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tylercore9 Oct 3, 2017 @ 2:26pm
How long do you have to work as a repair shop?
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Veritas1980 Oct 3, 2017 @ 2:39pm 
Please elaborate on your question.
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durant11 Oct 3, 2017 @ 3:32pm 
It is a mechanic simulator. I would imagine that tou work as a repair shop the whole game lol
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Hiro Protagonist Oct 3, 2017 @ 3:43pm 
Maybe he wants to know how long you're limited to just doing repair jobs until you can buy your own cars and do full restos etc
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Veritas1980 Oct 3, 2017 @ 3:45pm 
you can buy junkyard cars at like level 10 I think. but you dont get the welder and paintshop until much later
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m61a1 Oct 3, 2017 @ 6:16pm 
My first restored was a barn find, you'll take a hit until lvl 30 due to body and interior rating. You can bring the parts to 100% but those two will cost you a little bit. High repair skill will help save on parts, but not body parts until lvl 35. The interior stat I mean is the actual interior, not the seats and steering wheel. You can replace those too but detailing isn't available until lvl 30 with frame repairing welder. I think I had enough money around lvl 17 or 18 to finally buy a barn car. I'm probably slow but it took me 70 hours to lvl 30.
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Malloy Oct 3, 2017 @ 6:42pm 
I'm pretty sure he means how long until you can buy an old junker and fully restore it. Which as stated above, is level 35. Which in terms of hours played is roughly A LOT. Like, A LOT. I played pretty hard for the first few weeks (ouch) and understandably dwindled down to a couple of hours a week. I'm at level 22 and I just don't feel like playing any more. I'm just slowly grinding my way back up to the actual game I want to play at level 35.
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BtcSimmer Oct 3, 2017 @ 7:44pm 
Yup my problem with this series the awful grind...
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Veritas1980 Oct 3, 2017 @ 9:28pm 
Originally posted by Snake008:
Yup my problem with this series the awful grind...
its not bad at all. you can spend like 30 minutes doing exhaust and gearbox jobs and get a level.
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m61a1 Oct 3, 2017 @ 9:51pm 
Level 30 you can fully restore, but you have to buy the body panels and not repair which is level 35. The frame and interior you need to be level 30. I was doing auction cars for a while to not have to deal with that, but it costs more up front. Unfortunately as you level up the threshold to level goes up as well.I think it's 1200 xp to level up to 33 for me, I might be wrong though.
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SlayerOne Oct 3, 2017 @ 10:43pm 
Originally posted by Malloy:
I'm at level 22 and I just don't feel like playing any more. I'm just slowly grinding my way back up to the actual game I want to play at level 35.
the obvious solution is for devs to add a career mode/sandbox mode to the game. that way you can either play as currently, or just open with all things unlocked and a million game dollars. they wouldn't need to change any of the actual game, either.
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T-Bone Biggins Oct 3, 2017 @ 11:58pm 
Originally posted by Snake008:
Yup my problem with this series the awful grind...
I tried to bring this issue up when I had the game before refunding. It didn't take me long to do the math and realize it would take dozens of hours before I could buy and build a car. In CMS2015 I think it took me between 15-20 hours to get to where I can fully restore cars how I wanted and I took my time while learning to play. This game seems to have doubled down on more grind and I'd consider a major game balance issue, you don't want people to burn out before they get to the part of the game they want to play the most.
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Veritas1980 Oct 4, 2017 @ 12:09am 
Originally posted by T-Bone Biggins:
Originally posted by Snake008:
Yup my problem with this series the awful grind...
I tried to bring this issue up when I had the game before refunding. It didn't take me long to do the math and realize it would take dozens of hours before I could buy and build a car. In CMS2015 I think it took me between 15-20 hours to get to where I can fully restore cars how I wanted and I took my time while learning to play. This game seems to have doubled down on more grind and I'd consider a major game balance issue, you don't want people to burn out before they get to the part of the game they want to play the most.

you seem to be glossing over one fact. This isn't CMS2015. I've said it before and I will say it again. its not a bad grind at all. you can bang out a level in 30-45 minutes of doing exhaust and gearbox jobs. you're not providing any constructive criticism, you're just whining. No one is forcing you to play the game. No one says you have to like it. If you don't like it, don't play it.
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T-Bone Biggins Oct 4, 2017 @ 12:18am 
Originally posted by Veritas1980:
you seem to be glossing over one fact. This isn't CMS2015. I've said it before and I will say it again. its not a bad grind at all. you can bang out a level in 30-45 minutes of doing exhaust and gearbox jobs. you're not providing any constructive criticism, you're just whining. No one is forcing you to play the game. No one says you have to like it. If you don't like it, don't play it.
Someone is overly touchy and lashed out at the internet. This is a sequel to CMS2015 so as a prior customer it's what was expected. You know, because it's literally the same game name with a newer year. I really want to like this new iteration of CMS but it will be several more months of intensive patching before it's in a state I'd consider buying it and I plan on keeping an eye on it so I can get it when it is ready. I provided constructive criticism that could help the game to hopefully speed that process along. No one says you have to agree with me, you don't like it then don't read it.
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Veritas1980 Oct 4, 2017 @ 12:57am 
Originally posted by T-Bone Biggins:
Someone is overly touchy and lashed out at the internet. This is a sequel to CMS2015 so as a prior customer it's what was expected. You know, because it's literally the same game name with a newer year. I really want to like this new iteration of CMS but it will be several more months of intensive patching before it's in a state I'd consider buying it and I plan on keeping an eye on it so I can get it when it is ready. I provided constructive criticism that could help the game to hopefully speed that process along. No one says you have to agree with me, you don't like it then don't read it.

again, you're behaving as if the developers must tailor the game to your particular preferences. I'm sure they have a good reason for making this game different from the last one, in many ways.
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76561197987696714 Oct 4, 2017 @ 5:41am 
Originally posted by Veritas1980:
again, you're behaving as if the developers must tailor the game to your particular preferences. I'm sure they have a good reason for making this game different from the last one, in many ways.

I'm on the fence of buying this game and i'm afraid i'm going to skip it. A grind is not what i find fun about a "game". Not everyone has a spare 150 hours before getting to the fun part of a game. Some people have lives and maybe can play a few hours per week. It would take literally a year to get to lvl 35 for someone with about 2-5 hour weekly playtime.

You've sunk 218 hours in this game and its barely out 2 months. Thats about 20-25 hours per week. You think everyone has that luxury?

Why not include a mode where you don't need to grind and keep all your customers happy? Because you feel entitled people need to grind to have fun?
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