Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26829117-20170426131807/@comment-37.58.132.68-20170502142553

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To me, it is not so much capitalism versus socialism, it is simple good sense and keeping players interested. Newish players with 10 cars will value an 11th one. Old players with 180 cars will not value an extra car so much.

Less people are likely to enter a competition if it is rigged than if it is fair, thus making WTT what it is now is clearly a big step backwards in terms of getting players interested. For the next 4 weeks, I will spend a whole lot less time playing RR3 than I would if the cars were more balanced or if I had a chance at GC. I'll just watch more movies. I have fun with the history series and the special events. They are great. Because of the storyline and the stupid conditions, as well as the GC... LTS are quite a grind, but motivating, for I get a car I do not have and/or GC. OMP is quite fun, but I do not spend much time there, for it won't yield any GC anyway. Simply giving 5 or 10 GC for reaching a set level such as 1000 would greatly improve my interest in this feature. WTT is what made me drop assists, what really made me become a better driver, but it has been broken some weeks ago. I usually run a clean lap with TC an and BA low, to have a feel of the braking points and whether I should brake before or after the assist, then I swith to TC BA off and work my way to a lap I do not think I can improve. Nowadays, I rarely put any effort beyond the intial runs. Most of the time, I have no chance to get into the coins anyway, so why bother ? why spend 3 -5 hours getting a good time in WTT to get 500 00R$ when I can simply get the same in half that time with 3 Le Mans Races that by the way will make me earn 30 GC ? I mean, I had GREAT fun with the Huayra, as with the 919 at Spa and even at Richmond. Having 20/23 upgrades on the Porsche meant I could compete and I got to group B. This was motivating, while getting from group H to G simply has no interest. What I really would like to know, is how well I do with regard to the others, be able to compete with them on level ground. I don't care about beating Rady Tan in a Mercedes SLS if I drive a FU Lotus 125... This is why I immensely enjoy making the TT with the cars I have FU and seeing how I fare, compare to other FU drivers and their ghosts, see where they have a different line, one that I can replicate or not. Alas, while it is fun, it does not yield GCs...

Thing is, since they changed WTT, I have noticed I spend less time playing and more time reading or watching movies. Once I reach my objective, that is 100% garage, I am not sure how long I will remain playing this game. 100% completion requires a lot more time than I can dedicate to the game. I once made it to group A in WTT, so that one is already bagged (Koenigsegg at Monza some months ago :-) ).

I am not surprised that they are making user surveys. They should be careful what they are doing, because it is my feeling that this game is threatened by boredom and grind. People get the coins for the last cars and percents they need by grind, be it EK 10 lapper, endless PST endurance, ad watching or other. In the last 6 month, ther is not much they have brought that has not decreased the interest I had in the game. WTT of course, but even TSM have become obnoxious, cheating has not been fixed, new cars demand more and more gold (though the one:1 and the last lambo could be got for less coinage than usual). They have to give their player base something, lest the players go play other games.