Talk:Generations/@comment-212.159.196.72-20160412155741/@comment-27123099-20160412162504

Paying for the upgrades would be far cheaper than paying to skip all of those races. Plus, then you'd be able to get farther along in the German Grand Tour Series as well, allowing you to recoup a little more GC.

Do the math. It's 30GC to skip each race for Stage 6 (180GC), and 35GC to skip each race in Stage 7 (210GC), that's 390GC total paid to skip all of Stages 6 & 7. Yes, that's cheaper than buying the car later even with a showcase discount, but you're spending more and not having any upgrades to show for it either. Even if you don't have to skip every race, odds are you'll end up spending just as much as the upgrades.

I spent 230GC for upgrades (to PR 62.9, 22/29), but I likely could have gotten by with fewer honestly and I didn't have to skip a single race. This is also the first car in almost a year I've had to buy GC upgrades for in order to win it. So, we are in uncharted territory with this game really. We don't know exactly what they plan to do moving forward with these special events.

Skipping an occasional challenge here and there sometimes makes sense, like in the Stingray special event where it was the only race where GC upgrades were needed and the price to skip was cheaper than the upgrades needed. But, that's not usually common in these events. We'll see what the future holds, but I fully stand by my opinion that upgrading is a far wiser choice than skipping, regardless of your goal in the game.