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[MrBS]

Spotted on aussie retailer EB Games website here

Will tire smoke push you over the edge to preorder GAF?

edit: as pointed out it's for an exclusive tire smoke colour, tire smoke is still in the game sans DLC

 

[Slayer-33]

Holeee shit

 

[KZXcellent]

Preorder bonuses have evolved.

 

[SixStringPsycho]

Will I know newborn gender with the exclusive tire smoke color?

 

[xevis]

EA going after those bogan preorder dollars. Amazing.

 

[TheBowen]

I would rather have super shit pre order content so that im not forced to pre order and get locked out of certain content if im honest, but its still laughable

 

[LoveIsOver]

But where do I have to preorder to get the exclusive neon color?

 

[Haines]

This industry man.

What the hell.

 

[adamsapple]

Next up. Exclusive road-side shrubbery.

 

[Guileless]

This is why the terrorists hate us.

 

[Retro]

"That's it. We've officially run out of ways to bilk our customers, the only way we could screw them any harder is if we start using smoke and mirrors."

EA Executive: ".... wait a sec."

<cash register sound>

 

[Samanosuke Akechi]

 

[Grisby]

Looking forward to being able to preorder that fourth tire that I really needed to drive the car.

 

[TimeEffect]

Next up. Exclusive road-side shrubbery.

Preorder now to remove in-game ads for free*

*Ads include in-game billboards for McDonalds, Coke Zero, Pizza Pizza, Comcast, and Apple products

**Does not remove said ads from car radio commercials

 

[xevis]

"That's it. We've officially run out of ways to bilk our customers, the only way we could screw them any harder is if we start using smoke and mirrors."

EA Executive: ".... wait a sec." <cash register sound>

Mirrors DLC Pack confirmed!

 

[prag16]

 

[LQX]

So ridiculous it was no doubt done to drum-up talk about the game on gaming sites and social media.

 

[Rated-Rsuperstar]

I would rather have super shit pre order content so that im not forced to pre order and get locked out of certain content if im honest, but its still laughable

Exactly. This guy gets it. People wanna bitch about having guns, characters, maps, locked behind preorder nonsense. Well here you go. Nothing of value locked behind a preorder. Nothin to get upset about.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Mirrors DLC Pack confirmed!

Bruh, if they had functional rear view mirrors as DLC ...

 

[Oersted]

Just lol. This so randomly silly.

I would rather have super shit pre order content so that im not forced to pre order and get locked out of certain content if im honest, but its still laughable

I would rather have super cool physical stuff.

 

[DMONKUMA]

Holy smokes...

 

[David___]

People upset when they put actual content behind a pre order

People upset when they put throwaway content behind a pre order to satisfy retailers while the customer loses nothing of value

¯\_(&#12484_/¯

 

[Nori Chan]

WATTBA

 

[Eggbok]

Holy smokes...

That's probably an amazon exclusive.

 

[PaulExcellent]

That's crazy dumb, but at least it's not like an exclusive mission or a car you can't get later through DLC.

I'll take dumb bonuses over content being cut every day.

 

[styl3s]

Exclusive Platinum Blue Tire Smoke

I don't see the big deal? Tire smoke is still in the game.

That's crazy dumb, but at least it's not like an exclusive mission or a car you can't get later through DLC.

I'll take dumb bonuses over content being cut every day.

What content is being cut aside from a color effect and a car skin?

 

[BronsonLee]

Guessing they're going to make the smoke color a thing like in Rocket League?

 

[Boke1879]

Ok that's going to fucking far

 

[Shambala]

Holy smokes...

That's actually the pre order edition name &#128514;

 

[jmizzal]

Lol EA

 

[styl3s]

Ok that's going to fucking far

Blue smoke is going far?

Is anyone actually reading it or just reading "exclusive tire smoke" and immediately over reacting?

 

[kevin1025]

Put that in your pipe and tire smoke it.

 

[Petrae]

This industry man.

What the hell.

Indeed. Equal parts humorous and pathetic.

For $2.99 more, exclusive sparks when your car hits something!

 

[Diablohead]

Holy smokes...

That's an extra 5.99

 

[RedRum]

This is some fucking shit right here, lol.

 

[Alienfan]

This doesn't make me want to pre-order,which might mean it's the best pre-order bonus ever.

 

[Inuhanyou]

what

 

[Carlius]

so next up is selling nvidia gameworks functions as dlc.

 

[jediyoshi]

what

People want more substantial things to complain about for pre-orders to not pre-order about.

so next up is selling nvidia gameworks functions as dlc.

Tire smoke itself is not the pre-order bonus here.

 

[Soulstar]

I wasn't going to buy this game before but now that I know that I can get tire smoke where do I sign?

 

[angelic]

Rocket League has taught the industry how to sell coloured smoke.

 

[Mohonky]

Not going to lie, there are a lot of Australians that would go for this. Burnouts are an actual sport here.

 

[rrs]

doesn't this game have loot crates for real money on top of this nonsense

 

[Jangowuzhere]

That's crazy dumb, but at least it's not like an exclusive mission or a car you can't get later through DLC.

I'll take dumb bonuses over content being cut every day.

Yup, I have no desire to make fun of this or be upset by it.

Pre-order DLC could be so much worse.

 

[Wereroku]

This is just a special color of tire smoke like GTA Online and Rocket League. What's the big deal with that. Wouldn't you rather have that instead of actual content locked away?

 

[Shambalakan]

Next time, you'll get a driver in your car if you pre-order the game!

 

[jediyoshi]

doesn't this game have loot crates for real money on top of this nonsense

Is your will to not buy loot crates as weak as your will to not preorder?

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

Meta.

 

[sixteen-bit]

this is so fucking funny

 

[rrs]

Is your will to not buy loot crates as weak as your will to not preorder?

i'm not touching this game, EA fucked up the car physics in the previous games and there's no sign this game won't control like a bargain bin PS1 racing game