Career questions

[pinxtonpaws]

Firstly, if I win the top tier (all stars) championship and in the following season decide to return to the Midgets does that then mean that the higher classes become locked again, meaning that I have to effectively restart the unlocking process? I seem to remember this being an issue in Heat 4 and with TSSCR having a near identical setup to Heat I just wondered if the same rules applied.

Secondly, does the prize pot increase if you stay in the top tier for consecutive seasons? The main reason I ask is that (excluding showdowns and after the cost of repairs) my average winnings per race are currently around $12k-14k and with the total cost of fully upgrading all five vehicle parts to 30 (max) being in the region of $1.9m, at the current rate of progression that's seems to be an awful lot of races to achieve a vehicle with max performance. Bearing in mind i've also already bought other (two star) parts to make myself more competitive so that $1.9m goal is even further away.

I'm about to complete the top tier championship so I guess I need to know where season 8 will be taking me. Thanks.

[EvanMGI]

I can't check right now, but I'm 90% sure that once you were in a series, you can always pick back up with your team in that series, even if you skipped a season.

I don't believe the purse sizes increase from season to season, but as you get more competitive you'll be able to sign with better sponsors and complete harder incentive contracts. Sponsors are where the real money is (not too dissimilar to real life, I think :) )

Also, keep in mind that the goal isn't to fully upgrade your car, but to win championships. Getting fully upgraded can be a nice secondary goal once you have won, to give motivation to keep playing, though.

[pinxtonpaws]

Thanks. I tried another season at the top and noticed the followers + merchandise count increases quite rapidly. You're absolutely right about max upgrading been a secondary goal - I just wanted mine maxed so I could take it online as a custom vehicle.

[EvanMGI]

Ah. When you go online it doesn't use your career car. Online, all cars have the same stats (aside from any custom garage tuning a player has applied, if any), and if you choose the custom paint job, it uses your custom paint scheme from Quick Race, not from Career.

[pinxtonpaws]

Ah, gotcha. That explains everything, thanks.

Anyhows, the first glitch in the game. If you drop down from 410 class to midgets then on completion of the Midget season one of two things will happen.

1) If you lose the Midget season and set the next career season to either of the other two classes (using the skip/participate sliders) then the you cannot progress past the preparation screen. The game locks and requires a full restart. Returning to Midget class is the only working option.

2) If you win the season then you can only participate in Midget or 305 class, with the latter requiring a team purchase to continue. Selecting 410 once again locks the game, requiring a full restart. Purchasing the new team (as requested) doesn't reset any upgrades you have already added to the vehicle so that's a relief :)

[EvanMGI]

Thanks for the report. We'll take a look.