Free daily tournament in sim mode too hard for kids
As much as I like playing sim mode, and the daily tournament is fun for me like this, it's very prohibitive for younger players and newcomers. My ten year old daughter will probably ditch the game as a result. Having it set to arcade was a great way for newbies and young people to earn points and therefore tickets. Now she will struggle to earn anything outside of the single player game, and won't be able to earn tickets without spending her points or buying them in the store.
Being cynical, this seems like a cash grab to me, taking advantage of newcomers and children to pay real world money for tickets, clothing items and upgrades etc... obviously a large part of the patch was pointing things in a financial direction, but taking advantage of kids and lesser players seems a bridge to far to me.
I actually wouldn't have minded paying money for new courses/content etc... I can't help thinking they've got this all wrong in some attempt not to upset the community in any way.