Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35060261-20180910170451

This last event seems to have been particularly brutal. I managed it with 3333333 (could probably have gone 1333333 but I'm trying to cut down on how long I spend on this game!) but this is with no assists and Tilt B. Not everyone is willing or capable of driving with these settings. And it seems rather a lot of people can't even get the car fully-upgraded. That's a problem.

In many special events, the main difficulty is beating the bots, whether that's on track or beating their autocross/speed snap/speed record scores. The more you upgrade your car, the slower the bots go. However, in this event it's almost exclusively been about beating the average speed or lap time, and those don't change. Sure upgrades make your car faster but my 21 upgrades probably only contribute at most 8 seconds per lap on a track like Suzuka. So even fully-upgrading the car (another 7 upgrades) would yield another 3 seconds off my car. 3 seconds of leeway in a no-off-track no-skid race isn't much, especially if you're using assists.

So my suggestion is that if your car is above the recommended PR, the goal gets easier so that almost anyone can win it fully-upgraded. In return, those who complete the event below the recommended PR and without skips should get something else, like a special decal you can apply to your cars. 