He does have a point though. At the top level of racing, teams spend millions on their cars, and generate millions in profit from sponsorship alone.
I always took the prize car as a reward from sponsorship if you will, as it used to far outstrip the prize money for the majority of events.
In GT4, you spend 3.5-4.5m cr. on a Group C or LMP prototype, to win something like 300k from a 10 race series. (And an unsellable prototype car at the end maybe?)
If the series is run yearly, it would take 12 years just to break even. Obviously in GT, series are not yearly, you can race maybe 30-40 of them a year ingame, but that is besides the point.
The early grind in GT is not to gain money, it is to advance through the game, which is natural. But later you hit a point where the income you get from races, is minute compared to the cost of the car you entered (Even if stock). This goes for most of the Professional-Extreme races events anyway.
The only good thing is the prize cars allow you to advance through the game quicker, but then the game loses the ability to pick any car, you have to either grind for cash, or use the same old cars over and over again to win the later races.
