Talk:2019 Spring Update/@comment-33504377-20190403174535

Seeing how the game economics evolved during the past 4 months or so, I have come to the conclusion that A8 is on a downward spiral towards economic collapse. What we are seeing are the last efforts to milk as much money as possible from our addiction, because lets face it, this game is more of a farming/collection addiction and less of a racing game.

First there was the Championship of SCG 003S where you could not finish all trophies without spending heavy on tokens. An action never seen before.

Second came the Centenario token only / new engine / heavily infested RnD with rigged physics forcing token spending to the maximum.

Third it was the FLU update with all the Pro Kits insane increase requirements, making all upgrade plans or card gathering pointless.

Now comes the newest update with the price increases, which I believe will also bring token only upgrades on some of the 94 cars to be "REBALANCED" (Munich update all-over again)

All of the above actions show a desperate effort to boost income from all of us addicted players in a scale that was not present in the past.

The game is coming to an end because I believe their revenue is falling, while costs of running the servers are same or even higher.

Their revenue is falling because, on one hand most experienced players know all the tips and tricks to avoid spending money and on the other hand, only a handful of new players is joining the game (who can be potential spenders) since A9 is the obvious choise for everyone starting playing today.

This decay is probably obvious to GL marketeers and they decided to shift the game towards Pay 2 Play.

I believe their moto is:

"If you want to keep playing and feed your addiction, pay up. As long as you pay, I will keep the servers running and push even more Token Only upgrades down your throat and perhaps increase the Pro Kits 6fold next time"