Creating multiple user accounts to reap the benefits of Seasonal Events

[billren2k3]

And it's my opinion that you don't push your "opinion" on other people. How other people play their game or what they do is no one's business but their own. Would I accept what? I don't care.

Should people play the game the way that they want to or the way PD wants them to? Or preciously, according to your opinion?

Does PD intend for you to drive in circle for days and days? I very, VERY highly doubt that too.

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Nyyellowtaxi is right. Play the game however you want. All the duping, alternate accounts, etc...doesn't really matter. I've been playing since GT1 (still fire it up from time to time 👍 ). Life is short

 

[TeddyBear-420]

i have sub 5 accounts that i did seasonal events 1-7... they have like 7 mil cr that i have backed up.. i gift my friends cars everyday

 

[Zero7159]

I am Level 33 aspec and Level 36 bspec. To get $$$ quick, I use the FGT or the X1 in bspec Dream Championship, which gets me about $860,000, for an hour or two of pressing a few buttons while I am watching TV, surfing the Internet or playing with my kids. Does it really pay for me to set up a second account and do the seasonals to make $$$? I have over 200 cars, and so it would be easy to "share" one or more of them with the other account that I would use to run the seasonals.

Also, this only applies to what were called the "bonus races" after the last update. The other events can be repeated with rewards and so there is little point in doing them a second time on the other account.

 

[spapadillion]

And it's my opinion that you don't push your "opinion" on other people. How other people play their game or what they do is no one's business but their own. Would I accept what? I don't care.

Should people play the game the way that they want to or the way PD wants them to? Or preciously, according to your opinion?

Does PD intend for you to drive in circle for days and days? I very, VERY highly doubt that too.

I'm SHARING my opinion. No pushing involved.

Furthermore, it's clear to me that you're only interest is in an argument as you won't even take the time to consider my point.

Regardless, I will consider and reply to yours. Yes, I do believe PD intend for me to 'drive in circles' for however long I deem fit as they have made that specific event repeatable and not others. Focusing on one part of the game for fun or profit is not an exploit, as may be using a second (3rd, 4th, etc.) account and a USB stick to trick the game into giving one's self free cars.

That said, I don't care much one way or the other what people do in the game, as it doesn't directly affect me in any meaningful way. I do, however, feel that it is my right to express my opinion on such matters on these forums and in this thread as that was the intent of it's creators and the OP.

My intent was/is to point out the hypocrisy in likening grinding to duping, not to persuade or dissuade anyone from doing one or the other.

 

[m3phitic]

I completed up to lvl 30 a-spec completely legit. There is no way I will attempt some of those endurance races without in game saving even though I was dumb enough to complete a couple of the short ones.

Now I have taken to duping with just one extra account. I have found that it has given the game some new life whereas I was getting bored. I am now re-running the old a-spec and seasonal events that I completed already and I am planning on using the level tickets from my new account to get as many cool new cars as I can. I don't race online so I'm not cheating anyone other then myself (I'm perfectly ok with it ;-) ). It's amazing how fast you can level up if you know what you are doing and what races you should stick to.


In the famous words of Jim Rome: "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying."

 

[Kwicko]

In the famous words of Jim Rome: "If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying."

Especially in racing, if you can find a loophole in the rules, you're SUPPOSED TO take advantage of it! Hell, Penske, Gurney, etc. made virtual careers in racing by taking advantage of things that weren't specifically disallowed in the rules.

Once again, if PD wanted to address the issue of duping/gifting/glitching/trading (there's no "trading" in the game, remember, so if you've ever traded a car with anyone, for any reason, you're a "cheater" in the eyes of the purists!), they would have addressed it already.

Their silence betokens consent. They've taken zero steps to curb it, and have even taken steps to make it EASIER. Normally, in the real world of racing, when someone finds a loophole big enough to drive a championship through, you can bet your bottom dollar that that loophole will NOT be there next season - often it's banned by the next race!

 

[jmcleod]

There silence is no more!¬

 

[SlyckTires]

I set up a second account to redo the seasonals and just borrow cars from my main account rather than gifting them. I'm on level 20 while still at 0% game completion.

There's no need to be so po faced about 'exploiting' the game in order to have more fun, surely?

 

[spapadillion]

1.07

 

[Kwicko]

There silence is no more!¬

So it would seem.

Wonder how long they've lifted the 1,000,000-credit restriction for. Hopefully long enough for people to get their cars back that they've loaned out. Or to "mine" their sub accounts for everything good they might have in them...

 

[spapadillion]

I believe the release notes said March 3rd.

 

[quirk_michael]

Now wait a minute Vince.

You say that if someone else give me the car, than it's ok, because gifting the vehicles is the part of the game design, conceived by designers.

If I drive the game on my primary account, use my own skills and knowledge in order to obtain some credits through gameplay, than buy the car with those same credits and gift it to someone else - than it's also ok.

But if I drive the game my secondary account, use my same own skills and same own knowledge in order to obtain some credits, than buy the car with those same credits and gift it to myself on primary account - than it is not ok.

OK.

Would the above be OK if I was schizophrenic and had professional-examination that verifies my schizophrenic status? Would it be considered as an "exploit" or just beneficial outcome of my psychological status?

If yes, than why it is "exploit" if I am not schizophrenic?

actually that would be the disorder known as mpd or multiple personality disorder.

 

[Glovesman]

You new account will only have $20,000. Can you buy a Ford GT 06 or a Nascar for the events....?

If you gift the car to your alt account, win the race. You still have to gift the car back the your main account. buy a new car and gift again after 24 hours. That's just dumb....

It can be done but take at least 48 hours to gain any real benefits.

If you share the car you wish to use with your online friends, then you wouldn't need to transfer it, just borrow it on the account you want to race on.

 

[MM1000]

[I as just repeating what everyone else was saying]

Anyway, it's a harmless exploit.

 

[MM1000]

I completed up to lvl 30 a-spec completely legit. There is no way I will attempt some of those endurance races without in game saving even though I was dumb enough to complete a couple of the short ones

Same here, though I'm not really worried about demanding mid race saves, which I think are just plain unrealistic. Sure, a 24 hour run in a race car is also pretty unrealistic, as is the practice of pausing (I would even suggest removing that option) but endurance races have no meaning if you don't have to endure them.

 

[Stratman]

I agree with both sides in a way- if you want to do it, do it. Your game, your choice.

But is it the 'right' thing to do?- personal choice I guess.

My choice is that like with the ferrari at circ you can grind away for rewards race after race so that is ok.

If a seasonal for example limits you to one reward per account- well why do you think that is? Obviously the developers want to limit you to one reward per account, or per user in my opinion.

To just make multiples to get multiple single rewards is to me cheating the system developers put in place. So personally I won't do it.

Should others? Honestly - who cares? I think it is wrong so I won't- others can do whatever they want. I will see their actions as cheating, but should it bother them what I think?

No. I don't care what they think, why should it bother them what I think. As long as we're all having fun as mentioned earlier- thats probably all the devs really want, I don't know.

But if anyone from PD would care to comment on this at some point it would be great I reckon...

 

[SlyckTires]

To just make multiples to get multiple single rewards is to me cheating the system developers put in place. So personally I won't do it.

Wow.

I enjoyed the Expert Seasonals, therefore I created another account so I could do them again. The idea, at least for me, is to enjoy the time I spend playing video games. I'm kind of hoping the developers want that as well, at least as far as it encourages me to spend more money on their products.

I guess if you enjoy obeying restrictions that to break them doesn't really have a detrimental effect on anyone else, then this is good for you.

 

[lunarwolf]

I would class it as an exploit, yes...

yes it is an exploit since PD designed these events to be won once. however is it a big deal and should you be ashamed ... hell no

 

[masterplan]

It is impossible to race seasonal events more than once? That's odd, I think I did some races several times (every time gold) and I'm 100 % sure I did the middle b-spec seasonal several times...

 

[lunarwolf]

It is impossible to race seasonal events more than once? That's odd, I think I did some races several times (every time gold) and I'm 100 % sure I did the middle b-spec seasonal several times...

you can race most more than once; however, there are high payoff seasonals where you can only claim the cash once. those typically pay 1m cr for a gold (2m cr if you have login bonus)

 

[GoSpeedRacer]

Ah, yes, I do this daily. I use 2 other accounts to farm helmets and suits from the Time and Drift Trials. Gotta love getting 4 helmets and 8 suits on my main account as many times a day as I can stand backing up, running the trials, sending the items to my main account and restoring my backup. 👍

I also did this to get multiple tickets from the Expert Challenges. I guess I'm a baaaaaaaaaaaaad boy.

 

[masterplan]

you can race most more than once; however, there are high payoff seasonals where you can only claim the cash once. those typically pay 1m cr for a gold (2m cr if you have login bonus)

Aha, didn't stumble across these yet, since I'm online just for a short while.

 

[arseneH]

Yes, I do.
I can enjoy the seasonal event without aging the car.

 

[diptob79]

On your main account, share the correct car to do the job

On your second account, use that shared car to finish the seasonals

No need to buy cars, except the first time you start your career

 

[ace33543]

I'm going to do this.You should be able to get a reward after completing each event anyways and it should be random with a rare chance of getting something super cool.You are still doing the work to win the races.

 

[kennylmao]

On your main account, share the correct car to do the job

On your second account, use that shared car to finish the seasonals

No need to buy cars, except the first time you start your career

Great idea! I just thought of this myself a few hours ago. But the second account is not really for gifting cars to my main account to save money. It's for buying the cars which I may have missed at the start of the main game.

 

[ace33543]

I change my mind This is a waist of time.I can make so much more money on my main account.Plus I guess you can only gift one car in a day?Is that right or am I doing it wrong?

 

[m8h3r]

I wouldn't call this bad in any way but is it worth the effort. You have to consider all the time and effort put in to create new accounts and buy cars just to do the events, whereas you can go onto your main account and do a normal seasonal to get about 200K on some in about 5-8 minutes, do that a couple of times and you can buy any car not just a -1,000,000 car.

 

[Timminz]

I'm currently using a second account to re-win the expert seasonals, and the lvl 21-23 tickets that come with them.

Then I'm going to dupe the SHlT out of them.

 

[Svoloch]

This here is the most pointless thing I've ever heard of. Do normal seasonals, you will earn so much more ....