Research & Development

The single player mode in lab style was introduced in the Summer's Over Update. The Research & Development (R&D for short) mode introduces four new game elements: Lab, Test, Quality Checks, and Proto Keys, as well as a number of modifications to existing elements, such as R&D Basic Kit Box, or car-specific free upgrades. As in the Car Mastery, the R&D selection, loading, and pre-race screen introduce a new graphic language.

In contrast with Car Mastery, the R&D is more story-oriented. It focuses on telling the story of a car development with the player and other scientists from the car's company being involved.

Cars unlockable via R&D can be purchased for a limited time outside of their events, although they can only be purchased with tokens and tend to be extremely expensive.

R&D Events
An overview of all stats of all the previous events was published by Dr. Martin Kneip. Most of the information can be found on the respective page of the R&D event.

Lamborghini Huracán
The first event was published on October 1, 2015 for iOS, featuring the Lamborghini Huracán with 3 Labs spanning 30 Tests. Players were given 32 days once they started the challenge. Since the Monkey's Year Update, they are instead given 15 days.

Following the Alfa Romeo 4C, the Huracán was featured again as the sixth Research & Development event, published on March 9, 2016.

The same event was relaunched after one day (on November 4, 2015), this time lasting less days; however it was not available for all users, the reason being unclear. The upgrades you bought on the car remain; however, you had to start all Labs/Tests from the beginning. When you finished a test you had already done the first time, you were greeted by a message accusing you of "cheating": "Reward already claimed This reward was already claimed, and now that you have reset your profile, it cannot be claimed again. This is normal behavior if you have used cheats."

Similar to the other R&D cars, if a player upgraded the Huracán in the previous event, the upgrades are still applied and the tests rewards will be given out again even if you have already claimed during the Huracán's first R&D.

Lamborghini Egoista
The second event was published on December 19, 2015, featuring the Lamborghini Egoista with 4 Labs spanning 65 Tests. Players are given 15 days once they start the challenge.

This event was revived as the ninth R&D event on May 11, 2016.

Peugeot SR1
The third event was published on Jan 20 2016, featuring the Peugeot SR1 with 4 Labs spanning 45 tests. Players are given eight days once they start the challenge.

This event was revived as the eleventh R&D event on July 14, 2016.

ED Design Torq
This event was published as the fourth R&D event in the Monkey's Year Update on February 4, 2016, with 4 Labs spanning 50 Tests. Players are given 10 days once they start the challenge.

This R&D event is the only R&D event to be themed differently; in this case, it was given a Chinese New Year 2016 theme.

This event was revived as the fourteenth R&D event on September 29, 2016, this time without the Chinese New Year theme.

Alfa Romeo 4C
This event was published as the fifth R&D event in the Monkey's Year Update on February 25, 2016, originally with 3 Labs spanning 35 Tests. Since the Rio Update, players are given 15 days once they start the challenge (originally seven days). The event now has 5 Labs spanning 50 Tests. The layout of the Tests and Labs is mostly reused from the Mosler Super GT.

This event was revived as the thirteenth R&D event on September 4, 2016.

BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage
This event was published as the seventh R&D event in the Elite Cars Update in late March 2016, with 4 Labs spanning 50 Tests. Players are given 14 days once they start the challenge.

Mosler Super GT
This event was published as the eighth R&D event in the Elite Cars Update in mid April 2016, with 5 Labs spanning 50 Tests. Players are given 14 days once they start the challenge.

Mercedes-AMG C 63 Coupe Touring Car 2014
This event was published as the tenth R&D event in the Enduro Update in early June 2016, with 4 Labs spanning 50 Tests. Players are given 12 days once they start the challenge.

W Motors Fenyr Supersport
This event was published as the twelfth R&D event in the Rio Update on August 9th 2016, with 4 Labs spanning 65 Tests. Players are given 15 days once they start the challenge. The layout of the Tests and Labs is reused from the Lamborghini Egoista.

GT by CITROEN
This event was published as the fifteenth R&D event in the Autumn 2016 Update on October 25th 2016, with 4 labs spanning 50 Tests. Players are given 14 days once they start the challenge. The layout of the Tests and Labs is reused from the BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage.