Talk:Jaguar C-X75 R3 Spec Championship/@comment-28169398-20170720063939

One thing that a lot of people are not mentioning about the cost of the upgrades and what you make back in GC is that Flashback events ere becoming more frequent. Once you have the upgraded car, if the game posts the LTS as a Flashback event or they do the LTS again, you get to enter again, and you get the gold without having to upgrade. It may take a while to break even this way, but if you skip the event, then you don't get the car, which you will have to pay (GC900) for if you want it after the fact, you will still have to pay for the upgrades the next time around, and you don't get the 110GC from this event.

I am the first to criticize RR3 in that the Gold system is broken. If they want it to be real, then what racing team stays in motorsports if they aren't breaking even. The events or subsequent series should let the player break out even.

Also, FM and EA are not maximizing their revenue potential. They should be selling wall and banner space to real advertisers, not their made up companies. They should host these series sponsored by a company and put a livery on the car for the period of time during the event that has the advertiser. They could even customize it by region.

And if they really want to have a pay to play game, then it has to be realistic. Right now to buy the Lamborgini Veneno with gold you would need to pay US$100 to buy the gold if you did not have it in reserve. US$100, for a single car. In comparison, ProjectCars 2 is US$90, and you get almost 200 cars, which you have to progress through the game to earn. You also need a console, but you need a tablet or phone to play RR3, so the cost is pretty much a wash.

I think that if they still wanted it to be pay to play, they could then let the player pay either GC for the car, giving them achance to break out even if they complete the event, or buy it In App for US$1. They could then give the option for people to spend R$ and GC to upgrade or buy the complete upgrade for an additional US$1. That would still make the cost of the game US$380, which is outrageous, but it is at least in the realm of being reasonable, plus players could have the option of using resources won in game lowering the cost somewhat. I think there would be a lot fewer complaints and FM/EA would likely make more money from the platform.