$4.99 for one car? Slow down EA...

@Sjonny30 

Alright, the game is still downloading, but I've seen the update notes:

- McLaren F1 1993, buy only option $4.99.

- DB11 2018, in-game cash option.

While it is a pay to win car, as long as they don't restrict the cars that are currently available, then fine.  Like I said, this game didn't sell very well and the developers have moved to adding some now buy-only cars to recoup some of the game's loses.  As long as they don't bombard the game with micro-transactions, or lock content already in the game behind a paywall, then fine.  

For me, I was already satisfied with the Skyline R32, 180SX, BRZ, S2000, Lotus Exige, BMW M3 and M3 GTR (finally), and my favorites, the Aston Martin Vulcan and Dodge Viper (with the correct engine sound).

Edit: 

Besides, this will be the last NFS game that I will probably ever play.   The game is not in a great state, but I do hope that it will improve over time, and it will take money for that to happen.

I've finally checked out the update in-game.  Here's the info on the McLaren:  

- Has customization options, no need to do the optional quests unless you want to.

- Has optional quests for one extra customization piece.

- Ride height, camber, and engine sound are all customize-able, like any other car.  

- Slightly faster than or equal to the RSR (RSR corners faster).

@Pair_Demons 

It's true, this game and any other games that EA makes should be better strait out of the gate.  However, no developer will continue to work on a failed project at a financial loss, even if they're worth billions, in EA's case (and you Know how quick EA is to pull a plug on a failed project.).  I'm not saying that adding in a cash-only car is right or wrong tho, I'm just saying that I understand financially.  Also, the updates, bug fixes, and tweaks are free dude.  We also have plenty of cars, including the RSR for free, so I'm not worried about some eventual optional cash-only cars.

Now if I start seeing paid loot-boxes, and other things that I already mentioned, then I'll have a problem with that, but that's me.

@ZeroMcDolI am afraid EA is digging her own grave with all this b u ll s h i t that's all i have to say

@selticus1978 

I agree.  I just hope that the game survives.  I may not like it as much as Test Drive Unlimited 2 (Especially now, with the new mods), but I do like it.

I think their trying to see if theirs a model that works without angering the fanbase, ala one free car, and one car to buy, that is probably priced like this to cover the cost for both of them to the game company

although I'm abit taken aback that as an owner of the deluxe edition, which was like a 5 to 10 dollar upgrade for like 10 cars, that I still have to pay for it, and that theirs not even a reduced price for those people who bought into it like I did with that thing.

the most ironic thing being I didnt even really use any of those cars, I saw the testarossa and have stuck with it this whole time, given no other game has such a detailed model of that car, they all use that ugly 512TR model that forza's been using since the Xbox 360 days.

but the flipside is, its also a Mclaren F1, a car with NFS history this time, so it seems abit wrong to do this test, with THIS car out of all of them they could have tried this with.

and then ontop of that the game needs more story and missions to do, as the only one that was fleshed out was that racing one with the black guy with the R32 Skyline, the rest felt oddly short, including the cop story abit. not just a car pack or two.

I think their trying to find a pay model that works here, with one free car, and one car you can pay for, problem is, the price is too high and its the same across the range for all players, 5 bucks, without even a reduced price option for the people who bought into the deluxe edition like I did, and that deluxe edition was like a 5 to 10 dollar upgrade for 10 cars, not just one

then the car has NFS history, it was literally described as that car IS the need for speed way back in the day on the last NFS to have true exotics in it before they started making games about rice burners on the PS2

and the game badly needs an expansion, as alot of the mission lines seemed way too short, like the only ones that were of decent length were the cop ones, and the daytime street racing one with the black guy and the R32, which should have been the standard length for all of them, not to mention how wrong the drifting felt compaired to how it was done in the underground games.

as I miss that feeling of driving on oil and just holding on for dear life, also the most ironic thing is with the deluxe edition, I didnt really need it, as soon as I got the testarossa I stuck with it all the way through, given how detailed and novel it is to finally have a racing game with a good model of this car, and not that ugly one everyone's been using for years on end with the 512TR from the forza series

its just now since the update before last theirs an annoying texture/lighting glitch going on where the tail light blinks as you drive along

which really gets old real fast.

@Sjonny30 

Understandable and true. 

Putting it bluntly and somewhat mentioned before, I already decided that this would be my last NFS within the first month after this game's release; a few updates doesn't change that.  But since I've already bought the game, I might as well enjoy it when I feel like enjoying it, otherwise, it'd be a complete waste of money and I'm not exactly rolling in the dough.  Will I buy a cash car here and there as more are offered?  Sure, I have buying them included in my budget, if I want one. 

Otherwise tho, I'm done deep-six'ing money on games that look pretty but continue to be a disappointment.

Edit:  And really, Test Drive Unlimied 2's physics are so good with the recent physics mod (and my AI difficulty and Traffic spawn adjustments) that it even rivals current racing game's physics.  So, I have no qualms at all about waiting for a worthwhile online racing game to come along.