User blog comment:Blackto/Token Hogs And Health Issues/@comment-24940803-20150703155002

I had to leave this game because I wanted my life back. I remember back when the first updates with new cars started coming out. You could win them back then....now unless you have MANY double tank boosters, a crap load of credits, and a skill better than thousands of others out there getting same times to the milliseconds, you can't win one of these cars. In addition, once you "max out" the car, you must spend more real money to buy tokens and HOPE you get the right kits to "pro max" the car. Then you must spend your crapload of credits to buy them. Now, you have the fastest car in that particular class, and you are so excited when you win top 10 in the next event with it and earn some major loot. 2 days later, a special event starts where you can win a new car :O. This car turns out to be faster than the one you just won and upgraded. All your hopes and dreams have just been crushed as you stare at the screen dazed by what just happened.

Now, this is not what happens to everyone. I know many people out there who are very skilled and can win enough events to have enough double tank boosters. Somehow they have enough credits to buy whatever they want (either they always win them, or they use one of the many credit hacks). They can win top places in events and win new cars, etc.... This is not how it happens for the majority, however.

I would have stayed to play, but they had to do pro kits.....seriously???? The whole concept is appalling. They wanted to make sure that their high paying customers stayed in the game, while simultaneously dumping thousands upon thousands of possibly paying customers as well as new customers who can't possibly get anywhere in the game. I started before all this crap happened. If I were to pay hundreds of dollars, I could get back up in the leaderboards, but lets say someone new to the game starts a file, and sees all of this crap going on. I bet it would be just a little overwhelming!!! They don't have even a chance of getting anywhere online unless they spend thousands of dollars on what honestly is a sily video game! Don't get me wrong. The mechanics on this game are AWESOME!!! I still have the app because I can enjoy the graphics with the great cars I already have, but online/tournaments were the things that kept me playing and quite possible paying, but now I have completely abandoned that, and I really don't think they can fix it all. The damage has been done. I am not going to even start mentioning the increasing number of hackers.....I will leave that alone.

To put it in one sentence: Gameloft, you made a great game full of exciting graphics and intensive gameplay, but you screwed up when you decided to care more about money than your customers.