Paulo's open letter regarding Nascar update in RR3

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Paulo Damiao

I waited for nearly two weeks for you (EA) to come forward, but, since you haven't, here is my, and many more players, view on this update.

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This is my "open letter" to Electronic Arts regarding the RR3 v12.0 NASCAR update

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Particularly to EA India, given that SlingShot Games are the current Developer of RR3.

But also to EA Melbourne, given that The FireMonkeys were the original RR3 creators and were the Developers for over 10 years, its their logo that still shows in-game, and they should still make sure that the product, with their branding, is delivered with quality.

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Over the years the RR3 players had to get accustomed that the NASCAR ovals:

> Daytona International Speedway - Speedway (DIS-S)

> Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway (IMS-S)

> and the Richmond International Raceway (RIR)

were NASCAR exclusive content, given the Licensing agreement between RR3 and the Licence holders, and that we couldn't get the ovals elsewhere in RR3 but in the NASCAR Seasons/Series.

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Up until now we have been getting a new Season, once a year, with "new" cars and a new Series for them.

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In "2021 Season" we got:

> a 5, 10 and 20 lapper in the DIS-S
> a 3, 6 and 10 lapper in the IMS-S
> a 5, 10 and a 20 lapper in RIR

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In "2022 Season" we got:

> a 8 and 10 lapper in the DIS-S
> a 10 lapper in the IMS-S
> a 5, 10 and a 20 lapper in RIR

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In "2023 Season" we have... zilch....

NOT A SINGLE LAP in one of these 3 ovals...

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If you ask anyone, what tracks NASCAR uses, the most common answer will be: the ovals.

The ovals were built specifically for the NASCAR Stock Cars.

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So, how come we haven't got any of them this Season?

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To get this sorted I have a request and a question for you EA:

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» my request (and of the majority of RR3 players that are NASCAR fans) is that you add a new Tier, in the "2023 Season" NASCAR, with long Cups in these 3 ovals.

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Given that a lap in DIS-S pays 5k M$ I would even ask to have a 25 laps Cup there, so that players could run it twice to get the daily 250k M$.

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Why am I not asking for a 50 laps Cups?

Well, it would take about 40 minutes and this is, afterall, a mobile game, not everyone may have the time for a 40 minutes stint but can, surely, do 20 minutes at a time, twice a day.

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And yes, we know that the "2023 Season" NASCAR Stock cars, the Event, and the new Series, have a Limited Availability (that ends on 31 December) BUT many more players would consider getting the new cars (before the Timer ends) IF there was good content for them, which isn't the case right now.

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You can either add the new Tier via a Patch OR in the next update.

And I would say you wouldn't be violating your License agreement with NASCAR, since only the players that got the cars up to 31 December 2023 would have access to that "new" content.

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» My question, in case you say that you can't add this players requested content, would be: has EA cut the RR3 budget that bad that you can't use the NASCAR ovals?

Is that why they weren't added in the first place?

If so then please have the courage to come forward, face the players, and say exactly that and, of course, that you are sorry for it to happen.

It won't fix the players disapointment but, at least, you show that you dindn't do it because you couldn't, rather that you didn't care...

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Also, players understand that NASCAR races (or has raced) in:

> Circuit of the Americas
> Suzuka (back in 1996/97)
> Mount Panorama (back in 1998).

And that the NASCAR Euro Series races (or has raced) in:

> Bugatti Circuit
> Hockenheimring

But you have gone with other tracks in "2023 Season":

> Circuit de Catalunya
> Laguna Seca
> Silverstone

with no meaning to NASCAR...

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Not to mention the NIGHT RACES for CARS WITH NO HEADLIGHTS...

In the last 2 years players have been reporting/complaining about night races for cars with no headlights, namely the NASCAR (but also the ID.R and others) and you JUST DON'T LISTEN...

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RR3 is a mobile game, meaning that players should be able to play it anywhere, including outside, out on the sun.

Having night races makes it almost impossible to do that.

And for the ones playing inside, the device screen brightness must be set to the maximum, meaning less battery time, less playing time.

What were you thinking?

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Yes, I did enjoy racing the NASCAR's at the moonlight in Bathurst, but only because I was playing indoors, with low lighting, which enabled me to watch the race track and the other cars.

Hockenheimring on the other end is VERY DARK by itself.
With no headlights on the car we can't see sh....

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Oh...
And you haven't properly tested the "Daytona 500" Event...

Making the players (that Fully Upgraded the cars from the start) to get stuck in Stage 5 Goal 2...

And only talked about "a solution" (for the affected players), on 28 November...
8 days after the release of the update and it was a matter about an Event that lasted for only 5 days...
Meaning that if the player was still waiting for you (to come up with a solution) he had lost the chance to win the car.

When you could had simply, and overnight (like The FireMonkeys have done countless times in the past) set a SKIP for FREE on that Goal...

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By the way, we do like to race in the Speedway of Daytona International Speedway BUT NOT on a WTT...

Given that, in all these years, you haven't managed to fix the starting speed of the car to be EXACTLY the same EVERY TIME, this week the WTT is more of a lottery than a skill challenge.

Most players are loosing 0,050 (to other players, namely the ones on the top) in the first meters of the lap...

what a joke.

And you can't say we didn't warned you (and asked for you to change the layout to the Road Course instead).

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I do know that there are several things that (also) need to be fixed ASAP in v12.0:

- iOS players that can't play offline, otherwise RR3 will crash and close;

- OMP is down, for most of the players;

- the Menus are lagging, probably because you are trying to implement a "always online" state for RR3 (when you should know that most of the players prefer to play offline, and that there are many parts of the world where internet access still isn't a thing granted for all).

But I believe that a "NASCAR update" should be all about NASCAR and not having ovals to play on makes this a NON NASCAR update.

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I hope that this message gets to EA representatives, either because there is some of them here in the Group or because a RR3 GameChanger will forward this to them.

I'm not going to tag you, RR3 GameChangers, @everyone knows who you are and you know that this request represent the whishes' of the NASCAR fans.

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indy