WEEK 8

Extra money

There are many ways how to earn extra money in DR.

1. Collecting money during the race. Money icons appear randomly throughout the tracks, shortly after the start. The money icon lasts for 27.7 seconds from the moment it appeared. After 20 seconds it starts to blink, indicating that it is going to disappear soon. There are two different kinds of money icons. Big ones and small ones. They do not act the same and they do not have the same value. While the small ones always appear in an unspecified number on the track the big one may or may not be present on the track. But if it is present, there is only one and it is visible for the entire length of the race or until picked by one of the cars. The 27.7 second rule does not apply to the big one. It is always located on the side of the road and it is worth ten times more than the small one. Worth of the small one depends on two aspects. On the type of the race (easy-medium-hard) and your actual ranking.
2. If you finish the race better than fourth and your car is not damaged more than 2% you get a bonus from a sponsor. The bonus worth depends on the car you are racing with. It ranges from $350 to $6000.
3. If all three opponents are eliminated in the race and you are the only survivor you get a bonus from a sponsor, a reaper. You may even be more than a lap behind and you still get the reward.
4. If you win the race three times in the row you get a bonus for winning streak from you major sponsor. You do not necessarily have to finish the race, eliminating all opponents counts as well.
5. Sponsor, looking for a hitman driver, sometimes appears, after you have selected the race, and offers you money for eliminating specific opponent. If you succeed and that driver will not finish the race you will get your money. However, be careful, if you will not do the job, sponsor will take money from you. 
6. Steroid dealer appears the same way the previous sponsor does. Not often, but if he does it is just after you have picked the race. He wants you to collect steroids, which are represented by a set of pills and located somewhere on the track. It is a single item you need to collect and you have to finish first in order to get the money. If you fail to pick the pills or be the first one to cross the finish line you will be hurt. Dealer will take, half of what he has promised you, from you. The amount of money depends again on the car you are racing. Steroid dealer offers the most extra money out of all previous options.

 I created the layout for the pages describing the cars. I managed to finalize pages for first two cars. I was trying to maintain a unified look of the car section but still having some unique aspects of each car. I ended up using different font for the titles on each page for each car. I also wrote another article, which talks about ways how to earn extra money.