GameRager: What element? (Sorry i'm a bit sleepy and might not be able to process stuff as quickly atm.)
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Can you delete/disable the EXP gaining DLC(or if you haven't bought/installed it then don't do that)? Is that a workable option?
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Besides the personal cons is the game any good? Just curious.
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Again, why even be forced to disable them? Why not just not buy/install them(Or are you not allowed to pick/choose which DLC you can install in DLC bundles?)?
(And again, they're not cheats....just like finding a hidden(overpowered) weapon in a game(in a secret area) before one would normally get it(in a more open area or as part of the storyline/etc) isn't a cheat.)
The element of collecting and racing cars. The car progression is a part of side activity in the game.
To my knowledge, no, you usually can not do that. Some people seem to have found a workaround for Sleeping Dogs, but as a general rule of thumb, once you have a DLC activated on steam, you always use that DLC, no matter what.
Yes, the game is very good. The best GTA-like that I've played to date.
Ideally you should not buy them, unless you want to make the game super easy. But when buying a collection through steam, all DLC gets activated automatically, you have no say in which parts of it you will play with. And as the DLCs are not marked as cheat DLC it is quite easy to just activate all DLC when buying a collection of separate keys, without knowing what you get yourself into (usually when I buy collections like that, I don't check very single DLC, I just assume that they introduce "something" to the game).
I would consider buying something that makes the game significantly easier a form of cheating. It is like using a trainer to give yourself extra experience & money.