrote: i Guess just different taste then. If I could I would run the gold in debt. None of the updates are really that expensive, if you just get the 4 new cars it’s not that much to fully upgrade them, maybe buy a sale car and get a fb car if needed. Like in life, try to get income from as many sources as possible. If you get some from multiplayer, ads, daily rewards, career, wtt, exclusive, Motorsports etc you should be fine to carry a balance of 0 on any given day. Why save gold for future releases when you could use it to earn gold today by upgrading cars to go further or buying cars that help you progress. I think it’s just slowing your progress, but it’s a game and should be played for each users entertainment and we all play differently, so if it makes you feel comfortable to carry a large balance then go for it. But I saw a screen shot of someone with 15000 gold and 70 cars.... Were you at Bear Stearns?... now be honest.


 * 1) There is no in game debt system. It is cash in hand.
 * 2) Opportunities for savings are time-limited; as you cannot buy on credit, if you do not have a reserve on hand, you lose the opportunity.
 * 3) I am playing the long game. I didn't start in the beginning, and even after I started playing I left for 14 months. As long as I can win every car on offer that I do not have, including from Flashbacks then the empty stalls in my stable get filled slowly but surely.
 * 4) Flashback Events and Limited-Time Series for pre-existing cars are almost always the least expensive way to obtain cars you don't have. There are some exceptions, the McLAREN MP4-X is a good example of this, but patience is usually the least expensive alternative.
 * 5) It takes longer to level up the longer you play. While Gold per unit Fame remains about the same, it takes more game time to earn.
 * 6) Not every car is needed right away, and not every car needs to be upgraded fully.
 * 7) Look at my blog for, User blog:Amrosa/Beginning Update 6.0.0 with 4,859 Gold. There you will see that I ended up Net -3,253 . Having a gold reserve game me the opportunity to purchase and fully upgrade the McLAREN MP4-X and the TOYOTA TS040 HYBRID (2014). I bypassed a few opportunities, like not fully upgrading the PORSCHE 911 RSR (2015) or the PORSCHE 962C, or upgrading the JAGUAR XJR-9, but those upgrades are not currently necessary anywhere in the game.
 * 8) Haven't you ever heard of ROI? Take WTTT. If, in order to break into group C for 4 weeks, you need to spend more than 200, then you aren't breaking even. And to make matters worse, if you do not have a complete garage, and the next top car isn't in your stable, then you really start to take a hit as you will likely not be in Group C for the 4 weeks that stage is active. Eventually the investment might pay off, but that would mean you would need to be good enough to actually put up a group C time and then be lucky enough that all four cars are top car... with the possible exception of the Performante in Speed Junkies hands at Spa.... The last two weeks were the first times I was in group C in over a collective year of gameplay
 * 9) Not to give the Monkeys any ideas, but there is no inflation in the game, so there is no diminishment of your purchasing power by holding a reserves that do not earn interest. But there is opportunity cost, sometimes substantial, if you miss out on an event, or worse, lock up upgrades in a car that you fail to win.