Thread:ShinnyShin/@comment-34673050-20190222134610/@comment-27980511-20190223195638

@Leigton

Hello my friend! I've been great, hope you've been well too. Sorry for the late reply!

This latest Update? Where should I begin? There's so much stuff that's been changed, it's unbelievable. I think it's made the game much worse, but there are a few good things that came with it.

My thoughts so far on the changes:

- no more Mastery, which is (was) a vital source of Credits for a lot of players. This also means we lose the chance to practice on certain tracks for TLEs that aren't available for Quick Solo Races, and RIP to the cars I spent so much time working on so I could farm with them. My main farming cars were my Veneno and my Egoista, and I can't do McLaren MP4-31's Season race because it needs more upgrading. So now I need to MAX my 488 Pista so I can farm again. Which car(s) are you now going to use for your farming?

- certain MAX Upgrade prices are now much higher than ever, and PRO Upgrades too. Even for older cars, they're now much more expensive than ever. This is not a good thing because we can't keep up with the expenses, and also not good for new players.

- Pro Kit Cards are now more than before. Now vehicles need more parts, and we will need more space in the Inventory to fit them all, which means spending more Tokens.

- there is a big increase in R&Ds over the course of the last few Updates, compared to other Event types. Too much of these means less chances to win anything. Maybe if we had more Championships, World Tours or Enduro Double Downs there would be more variety. Did you notice that there have been no new Credits cars in the last 15 months?

- there is a trend in new cars that require Engines which absolutely no one has. The R&Ds for these new cars never give you enough Engines, and you can't get them anywhere else - unless you buy the Boxes from the Event which cost Tokens.

- PRO Kits are essentially Tokens-Upgrades now. Especially for the new cars and those Engines. Never thought we would see the day.

- Heat Races have been removed (WHY?!?!). These were a great way to get extra Credits, Tokens, Boosters and parts. The new Divison Cups give rubbish rewards.

- Super Racer Kit Box is replaced by a Daily Kit Box with only 10 Cards in it. It should be 24 Cards, to make up for the loss. At least it's free.

- rank changes to the entirety of the A-Class have destroyed a range of MP Tunings. I'm still experimenting so far with this, so I will tell you more in the next few days. But one thing I like is that you don't lose points for coming 2nd or 3rd.

- Season rewards are less varied, and too much of a gap between the prizes. I used all of my Season Tickets and the MP rewards doesn't give more Tickets, so it's now 4 Tickets per race for me. There are no Tickets in Exclusive Deals for me either. So, I can't play for many hours session and increase my Rating by much. But at least there's more Tokens.

- TLEs are screwed up now too. You need to have many fully-upgraded cars just to stand a chance, but farming is less of an option now.

- Asphalt Moments are for VIP members only now. This is horrible.

Secondly, the best people to ask about A8 maths would be @WKPQ, @Guy Buzki Montag and @Mr M S. I'm also trying to find out some new stats too, but it looks like Gameloft is still modifying the MP match-ups. Sorry to hear about your M2 SE, that car's always struggled to shine from the beginning.

Third, yes you are mostly right. I've had quite a lot of good races (and a few very bad ones too). My Apollo IE is still my main MP car, but the competition has more types of cars now.

I face more same-rank IEs, McLaren X2s, Carrera GTs, McLaren MP4-25s, Hussarya GTs, Vandas, RX-8 SEs, Sagaris SEs, high-rank R8 SEs, high-rank MP4-8s and now even that new BMW i8!

It looks like there are also more 1600+ R8 SEs and they give me a good challenge. I lost one race today after a Vertical Knockout from a R8 SE. I need to play more races to be sure.

It might be a good idea to ask for downgrade, but think very carefully before you do it. Gameloft will only give you 1 update per account, so make absolutely sure that you want it.

It would be good to start slowly and experiment your way back up until you find the best Tuning for you. Remember the Apollo IE has Tokens-Only Upgrades, so I hope you have a few spare ones you can use for it!