Collecting Liveries Like Collecting Coins

[Rollo75]

This is a recurring thing that I have noticed where RandomHandle12345678 will come on and ask for the livery of John Sample's ABC Co livery #XX at the 19XX Bananabowl 500 (Banana City in the state of Jefferson) and then we never hear from them ever again.

To what extent are people just coin collecting and looking for something to complete a set, rather than actually wanting a thing to use? This is a rabbit hole that I haven't been down before because quite frankly, I think that a definitive set is usually good enough and I don't need every mintmark for every type and date.

ELI5. I don't understand it.

 

[DaleTona]

This is a recurring thing that I have noticed where RandomHandle12345678 will come on and ask for the livery of John Sample's ABC Co livery #XX at the 19XX Bananabowl 500 (Banana City in the state of Jefferson) and then we never hear from them ever again.

To what extent are people just coin collecting and looking for something to complete a set, rather than actually wanting a thing to use? This is a rabbit hole that I haven't been down before because quite frankly, I think that a definitive set is usually good enough and I don't need every mintmark for every type and date.

ELI5. I don't understand it.

From the perspective of sosmeone obsessed with completionism and accuracy, simply having 43 cars isn't often enough for me. Real life has DNQ's, spot fill ins, one offs, and plenty of part timers, and I try to represent that. Especially if I am trying to replicate a real race or season, missing a particular entry, especially a notable one even if they only ran 2 races, is enough to drive me up a roof.

To me the part timers and small teams are the lifeblood of the sport, the everymen who try to make things work without bajillions of dollars in sponsor, and manufacture funding. A season with just the big dogs fails to paint the whole picture. I got to have atleast 50-54 car numbers in a set for it to be "complete", ideally around 60 or so. And if a ride has several drivers who run multiple(5-7) races I gotta have one for each.

Sometimes people want to recreate a scene, often a wreck, as close to shot-for-shot as they can. For other people, an out of place car that shouldn't be is enough to ruin the entire illusion of a real race. Heck half of the reason I don't race much is the endless struggle to perfect the "picture." Where everything is as it should, and the world blends into one, often leading to endless hours painting cars trying to accomplish this endless task.

 

[Steven Merzlak]

I create race-specific liveries because it's the only way they can be 100% accurate. Decal layouts change from race to race and instead of guesstimating or half-assing I'd rather release three or four exact versions of the same car for each time it ran. It looks a lot more satisfying on the tracks they're supposed to be on, like cars that ran on short tracks having brake ducts.

Complete sets are cool. I love seeing the variety of backmarkers and random schemes that will show up in a quick race with the full roster selected.

That being said, people shouldn't ask for stuff, period. It'll be done eventually. If you're that impatient, do it yourself.

 

[The_Tigg]

I think the point of this post is not that someone wants to complete a set of cars, but what do we do as a site and community when someone asks for so random off the wall car that was seen in practice for 10 minutes and never seen again and the person asking is a first time post and becomes an only time poster or worse yet, posts only when they want something.

I think it's great that you guys will been over backwards to help anyone, even go so far as give them a resource that if they used the search function on this very site they wouldn't even have to ask.

But when is enough is enough.

 

[Rollo75]

Professor Tigg is better at getting to the nub than I.

 

[The_Tigg]

I just understand Aussie and can translate, LOL!