Remember, most of us are the 1% in this game. We often have millions in credits. We can set gold times in the time trials and score 2 million without thinking about it. There's the other 90% that aren't so adept at accumulating credits, and those are where the whales live. Predatory pricing is a scourge in the industry at the moment and it bugs me.
I can totally get that view. My take on this is a bit against it:
Folks (IMHO) should not obsess over getting every car right away. Play the game and do the bits that are enjoyable and let the credits stack up as they come. That way a player:
- Gets to play the parts that are fun without having to "slug" or "grind" a game that is supposed to be for fun. (I have quite a bit to say about "grinding", but this is not the place for that.)
- Without a rigid time frame, there is no need to rush/push through to get a prize before it's gone (FOMO - seen in too many mobile games for example.) The only time frame is one a player sets for themselves.
- When the credits are there, the player gets that bonus of getting the car(s) they wanted to begin with.
Granted, this just is my approach. There are a few cars I actually don't have, but that's because I haven't gotten around to getting them.
The platinum trophy eventually came my way not because I was chasing it . . . but because I
happened to tick off all the boxes.
I think a similar approach with any game would be helpful, but that's just my view.
It relies on psychological quirks, like the obsessive need to get to 100% at any cost, literally. So, in short, when I see it, I get riled up.
Totally . . .
completely get where you're coming from. I understand.
Finding it kind of bonkers that we can't upgrade the brake pads on the Nismo R34. Seems like a specifically strange thing to limit tuning on.
I recall from the description that this is basically as close to a street version of the race car as they could get at the time, so I expect it already has the racing brakes (have not checked; have driven mine only about 70 miles so far.)
If that's not the case, I have no clue.
Granted, it's just my opinion.
- Revengel
