Talk:BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage/@comment-27980511-20180204184446

My fellow racers,

You know, until now I've never fully understood what other players meant when they said that this Hommage R&D was absolute hell. Not just the Event itself, but upgrading the car as well.

It still sucks that some cars weren’t changed from Tokens-only upgrades despite the petition, meaning that some players still got stuck even this time around.

I even had to dig around the Car Mastery rewards for a few extra Free Upgrades to keep going.

That being said, I actually really enjoyed the first 3 Labs. Loved the humor of the pre-race quotes, especially the ones with the 'insurance guy'!

Then everything changed when the Fire Nation Lab 004 attacked.

I opened it early with 5 days to go because I’d be outta time, so I went hard and blazed through the Lab in 3 days.

Safe to say, this Event has sucked me dry (heh) but it was totally worth it. I'd be damned if I made it this far and didn't win. All that time, all those Tokens, all those Credits, all that grinding, all those Random Boxes, all those hand cramps and all that lost sleep would have been for nothing otherwise!

All this PLUS balancing the Renault Trezor’s Championship!

This Lab was a pure exercise in white-knuckle, blood-pressure raising, teeth-grinding, pulse-racing, hair-pulling frustration!

I started out with 2.5 millions in Credits and 4800 Tokens, and my aim was to use as little Tokens as possible. But I ended up spending all the Tokens in the end - I actually finished the Test 49 with only 1785 Tokens, and failed to beat the Final AI despite many, many tries.

So with only 1 day remaining, I remembered I had some unclaimed Token rewards in Car Mastery. I whipped out the Double Credits booster, grinded and upgraded two other cars to raise enough Tokens to Auto-Pass the Final AI.

Thanks to my trusty Veneno, McLaren M14A and Renault Alpine, I've been able to finally welcome car 134 to my collection. The Hommage is only the 2nd R&D I've ever finished.



Until now, I've :

- only won the Porsche 911 GT3 RS outright

- came very close to winning the Huracan and the Egoista (ended up getting both in BP form instead)

- failed the Torq because I had to travel, bought it with 4000 Tokens when it came on sale

<p class="MsoNormal">- missed out on the Alpine / Fenyr SuperSport / AMG C 63 Coupe Touring Car 2014

<p class="MsoNormal">- abandoned the McLaren 650S GT3 in favor of the Arrinera Hussarya GT, because that car is bae.

<p class="MsoNormal">All the others I've been getting via BPs, or have skipped entirely.

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<p class="MsoNormal">I've tried and failed so many others. But let's hope we don't get many of these again in the near future. I would just roll up into a ball on the floor and cry if the new BMW M2 SE came out tomorrow as an R&D.

<p class="MsoNormal">I only have 176 Tokens and 12500 Credits to my name after this. Oh well, time to unleash another Double Credits and get back to work!

<p class="MsoNormal">Man, it feels SO good to be able to sleep properly again.

<p class="MsoNormal">Those of you who've won the car, a massive congratulations to you!

<p class="MsoNormal">Those of you still yet to win, go hard and bring it home!

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<p class="MsoNormal">See you in MP!

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