November 27, 2009 Level Balancing & Challenge Quota

07:10am by Cheechoo (Site)

On to the next teaser update to prepare you guys for 3.0!

One annoying fact that we’ve figured out is that it takes users very very long to level up, and therefore unlock things that they’ve always wanted (that higher car tier, that high performance part). The users that are F1 pilots have been around for over a year.

One of the bigger things about 3.0 is level balancing. We are squeezing the top levels together so it doesn’t take so long to level up. In addition, we are adding mini-levels that we call “stripes” in between each level. There will be things unlocked at each stripe as well as at each level. The important aspect of stripes is that users will feel like they are making more progress. Instead of having to wait a full month to level up to the next level, you will level stripes in that month, all the while unlocking important aspects of the game, and cars, and parts.

For the super users, there will be an unnamed number of new levels beyond F1 pilot for you to strive for.

Current challenge quotas are very static. 15 challenges once a day, and 5 challenges every 4 hours. Only an extra 1 challenge refresh for F1 Pilots. We are changing this to make it much more dynamic. The 15/day, and the 5/4hours will be changed at each level so that as you level up, you will be able to send more challenges, in the form of x per day, and y per 4 hours.