Real Racing 3 and the (damn) in-app purchases

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Real Racing 3 was one of the most anticipated games after it made its appearance at the iPhone 5 presentation last year. Impressive graphics, an almost real game with an incredible number of makes and models available with which to race on dozens of real circuits. After a limited launch to some App Stores, for just over 24 hours is now available on the App Store from all over the world, and best of all: Free! Well, I think there will be many of us who will think that We prefer to pay several euros for this game in exchange for it being fully playable. Because the game is free when you buy it but you soon realize that this is false. When you manage to advance through the juice, winning races, you will be almost forced to have to make use of in-app purchases in order to progress, this is what is known as "Freemium" games.

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And I don't mean that you can't play without spending moneyOf course you can. Winning races gives you money, enough to repair your car and replace those elements that wear out, because races are so realistic that the blows on your car must be repaired and the tires and oil wear out. At the moment I have not found any problem to be able to overcome these "technical" problems, with what I am winning in the races and a little patience, you get your car in perfect condition.

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The problem comes when you have to make improvements to make your car more competitive. These improvements mean a greater amount of money that will leave your coffers empty, and they also take time. Time that you can skip if you spend the gold coins they ask for, but these coins are very scarce, and getting them is something much more complicated than money. Solution? Buy packages with money and / or coins with real money in order to have your car fully equipped. Even so, it will not be enough, because when you level up, your car with which you have won almost everything will not be competitive with the new models that compete against you, and you will have to change cars, and that does require very high amounts of money .

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The final result? A game in which you can compete well in the first levels, but when you overcome them you realize with resignation that you will not be able to enjoy the possibilities offered by the game without going through the box. Where are those games that unlock their improvements as you manage to pass tests? It is unfortunate that a spectacular game, one of the best you can find for iOS in terms of car simulators, I stayed in a game to hang out solely because of the obsession of the developers to fully exploit the gold mine that integrated purchases represent.

More information - Real Racing 3 now available for free download on the App Store


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  1.   rooted said

    Totally agree. For me, the solution is to spend the time that they demand from us in the improvements playing temple rum 2 and when the notification appears that the improvements are already continuous with Real racing 3. It is what there is

  2.   JOSEPH said

    Exactly, I would have no problem paying up to € 8 at once, but having the application fully available without extra expenses, what I find abusive is how much you can spend throughout the game, since we are looking at it in the short term , but to pass the full game you can spend more than € 100 ...

    A full-fledged fool-fool, I pass, and more having moderately good and quality alternatives like Need For Speed ​​Most Wanted 😉

  3.   joaco said

    I know that piracy is not supported here, but games like this really deserve that we make use of IAPfree with the jailbreak and it does work.

  4.   Jose bolado said

    I have it cracked .. For more than a week .. It came out in Australia .. What these scammers think .. That I am going to pay they are clear about it .. I pay what it takes .. But I do not pay inApp which is a cheated..

  5.   kizar said

    Well, the truth is that I have not had any problem with having to use real money to advance or with waiting times. And contrary to what the post says, as you advance in the game, those times are less important since you get more cars and while one is repaired, you play with the others. The money that must be raised to improve and buy new cars is not an excessive difficulty either. Today I just bought one for about $ 350.000 and it took me 2 days to get the money ... The point is to complain about everything.

  6.   Hector said

    I've never been a player and because of the look and comments on Real Racing 3 I dared to download it. I'm playing it and I don't see much of a problem with integrated purchases. I see it more interesting that way, if I win, I get money and I can upgrade and buy more cars and activate levels. It is more satisfying to earn things than to have everything at hand. In addition, you should not pretend to have a game of this caliber free in its entirety, no one works for sport.

  7.   Gabriel said

    friends ... I play it on the ipad! and when he asks you for time to fix the car or a part arrives! instead of spending the coins! try changing the time on the device! I tried it on my iPad and it worked !! 🙂