Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20170714171032/@comment-31433854-20170714174918

Generally, I think its a very good game. We all must, as we keep playing :)

I have been playing for a bit under a year so I can't comment on the way things used to be. I will add that the R3spec cars were a very nice addition, in that there ar ea number of good paying races of good length (10-15min) that you can actually race rather than shove your way to the front, and the car doesn't have to be constantly serviced. The flashbacks have also been a boon for newer players such as myself, as are the sales.

The two areas of the game I don't care for are 1) boring/repetiveness of events and 2) time demands.

For the boring aspect, I will say I like the Elite Status as that, coupled with ads and occasional WTTT winnings, have greatly reduced my farming, which has increased my interest in the game. Having now added real people to the TSMs, that has somewhat helped aleviate the bots being so slow. Even still, there is very little challenge. WTTT is the exception, but it is as much about resources as driving well (not unlike real-life racing). The leaderboards here are what have really kept my interest in the game going as it introduces a much-needed competitive aspect, and one that is less dependent on having a full garage. That being said, the only new track added since I've been playing is HK, and we all know how popular that has been. The one thing this game desperately needs is more places to drive more cars. I'm ok with exclusive series generally being that vehicle for new track access for older cars, but they need to add new tracks to do that :)  Even variants of exisiting tracks would be welcome and less costly for development.  I'm still bummed in a big way about not having the chicanes removed at LM for Group C.  FM really missed the mark on that one.

For the time constraints, that's why I have never completed a guantlet and dread the SEs. I just can't play every day on FM's schedule. LTSs are much better for this reason alone. This is exacerbated when they add crazy conditions to the SEs, especially when they aren't 'driving quickly' related. I would pay real money to avoid this aspect, but when its 1k gold for $130, that only solves one event for way more cash than I am willing to part with for a video game.