Impossible to get gold on all Prestige events!!!

Tom passed on everything that was said in this thread, at least for the first 20 pages or so. Ghost Games' response was that they were not planning to change anything as this was the final update. That was the answer they gave, yet many people still come here acting like they haven't replied at all because it wasn't the answer they wanted. There's no reason for this thread to exist anymore. You've said all there is to say, and now you're all just bashing the game, the developers and trying to scare them into releasing a patch by acting like 100 lost sales means something to one of the largest third-party game publishers in the world.

I already replied to a list of your supposed glitches. The thing was that you were counting crashing into traffic and requiring specific cars as the game not working correctly. It's not worth replying to nonsense like that multiple times when you're just trying to grasp at any straws you can to try and get the achievement toned down. Quite frankly I don't know what Zerathel is saying most of the time because nothing he says makes any sense, but I suspect he was doing the same.

Traffic is a staple of the Need for Speed series. If you keep crashing into it then get better at avoiding it. If there are situations where you can't avoid it, then get consistent at the rest of the track so it won't be as much of a problem. Dealing with the traffic is a requirement to master Need for Speed, and mastering Need for Speed is a requirement for getting golds in prestige. If you can't do that, then you don't deserve the achievement, simple as that.

So what if it needs a lot of luck to pull off the perfect run? At what point was a rule introduced that all achievements and trophies need to be based purely on skill? I don't remember requiring skill when I was grinding for bladestone on Demon's Souls, or hoping I'd find the pets I needed in Terraria. Did I start sending threatening messages to the developers because I thought trophies which incorporate luck are simply unacceptable? No, I accepted the unlock requirements for what they were and I unlocked them because I chose to. The more skill you have, the less luck you need, and that's the case with most things.

As for needing the best car, are you the kind of player who chooses to use weaker or unupgraded weapons in games when there's no reason to do so? Do you try to take on endgame content without bothering to equip armour or healing items, then complain that it's unfair? It doesn't make sense to offer that up as one of your problems as this is content which requires the best times, so you better come as best equipped to do so as possible.

I don't remember any of the other complaints, but I would imagine they were all just as valid. But did you voice any of these complaints to EA while they were actually still supporting the game? Or did you only decide the bugs that apparently plague this game only mattered when you couldn't finish prestige mode?

Hypothetically, if they removed literally all the luck-based stuff and the glitches, would you be in support of increasing the gold requirements? As a trade-off for consistency, you would now have to pull off an absolutely perfect run, as there's no longer anything in your way. Of course a lot of people here are already offended by the very suggestion, as they would probably start singing EA's praises if the achievement was changed to unlock automatically without actually having to race for it. But you seem to be the only person offering a thinly veiled argument of wanting the game changed for the better, with the achievement becoming easier as a side effect.

On a side note, if you would be okay with that, I suggest Trackmania Turbo. That offers both the consistency and high level of arcade time trials that you seem to want. Though I do warn you that if it's too hard for you, you won't be able to place the blame on anybody but yourself.

Finally, if you're getting so upset about not being able to unlock a little icon because you're not good enough at a game, you need to completely rethink why you play games in the first place. When faced with a game or achievement you won't enjoy, there is something you can do besides forcing yourself to slog through it or demanding it be changed to suit your personal tastes. That is simply not playing it and moving onto something else. Calling for people to lose their jobs because you don't have the patience for your own hobby is ludicrous. As is saying you won't buy their games anymore after they refused to bend over backwards for you, then admitting you don't like their games anyway. It doesn't sound like you were likely to be a long-term customer to begin with.