(2014-08-04 18:14)Kenwood Wrote:  Does it seem to anyone that this year's Gumball is more of a wealth race than a driver's race? There are some users doing the event in just XFR/UFR (or even GTRs) that can maintain a higher average speed.
Let's say a user with 100k wealth wants to try and win, but the fastest car they own is the FZ5. Okay, they'll drive that as fast as possible all day, every day.
Let's say there's another user, with 1m wealth and every car possible does the exact same.
It's much more difficult to keep up with a XFR in turns when you're driving a FZ5 (or even a LX6). It's also much more difficult to obtain a XFR with 100k wealth (let's say you're new here and started playing like 6 months ago).
Don't forget the potential speeding fines, speedtraps, and general loss of money from speeding and maintaining the XFR.
Unless you have several people giving you money, you're going to have a hard time.

The best driver can't win. Only the wealthiest one can. The best driver would have to give up sleep just to keep up with that XFR and then his health would be at risk, because of someone's money advantage.

It also makes it easy for a previous GB3K winner to just keep on winning, and winning, and winning until there's no point of competing for anyone at all.

Does anyone agree or is this just me?

• Prepare (Earn lots of money before the Gumball starts)
• Commit (Have plenty of time to spend driving)
• Consistent (It's a marathon not a sprint, do a similar amount of driving each day)
  

(2014-08-04 18:14)Kenwood Wrote:  Does it seem to anyone that this year's Gumball is more of a wealth race than a driver's race? There are some users doing the event in just XFR/UFR (or even GTRs) that can maintain a higher average speed.
Let's say a user with 100k wealth wants to try and win, but the fastest car they own is the FZ5. Okay, they'll drive that as fast as possible all day, every day.
Let's say there's another user, with 1m wealth and every car possible does the exact same.
It's much more difficult to keep up with a XFR in turns when you're driving a FZ5 (or even a LX6). It's also much more difficult to obtain a XFR with 100k wealth (let's say you're new here and started playing like 6 months ago).
Don't forget the potential speeding fines, speedtraps, and general loss of money from speeding and maintaining the XFR.
Unless you have several people giving you money, you're going to have a hard time.

The best driver can't win. Only the wealthiest one can. The best driver would have to give up sleep just to keep up with that XFR and then his health would be at risk, because of someone's money advantage.

It also makes it easy for a previous GB3K winner to just keep on winning, and winning, and winning until there's no point of competing for anyone at all.

Does anyone agree or is this just me?

(2014-08-04 18:38)Edwin Wrote:  Dowpy will surely differ.

(2014-08-04 18:39)Kenwood Wrote:  

(2014-08-04 18:38)Edwin Wrote:  Dowpy will surely differ.

Half of SO is funding him.

(2014-08-04 22:54)Edwin Wrote:  Go Go Team Dowpy!!!

(2014-08-04 22:41)Dowpy Wrote:  

(2014-08-04 18:39)Kenwood Wrote:  

(2014-08-04 18:38)Edwin Wrote:  Dowpy will surely differ.

Half of SO is funding him.

I don't know if i should take that the wrong way, i'm still the driver and they chose to send me money, i never asked for it.

Also the only people from SO that sent me money is juntu, spark, sebas. I wouldn't say thats half of SO.