User blog comment:ShinnyShin/The Problems with Elite Cars/@comment-27524282-20170216013915

The Elite system is bad enough in A8 and it gets worse in Xtreme. Instead of re-tuning, ALL of the vehicles have to change their oil. While the cost and duration are more acceptable in Class D (all but 1 are within 10 minutes and ), Class C-S have sizable durations. On top of that, races will only give pennies,  at most if you try to farm. As the final insult, Class B - S vehicles are F**King you right up the ass for purchase costs. Multi-million buying costs and some as Tokens only? GL is unashamedly trying to recreate the unscrupulousness of the A8 Fuel Update. Call me naive, but I had hopes of Xtreme to be the same virgin that was 2013 A8. Everything fairly priced and no leashes from playing to your heart's content.

Its also carried over into that "game" of Streetstorm. Taken straight from Racing Rivals, the engine condition is instead based on what upgrades you have. I don't plan on spending a single minute playing that game.

Back to A8. If GL in 2017 has a huge change of heart to their fans, they can start with the changes you've mentioned. Bonus points if they get rid of fake speed modifiers and avoid enforcing a money-first business model for A9. That thing isn't a secret anymore and something everyone can do without. (*Sarcasm* Oh yes, time to get a calculator and see how fast the car is actually going, really adds a new dimension of arcade racing).

I'm going to agree to disagree on elite cars expanding the roster of A8. Most of them are no better than burnt wrecks to me. *Cough* nanoFlowcells, Impala, Avista, GLC *COUGH* CTS-V, Bailey, Continental, XJ220S *COUGH* 4K Spano, Land Shark *COUGH*  The only ones I can tolerate are the RX-8, M2, Icona and the SV. The rest are *COUGH* useless, useless, useless *COUGH*

As for CSR, it didn't always have waiting times. In 1 & Classics, you could change the time on your device to skip any waiting and immediately get your car / upgrade. Its only in CSR2 that waiting is mandatory as the countdown is based on the server's time, not your device. Even then, its only for cars and upgrades, the fine tuning itself is instant, dyno runs are a single fee for every session and only charge pennies.