Don't care about feelings, just count cars
UCD is the same for (suppose) half of users.
I care about your observations, but already thinked about it. So far, car count INCLUDES cars showed up in the early days, when with the maximum effort you have no money, no level to buy it. If you think to the list like a cycle, when (hopefully) we will be back to day 1... levels and money will not be a problem.
On the other side, car delay CARES about that problem. A correct strategy for the beginner is to buy first rare cars which appears in the early days. Most of rare cars appear after day 600. Exceptions:
Takata Dome NSX #18 '03 show up first in day 3. Almost 90% of ml2 users start their timeline before 'universal' day 3, so all have to wait day 1165. It doesn't care at all. No one have money or levels to buy it at day 3.
Other cars with early showup, but impossible to buy:
NSX-R Prototype LM Road Car, day 16
2D Race Car #7 '67, day 11
Other cars you may see in early days are almost prize cars, so don't care at all:
- Delta S4 Rally Car '85
- Furai Concept '08
Corvette C5-R (C5) #64 '00, universal day 38. It returns on day 237 and is recommended new ML2 players buy it there, because next show up is in day.... 2359 (unless there are in the 1200-1700 gap).
There are other cars highy recommended to buy before premiums or expensive but not rare standards. They are all cars which doesn't appear after day 2000-2500 or so, with the assumption you are not grinding since the first day. For me, was day 2100-2200 when I started the 'last 100 standards' hunt.
Here is a list of cars YOU MUST HAVE BEFORE DAY 2500 (I will sticky it in OP):
Takata Dome NSX #18 '03 (last showup day 2011)
W12 Nardo Concept '01 (2336)
Storm V12 Race Car '99 (562)
Castrol Tom's Supra #36 '01 (1755)
WoodOne Tom's Supra '03 (2456)
Atenza Touring Car #82 (2404)
McLaren F1 GTR Race Car #42 '97 (2498)
Escort Rally Car '98 (1923)
Vertigo Race Car '04 (2201)
Tuscani CCS '03 (2321)
CZ-3 Tarmac Rally Car (2213)
Sadly I missed the Vertigo
Hi encoded. You may remember me asking you about gt5cars.net updates and how I could contribute. So far, I'm in contact with Tornadoalley and I'm extending jaymanji tracking. We all wish you can update the database soon.
EDIT:
Found another rare Lancer Rally Car Evo VI