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As mentioned before I've played manager simulation games online for decades. Zedrun just doesn't really scratch my itch as much as I wanted it to and here are some reasons.
1. Pay to play and pay to win combined. Most games that are pay to win are also free to play so at least you have a a low entry. Zedrun doesn't have this at all. You have to pay 100$ to get started and then you get crushed. They really need some sort of free to play model where new players can come in and experience the game without such a huge investment. Maybe a class B type thing with no prizes.
2. No server resets. Early adopters have such a huge advantage it feels like new players can never catch up. If they released new generations that did not have to compete with old ones this would help get around this. I understand with NFTs server wipes are not realistic but unless you introduce some sort of power creep regarding new horses this is a huge problem.
3. Lack of strategy. This is a big one here. You really can't do much at all. There is next to no feedback and it's not even clear how well visual representations mirror what is actually going on at the race levels engine (often visual representations in sim games are not 1-1 and it's better to analyze other stats). It just really feels like you have a good or bad horse and there is nothing you can do about it. This makes a large portion of horses completely useless. There is so much more they could add in terms of hiring jockey's, feedback on races, weather, health, etc etc. It's really just boring here and once again feels like the game is more so a predatory investment scheme. Right now the biggest strategy is figuring out how to sandbag.