Talk:Strategy/@comment-165.154.29.154-20161231175331/@comment-33999231-20171217223945

I know this is some time later than the original post - I'm new to this forum - but can anyone offer advice on :- I have a similar problem with the Richmond 20 lap race in Richard Petty's Motorsports champions cup - event 22 - 30th Anniversary Triumph. I have raced this >100 times over several months. I somehow came 2nd once (about the third try), but since then have managed the top 10 twice and average in the 20's. I play on an Ipad 2 which admittedly is slow and disjointed for this game. A bit better if I play off-line!

My car is fully upgraded - PR58.6 in a PR57 race.

I find that except for the first 2-3 laps I cannot keep up with the others on the corners. Somewhere in every race I will get a rear wheel slide (can be quite short) which is enough to lose contact with the cars ahead. After that it's all backwards. I have also tried turning round and crashing into everyone, but not successfully enough to stop all the cars.

It seems to me that to keep up with the field in the early stages you need to enter the corners fast; inevitably the car(s) ahead will suddenly slow causing a rear end smash. This must damage and slow my car down - I have found though, that being careful not to run into other cars leaves me gradually losing ground on the field and becoming more reckless to catch up..... a slide or spin the usual outcome ..ugh

Over all my car does not seem to be up to the standard of the rest of the field which is really frustrating as I would have thought that playing solely against the AI you should be encouraged to win .... eventually.

I've noticed that most higher level Richmond races are more difficult than other race tracks. I haven't tried the slowing down tactics  - would they work on a race like this?

As an aside, I don't buy gold as it is outrageously expensive so rarely have enough saved to win (or buy) new cars.