What's the point?

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...Am I missing something?!?

Why spend any money at all buying softs etc, etc, in order to gain first place when second place, and 80/90% of the prize money is very obtainable with a stock car?!?

It costs more to sufficiently modify the car than you will earn by gaining that single additional position.
 
Timppaq
Just do it the way you are happy.
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That's not very helpful is it...

I am, and I will play the game exactly as I wish, I am however; as previously stated, genuinely interested to understand other peoples points of view. Hence my reason for asking the question in the first place.

I am curious to understand if I am perhaps missing something, and there is more to be gained in earning 1st place that currently eludes me!

(Not so) Smart arse!
 
What he is saying is win by any means necessary. If you are good enough to win without excessive spending, do so. If you need to add upgrades, do so. Considering there are no restrictions, you can do as needed to win.
 
N8thanashley
It costs more to sufficiently modify the car than you will earn by gaining that single additional position.
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There is usually enough money left for 1st place that spending 20,000 to get 100,000 is usually worth it. I know I am not as good as some people. I am basically a bronze. I can get 3rd place stock on most things or on license tests it takes real focus for me to get past that so sometimes I need to spend a few more dollars to win than some of the super skilled racers do.
 
i start out with the car stock. if i cant get close to first ill add say engine stage 1 and maybe sports mediums. if i still cant win first ill add the lowest exhaust. i have almost no knowledge of how to tune a car but i do it with minimum spending and have fun pushing into first.
 
It is all about the XP for me, the CR is an added bonus. I buy enough to keep it challenging but not frustrating.
 
I have more than enough money right now! thanks to the seasonal events, you always get more than you can spend on the car even if you tune everything possible. But for me it's the XP you get for it and I would spend more on it only to get more XP! I can get money acceptable fast, however it's a pain in the a*** grinding for XP...
 
I Believe you are wrong, a Mitsubishi MiEV, costs 46k, the prize money is 200k, you can run that race fully stock with one eye open and win. That leaves you over 150k in prizes for less than 15 minutes of work.
 
Also, buying racing softs is not needed.
I always try a race totally stock, if I can;t win in like eehh 5 tries, I buy tires ONE 'tick' better.
So if the car normal has Comfort soft, I'd buy Sports Hard.
If the car has Sports hard, I;d buy Sports medium.

In the Season 5 events I think I bought 3 sets of tires, costing me ~20k
Earning me a lot more.
 
N8thanashley
...Am I missing something?!?

Why spend any money at all buying softs etc, etc, in order to gain first place when second place, and 80/90% of the prize money is very obtainable with a stock car?!?

It costs more to sufficiently modify the car than you will earn by gaining that single additional position.
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Some people need it, others don't like to take chances with spinning out, some just don't like to lose.

I look at each event from a cost/profit standpoint, and look at how much I'm willing to earn from it after all is said and done. I almost didn't bother with the JGTC event, as 950,000 of that 1.5mill would be spent on a car just to get in and race it.

It'd be nice if there was a bonus for completing all of the seasonal events with golds, maybe an extra million and some XP.
 
Predwolf
Some people need it, others don't like to take chances with spinning out, some just don't like to lose.

I look at each event from a cost/profit standpoint, and look at how much I'm willing to earn from it after all is said and done. I almost didn't bother with the JGTC event, as 950,000 of that 1.5mill would be spent on a car just to get in and race it.

It'd be nice if there was a bonus for completing all of the seasonal events with golds, maybe an extra million and some XP.
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Theres a JGTC series in the Extreme Events in A-spec, so you almost need one anyway. I imagine thats why that event was left open to all JGTC cars as many players would already own one and wouldn't appreciate having to purchase a specific one for that event.

You also get a lot of XP for doing that event, and all the seasonal events give plenty of XP. Now that they have lost the restrictions, I find them very boring, a chore to do, but you almost have to do them due to the insane amount of Money/XP they gift for next to no effort.

I don't think theres any need for bonus credits/XP for completing the events as they give enough away as it is.
 
Whatever the cash payout, it's worth Golding seasonals for the XP. True, most anyone can get bronze or silver with a completely stock car... But some of us are buying cars simply to play the seasonal events, anyway... And the cash payola is so big that an extra 20-30 grand doesn't hurt at all.

Would be nice if they gave extra money and XP to those of us who bothered to go all stock, though.
 
If you see it like that you can actually upgrade your car for free, it can always be interesting to upgrade a car that you could use in other events as well.
 
There are some muppets on here... Why don't people read what is said in the original post before giving such a judgemental response?!?

I'll try and make it even plainer!

Obtaining first place with a stock car does seem possible at times, so yes, well done, but, it would seem to me; a skilled player, and the vast number of people on here that gaining that first place is more often than not "impossible" to quote many other users, without modifying their car. Even modifying it a small amount does not seem to make good sense to me when I can obtain 90% of the payout without spending anything at all.

I have got golds in everything else in this game, yet I do not feel the motivation to do so for the seasonal events for this reason. I'm more than happy with silvers.

Yes the 'total' payouts for seasonals are high, yes that exceeds the amount you could spend modifying the car and would need to spend to gain first place, but you do not need to spend any money in order to gain anything but first place, in 'most' cases, not all, obviously, yawn! ...and the additional you gain for first isn't big enough to justify the spending!

The more you spend, the less you earn and you don't need to spend anything to get second.

I don't think I can make that any plainer without repeating myself further.

One person genuinely gave me an opinion without judging my ability and or the validity of my original question so I thank you for that. I had not thought of the xp.
 
I confess I had to read your first and your last post several times to understand what you mean. Maybe it's me, maybe not, I don't know.

Your question is why people do not simply buy the car, leave it stock, do the race and -given they don't screw up big time- finish with the money and the XP they're given for whichever position they arrive at. The majority of seasonal races is either winnable with a stock car, or you become second and still get a load of money. So why do people tune their cars to win whatever the cost may be. That's what you're asking, right?

Well, two things:
  • People like to win. It's the point of racing
  • If I'm not mistaken, the payout bewteen the 2nd and the 1st place is bigger than what you spend on the car for tuning parts for most seasonal races
 
What ever the current one that you need things like tom's supra, etc i just got gold on that for spending about 500K/300K and tuning it mildly, blitz it. For me, 100K+ profit is worth it for me.
 
foot
I spend what i have to to win.
Why? because second isnt winning..
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A fair answer! Not strictly good sense, BUT understandable all the same!

If I was in the money I think I'd be the same, but I'm not. I have less than $5m, I still need to buy a Formula GT, and Touring car to complete the Extreme Series events.
 
the Interceptor
I confess I had to read your first and your last post several times to understand what you mean. Maybe it's me, maybe not, I don't know.

Your question is why people do not simply buy the car, leave it stock, do the race and -given they don't screw up big time- finish with the money and the XP they're given for whichever position they arrive at. The majority of seasonal races is either winnable with a stock car, or you become second and still get a load of money. So why do people tune their cars to win whatever the cost may be. That's what you're asking, right?

Well, two things:
  • People like to win. It's the point of racing
  • If I'm not mistaken, the payout bewteen the 2nd and the 1st place is bigger than what you spend on the car for tuning parts for most seasonal races
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I'm sorry, thanks for the feedback, I'll try and use smaller words.
 
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