Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28333578-20160725021441/@comment-28753807-20160725144812

There are so many factors that go into comparing cars. The 4 metrics, Top Speed -- how fast you get to top speed -- how fast you get to zero speed and how much force the car can exert on a human body, as it turns. Then, the 7 categories that have effect on the metrics, and they all intertwine. If you put a more powerful engine in, it is heavier. So on and so on. Car manufacturers make choices about how the performance of a car is to be achieved and they don't all do it the same way.

Then, there are track differences. I'm not sure why there aren't different PR's on each car for each track.

IMO, PR in RR3 is pretty simple. It is used to keep racers out of races, until they pay to get in. It is used to set the performance level of competitors. Actually, it is probably most used to set how fast the track and scenery moves below and around the car!

As for event 6.3, racing the 125 against LMP's, the game makers change any parameter they care to, to make a challenge. I commented elsewhere in the wikia that I think they ran a 125 around the track and got a reasonable time, made calculations and decided 5 laps against 4 laps would be close enough and they set the cars, probably all the cars, 125 included, so it could be a challenge, but winable.

And, I have to say, the different challenges makes the game fresher than ... another lap around the same track, day after day after day.

It is a personal challenge to adjust to the parameters. How quickly do we adjust to a lighter car with lower top speed, to make it win goals? How are we going to manage our resources to get, what we consider to be the most bang for our GC? So, I'm not sure knowing what PR is or what it means really matters much. The ultimate question is, do I want to continue playing the game? Am I getting enough reward to justify the work? If so, race on.

If not, then you have to ask the question, do I want to do something about the injustice? Am I willing to mount a massive boycott of all advertisers in the game? Will I be able to stop a critical mass of people from buying a Chevy or downloading Mobile Strike? Or will I just play Mekorama instead?