User blog comment:ShinnyShin/Porsche! What are you doin?! Porsche!! STAHP/@comment-27524282-20170706020550

It's safe to say that the Porsche Update is a mixed bag. Sure, GL & Porsche agreed to add in models that were widely requested by the community but wow, they bent the rules in exchange.


 * 1: Porsche only Engines?

Making new engine cards for the McLaren Championship cars made some sense. Those cars are powered by engines specifically built for racing, not ones taken from road-legal production models and modified to meet regulations.

So how the F**K does that excuse GL from pulling that BS again but now with road-going cars? "High-Grade" & "Exceptional"? By that logic, if Porsche is so "legendary", why not do the same with Ferrari? They're just as renowned as Porsche in making racing & sports cars.

I know that this was probably fueled by GL's greed for more IAPs, but FFS, why can't they suck up a small loss and let those with stockpiles of F6 cards upgrade & enjoy the cars?


 * 2: The cars themselves

If the custom engine cards weren't bad enough, only the 959 is usable when MP tuned. The rest are just overpriced German paper weights in a paper-free office.

And what is it with only the 918 not having a nitro reliance build? Did someone have the sudden urge to recreate the splash made by the DeZir and Torq? That's not going to work when the game is already crowded with useless junk heaps and 1 update away from 200 cars.

Another niggle are the engine notes.

Cayman GT4 & 911 GT3 RS : The "v6_na" is utterly bland and doesn't do justice to either car.

959 : Tell me, how does the "m3_gt2_v8" sound anything like the real car?

918 : FFS, another hybrid and it only gets an electric note? Some of the vehicles in Xtreme have engine notes that are a combination of 2 but that can't be brought over? If it has to have the "electric_silverlightning" note, why not combine it with the "ferrari_italia_458_v8" or "v8_supercar"?

For me, the "v8_ruf"used in the RT 12S and GranTurismo Sport would've been much better for the GT4, GT3 and 959. It sounds more like a porsche engine for an arcade racer and its an underused engine note.

Apart from the game constantly pestering me to buy the Nemesis, the rest of the update are changes not worth mentioning.

But between blocking out the Porsche based cars and the 2 problems I mentioned, from a player's perspective, this update is a case of a great idea poorly executed.