Why are low effort liveries so popular in showcase?

[km666]

Something I've noticed a lot is that some of the liveries with hundreds or thousands of likes take no more effort than slapping a number plate on an otherwise standard car, case in point, of all the new BX liveries one of the most popular starts and finishes with a Japanese number plate, compared to various really cool heavily customised versions, what's the deal? Are people genuinely impressed by hitting "other" twice in the Livery Editor or does Showcase promote things in strange ways?

 

[Greycap]

Thw sad truth is that most people wouldn't spot quality if it punched them in the face. As a result tons of subpar creations get the "AWESOME!" "SUPER COOL WORK!" etc. comments while good ones mostly only get appreciated by a very small minority.

 

[Mafio]

Sometimes its WHO you know, not what you know...

 

[tankuroded]

Sometimes its WHO you know, not what you know...

Look up the letters "ICRT" and/or "SDRT".

 

[crooky369]

Sometimes the simple ones are the best. Depends on the car really. But a 'mondeo man' car like the BX suits a plain livery that makes the player feel like they're driving the car on the road.

 

[Talon16]

A banana duct taped to the wall as art sold for 6.2 million dollars. I dunno, people are weird.

The iconic 'duct-taped banana' was just auctioned: But why did it cost in million of dollars? - The Times of India

Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian,' a banana duct-taped to a wall, sold for $6.2 million at a Sotheby's auction. The artwork, purchased by Justin Sun, spa

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

[MatskiMonk]

Something I've noticed a lot is that some of the liveries with hundreds or thousands of likes take no more effort than slapping a number plate on an otherwise standard car, case in point, of all the new BX liveries one of the most popular starts and finishes with a Japanese number plate, compared to various really cool heavily customised versions, what's the deal? Are people genuinely impressed by hitting "other" twice in the Livery Editor or does Showcase promote things in strange ways?

I think the majority of likes are given in the hope they'll be reciprocated. Why waste time finding good liveries if you're just trying to farm likes yourself?

At the end of the day though, it's not worth anything, so it doesn't really matter. If people have farmed thousands of likes for crap liveries, they're only fooling themselves, but at least they're happy. No harm done!

 

[km666]

Oooh secret showcase tags! Well that answers that

 

[ZGBox]

Look up the letters "ICRT" and/or "SDRT".

I honestly never understood what those tags mean. Like, are those belonging to a community of some kind?

 

[eran0004]

Something I've noticed a lot is that some of the liveries with hundreds or thousands of likes take no more effort than slapping a number plate on an otherwise standard car, case in point, of all the new BX liveries one of the most popular starts and finishes with a Japanese number plate, compared to various really cool heavily customised versions, what's the deal? Are people genuinely impressed by hitting "other" twice in the Livery Editor or does Showcase promote things in strange ways?

The BX was just added to the game and it's reasonable to believe that the more simple styles were among the first to be created, which might explain why they got an unproportional amount of likes.