Hello all! I am ip00. I have been involved in this game for 6 or 7 months now and every day there are new players who join and I welcome you all! We get bombarded with the same questions literally on a hourly basis in the free roam servers. Which include:

• How do I get money?
  
• Why does my car suck?
  
• Can someone donate money to me?
  
• ...many more...

First thing first, we ALL started where you are. Some may know cars more than others, (I don't know poop about cars, seriously) some may have experience with other racing games. But for some, we horrible. A few things to understand: YOU WILL LOOSE! DO NOT QUIT in a rival (actually tandeming with a actual human being) You will get money, experience points, and you have three lucky cards at the end NO MATTER IF YOU LOOSE. Keep going! You can do it! Just needs practice!

Now, you started the game and you have your car. You have greens (G) DO NOT SPEND THEM YET! No matter how tempting. I will tell later. It is suggested that for new players, go to Play/Locals and do them till you reach level 15. When you reach level 15, you will be able to trade, lock kit on your car, and it shows other players, you are actually interested in playing the game.

Also, go to Community-General Tab- Sponsers. This will help you save money on gas and tires. Also, under Community Tab, go to Events-Special Events. Click on Marcus than click start. This is SO helpful for ALL players, not just new. This forces you to get engaged in the community. And when you finish a challange, you get greens and money! Plus, once you finish all of them, not only have a poop load of greens and cash, you will receive a ticket for a custom tuning part.

Tuning; YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TUNE YET. Remember those greens I told you not to spend? As well as the greens you achieved by doing marcus. You need to buy the garage upgrades BEFORE you even start thinking about tuning.
Go to Tuning-Garage Upgrades. First thing! BUY the LOCK KIT garage upgrade. Than you can buy a lock kit for your car which is a must for good drift. Than when you are able too, buy the rest of the garage upgrades.

This DOES NOT mean you can start tuning your car! You need to gather 60 greens for suspension, 20 greens for gears, 40 greens for tires. The lock kit will be unlocked when you purchase the lock kit under shop for 360,000 rupees. This is only for ONE car. But it makes the car FAR more valuable.

You will NOT get back what you put into the car. Just like real life, as soon as you start dropping money into it and driving it, doesn't matter how much you spend. You will receive a fraction of the car.

DO NOT BEG FOR MONEY OR CARS!
IT IS NOT THE CAR!
DO NOT QUIT WHEN IN RIVAL! (This is THEE most annoying thing)
YOU DO NOT EARN MONEY, XP, FROM DRIFTING AROUND IN FREE ROAM SERVERS!
PRACTICE!!!!!!!!
If you get a screenshot of a tune, YOU WILL NOT ACHIEVE THE SAME SCORE AS THE PERSON! (Different HP, torque, weight, reaction time, style, etc all come into affect here)



I love to lend a helping hand to anyone who wants to learn. Show me respect, you'll get respect back. Find me ingame (NA) or comment below.