First and foremost, I very much agree with the outrageous cost. I also have been playing since the first month RR3 was released, when only two or three gold was awarded for leveling up.
Secondly, while I indeed find it appalling, and BEYOND greedy, if people are willing to pay $100(more to make the car competitive with the more outrageous cost to upgrade it), then I don't blame them for their desire to generate maximum profits from this awesome innovation to the world of gaming. Sadly, this 5%(approximately) of RR3 players who can spend this kind of money are the ones who have, and will always, not deprive you of game progress or the ability to compete, but the Saudi prince and rich folk alike only slow down your game progress because EA would rather have those bigger purchases right away rather than the same or greater monies over a length of time. Maybe they slept through, or even skipped high school math or business 101.
Speaking of game progress...why are so many RR3 players clueless to this redundant complaint. Of course they do NOT want you to approach game completion. Hence, the regular updates and additions of cars, tracks, etc. If you were them, and wanted to continue having arguably the best racing game in the world, you would not want millions of players, while potential buyers, to complete the game 100%. They were obviously present in class for this particular section of Business 101. Many users complaining of cost or game progress/completion, if amongst the game developers, creators, EA, FM, what have you, would implement the same ideas regarding cost and updates and additions that prevent, or rather, slow down the progress of the every day player who isn't among the class of Saudi prince Donny "you're fired" Trump.
I guess the the moral of the story is...enjoy this awesome innovation, and don't bother complaining about their pathetic, shameless, indescribable, wall-street like greed, because it's a waste of time and energy. Have fun, and race it like you armed car jacked it. This is The Potenza, and I'm off the grid.
