A dumb question regarding victory conditions

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My question is in 2 1/2 parts:

1.) If I disable Cultural Victory, is there still any benefits to building culture starbases?

1a.) And if so, what are they?

2.) If there's *no* benefit to building culture starbases if Culture Victory is disabled, will the AI-controlled races know better than to build them?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
Even if Culture victory is disabled, culture starbases boost your influence and bring all the benefits of doing so (possiblity to flip enemy planets to your control, increased tourism income, etc).
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Tourism money.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I-i-i-i-interesting. Thanks guys.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Oh, yes, one of my favorite ways to win in GC1 was to disable cultural victories, then culture-flip everything