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Jack - I'm sorry to say that having set up a new account on the Open Beta Test to get an idea of what we have to look forwards to, I'm very disapointed to see that the iGP Team seem to have in many ways turned their backs on the existing loyal subscribers (those players responsible for getting this game off the ground in the first place), and instead gone with a "Free to Play - Pay to Win" system which means you can only ever be truely competative if you are prepared to make in-app purchases and buy tokens left, right and centre. Unfortunately, I know I speak on behalf of many of the family and friends that I have introduced to the game when I say that won't be continuing knowing that to win against other players we will have to continually pay money to top up tokens as they are now such an integral part of the game.
However - and hear me out - would you consider keeping the "old" version of the game running in its current format in parallel to the new one when it goes live? You could run iGP in such a way that all new accounts can only be created in the new game and that becomes the game recognised by the vast majority of players, but those accounts currently running on the existing game can keep going in what would essentially become a "Legacy iGP".
Without wanting to sound like I'm issuing you an ultimtum, I would happily keep playing on the current game and subscribing my £20/year, but as aforementioned I won't be prepared to start a game where the person who spends the most wins. I guess I'm starting to see how Sauber/Manor feel in real F1. Afterall, I have only jut resubscribed a month or so ago, I've essentially lost that £20 as soon as this version of the game gets closed.
Jack - thoughts? More to the point, do any other players agree?
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