User blog comment:ShinnyShin/The Problems with the S-Class Tier/@comment-66.222.248.159-20160328054612/@comment-27980511-20160328101759

That's one huge point I forgot to mention, Wikia Contributor. The price inflation is totally ridiculous. And the fact that all of that time, effort and credits (or real money if you're a paying player) all goes to waste and it all counts for absolutely nothing.

If I want high-stakes racing, I go no higher than A-Class now, and I'm avoiding fully MAXing\PROing certain cars in that category since I still want them to be useful. I know that costs me game progress and certain rewards\achievements, but in the longer term it's more rewarding to use some of my favorite cars online. I also know that they're not at their most powerful performance-wise, but I like the challenge of racing slightly more powerful variants of the same car I might be using.

And for cards, they are painfully rare especially for A & S Classes, and for Level 5 PROing you're looking at 100,000 denominations (for each upgrade!!) As if paying similar amounts for just MAXing at Level 5 isn't bad enough. Unlike where in Multi-player you can alternatively MAX your D and C Class cars using the free upgrades you get in Win Streaks. Only problem is because they're so rare, you almost never get them when you need them, or when you do they're never enough.

As for your question at the end, the best answer I can think of is Gameloft's weird pricing set-up. I've seen many cheaper and more efficient cars that do a lot better and don't need as much investment. I mean, releasing new cars isn't necessarily a bad thing in itself, but the way they are doing it at the cost of other cars is the problem, and the unreasonable prices don't do them any favors.

This is why the idea of re-working the Class tiers is such a hot topic right now. They've added in so many more powerful cars for a system that worked better back when the game was released, but is heavily outdated now. I mean hey, imagine how many cars you could get for the total buying+upgrade price for the Trion?