As many of you will be aware the online payouts are horrible however I've noticed that the payouts are not based purely on where you place, how many people are in the room and the length of the race as they were in GT5. I came across this when I was in a lobby with some friends doing 5 laps around Mt Panorama and I received 3800 cr for 3rd while my friend who came 2nd only got 3400 cr. I'm further ahead in career mode than my friend so while I can not confirm this I believe the online payouts are also scaled by the number of stars you have in career mode. If anyone has other theories on how the online payout is calculated please share also if anyone has more than 150 stars if they could share there typical online payouts.