238 - Need For Speed News

When Scott and Kurt entered the parking lot where the Oasis car meets usually took place, they were surprised by what they saw.

Unlike before, when the parking lot was literally a parking lot where players parked their cars and walked around to see other people's cars, Scott and Kurt were shocked to see different things they had never seen before.

The things they saw from a distance were that new booths had popped up at the events with things to do with the cars that they hadn't seen before.

Places like car washes, tuning shops, places with backdrops to take pictures of the cars, drifting practice tracks, all of this had sprung up overnight!

"Bruh, this looks so cool!" Kurt said excitedly as he looked from one to the other, not knowing where to go first.

Since they were closest to the drift practice track, they went there first to see what it was like.

When they got there, what they saw shocked them. Several cars were tandem sliding around corners with drift tuning they had never seen before.

"How did they get these parts? Look at that spoiler, I've never seen that spoiler before!" Scott asked incredulously as he looked at the customized cars on the drift track.

"Haha, I was as surprised as you. These customizations are only available at the tuning shop in the parking lot. You won't find these parts in any other tuning shop." A boy laughed as he explained to Scott.

Looking at the white-haired boy next to him, Scott quickly thought of Alex, but seeing that this boy's nickname was different, Scott just shook his head as he put it aside.

"Did the tuning shop bring in a lot of new parts?" Scott asked the boy, who was a few years younger than him, with interest.

"Yes, when the players asked where it came from, the mechanic replied that those parts were just a small part of the things he managed to bring back from the world of Need For Speed." The boy replied excitedly, making Scott and Kurt excited as well.

"Did he say anything else?" Scott asked excitedly.

"In addition to the parts from the world of Need For Speed, he said that he managed to bring 5 cars from that world as well, among those cars he brought cars of several different levels, between a BMW Serie 3 and even a Lamborghini being the most expensive car he brought." The boy explained as he pointed to a spot. "The player who bought the Lamborghini bought it for $20,000 and parked it over there!"

"He bought a Lamborghini for $20,000?" Kurt asked in shock.

"He bought the Lamborghini to use at the Oasis, not to use in the real world, hehe." The boy laughed as he explained and led them to the car.

"Still... to be able to drive a Lamborghini at the Oasis whenever you want, isn't that amazing?" Kurt said excitedly.

"The players thought so too, when they asked the mechanic about the price, he said that in the world of Need For Speed you can buy any car with the money you get from illegal racing in that world, but to bring the cars to the Oasis you have to pay a fee of 10% of the value of the car in the real world." The boy explained.

"But this car in the Oasis, you can have it forever?" Scott asked a crucial question.

If he bought a car in the Oasis and it was only available for a certain period of time, he didn't think it would be worth it, it would be better to just save up and buy the car in the real world.

"Yes, there is a contract that you will have access to this car for as long as the Oasis exists, and you can even resell the car in the future, just like the real cars. From what the mechanic said, there are cars and parts with limited availability that will probably only increase in value over time, meaning you can buy a car for $20,000 and sell it in the future for $40,000 if you buy a car that increases in value." The boy excitedly explained everything he had heard.

All these things were planned by Alex to develop Need For Speed on two fronts.

The first was that all players could own all the cars in the game with in-game money, but these cars had limited versions that only people who paid extra could get. These versions of the cars had no competitive advantage, only an aesthetic one.

Something he copied from Counter Strike in his previous world.

Players could play and get cheap skins over time, but if players spent money, they could get expensive skins and show them off to other players and make those other players envious.

In this way, everyone could dedicate themselves to owning a luxury car, but those who really had the money could still show off their money to others by buying even nicer and more expensive things, in a way that appealed to everyone.

When Scott and Kurt arrived at the place where the Lamborghini was parked, they were shocked at how beautiful the car was in person.

There were thousands of people wanting to get close to the car, so it took them a while to see it, but once they did, their excitement for playing Need for Speed grew very quickly.

To think that they could buy and drive such a car in the game world without having to work for years was a dream for them.

The boy who was with them also explained other things he'd heard from other players and the mechanic, which made Scott and Kurt very excited for the next few days when Need For Speed would finally be released.

By the way, even Alex was looking forward to playing the game, because he was also a big fan of cars and wanted to have some fun in some illegal races.

But for now, he was showing Anna around Uzumaki Village and enjoying their outing.