User blog:Transentience/Farming Efficiency

As you know, the higher up the car you want is whether it be class C or class S, the more effort you will have to input in order to get the car. This can be a rather tedious process at times, especially when you are someone who calculates the value of a car through the amount of stars that it can unlock. Thus Season 9 comes to the rescue. With short and sweet 1-lap races and high rewards for winning first place, you can easily farm your way to a better car. The Catch: Your car must be completely MAXED. Thus, it is important to make sure that you're able to get the maximum profit possible with the lowest barrier to entry.

Finding the Ideal Farming Car
This is all dependent on your resources and how dedicated you are. I managed to, with the proper econmic considerations, find the car that would maximize my income through each race a.k.a the car that can gain the most stars. However, this has its limits as well and it is, in a sense, somewhat grossly inefficient. Two laps almost 3 minutes long. You'll still get the rewards...if you manage to stay in first place. My first farming car was the Nissan 370Z. I took advantage of the 20 free Class-D upgrades Gameloft provided when they fixed the exploit for the Dodge Dart that hackers/cheaters were using. This allowed me to max it out and use it as a farming tool for Season 9.

You'll want to find a car you either A.) already have or B.) are willing to purchase. Keep in mind that you'll also have to remember how much it costs to fully max the car. This is where the Asphalt Wiki comes in handy! You can easily find how much it takes to max out a car without actually trying yourself ( kudos to the people who figured out how much it costs :-). Find a car with a comfortable barrier to entry ( price ) and is comfortable for you to max out. This is all up to you but you might want to crunch a few numbers just to figure out how much time its going to take to get to your goal.

In this example, I'll be using myself. If I spend a good 2 days using the last 3 Dubai races in Season 8 and the 370Z race in Season 9 then I can usually easily surpass 100,000 Credits. If I stay dedicated, I can push it to 300,000+ credits. My wish is to gain AT LEAST 5,000 credits per one race. Token cars are not an option ( although they will be when I max out some of my top class cars and FINALLY manage to stay in the leaderboards on events ). The Felino cB7 is my ideal choice because even though the base credits per race are less the 5,000, the Credits Per Second are much higher so I actually gain more profit over time as I play. The price is fairly reasonable, now 250,000 credits because of a 9% discount. Another plus is 4,895 is just the BASE. It is possible to, through enough wrecking and havoc, to push it to 5,000.

Calculating Efficiency
When you see the races availabe for Season 9 on the Asphalt Wiki you might not exactly be sure which one is the best for you. This is a method I use although their are probably better ways. I use something called CPS which stands for ( Credits Per Second )'''. '''Its fairly easy to calculate. I do realize that this system is not exactly "true" for game mechanics. You earn credits based on your achievements at the end of a race but this helps in finding the race that gives you the most credits for your effort.
 * 1) Take the amount of base credits for the race your looking into
 * 2) Take the base time ( usually found with the 4th or 5th star of the race asking you to beat it )
 * 3) Convert the base time into seconds
 * 4) Divide the base credits by the seconds
 * 5) You now have the Credits Per Second. Compare it to other races to find the most efficient one.

An example is the CPS of the Felino cB7 in Season 9. If we take the Base Credits for 1st place which is 4,905 and divide it by the base time which is 1 minute and 22 seconds ( 82 seconds when converted ) we get a CPS of almost 60 credits a second. As I write this post, I am still calculating the CPS of other races with the possibility of finding a race that is supremely efficient and might still be within my range.