Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-89.98.77.215-20150908113431/@comment-74.194.139.42-20150912132952

RR3 Michael P wrote: I can't see FM leaving the game in this format, if a new racer starts playing RR3 today, would they stay after seeing four cars, costing 750, that need 637~722 to get to 100%? I agree. There is really no incentive to stay in a game that appears to be this money hungry. You can't progress in the NASCAR series without chunking up a LOT of Gold$. I spent about 105 G$ to upgrade the Hendricks car initially to a PR of 53 to get through the FAP 400. What's my payout been? 50G$ from Event and access to a series that claims 50 of Gold$ in sponsorships (come to find out that is not true unless you get to 100% completion - see my post on sponsorships). Plus 72 Gold if you can get to 100% completion. BUT.... you have to spend 660 Gold to get that 122 Gold$. Net loss of over 500 Gold$???? (I'm using rough estimates here, but fairly close). So now I go to the "STORE" and look to see that 500 gold$ costs me ~$50 real dollars and I am expected to do that 3 more times??? I'd be real tempted to erase the game right there if that is my first experience with this game.

I was planning to go through all 4 FAP 400 series but I'm not so sure now. I can't see through the dizziness of all these left turns, what the point of this game is anymore. It's economics are way out of line, and this latest update has only compounded that. I find the Fame rewards for the NASCAR stuff to be really pitiful. It takes a lot of time to go through the event and Team series, but you can't level up quickly with it like you could in the LMP series. (Level 154 currently)  If the Asterion Charge event is this lame or requires a lot of Gold expenditure, I think I'm done with EA, NASCAR, and the A$$Monkeys, which is a shame because it is a pretty cool game on other levels. It just seems their focus has changed to "money money money" instead of game experience.