NBA 2K24’s BMX Race of the Week is a paywalled weekly quest that players are labeling as yet “another 2K scam.”
Similar to NBA 2K23, the latest NBA 2K entry features a Race of the Week quest that requires users to purchase a BMX bike. Naturally, the next step involves joining a BMX race and coming out as the victor.
The quest itself is a walk in the park by most accounts. However, the biggest problem manifests in the fact that digital bikes in the basketball sim carry quite a hefty price tag, costing 75,000 VC a pop.
Earning that much in-game cash takes a lot of time, and, as of writing, 75,000 VC on the PlayStation Store runs users $19.99. The annoyed NBA 2K community has dubbed it another scam by 2K Games.
NBA 2K24 fans flame 2K for BMX Race of the Week quest
“BMX Race of The Week 2 is another 2K scam,” reads the caption for a thread by a frustrated Reddit user. The Redditor’s post continues, “Putting a weekly quest behind at $15 paywall or 100 hours of in-game grinding is ridiculous. Bonus XP and a player banner for essentially $15.00 is a waste of money and a waste of a weekly quest slot.”
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Other fans said they felt the original poster’s pain. One person responded, in part, “They’re not even trying to be subtle with the scamming; it’s just blatant and disrespectful.”
Apart from the high price or outlandish grind, many are upset that all the hubbub is tied to purchasing a BMX bike in a basketball game.
Other NBA 2K24 players also made note of the BMX race’s unreasonable difficulty. Wrote another Redditor, “The BMX race is legitimately borderline impossible,” and linked to a YouTube video where someone gives a near-perfect performance and still fails.
NBA 2K24 hasn’t been out for a long, but the community is already up in arms about various aspects of the experience. As said in The Tempest, “What’s past is prologue.”