Talk:Victory by Design/@comment-27510501-20161213184615

Stage 2 Report:

Upgrades/PR: Started with tier 1 upgrades completed (PR 64.1) and raced Goals 1 & 2 with this status. For Goal 3, the two tier 2 R$ upgrades had completed, giving me a PR of 65.2.

Controls: Tilt B, no assists, no traction.

Goal 1: On my first attempt I got to the lead by mid-way through the 2nd lap, but I failed by trying to slow the bots too much in the home straight - I had Magnus jammed on my rear bumper, but another bot snuck past me just metres before the finish line! On my second attempt I was in 3rd place by the end of the first lap, and got to 1st place very early in the second lap. My tip for this Goal is to cut the corners a little bit when passing cars on the corners to avoid colliding and damaging your car.

Goal 2: This one was not hard, but I failed my first attempt by seeing if reaching 226 kph twice was enough to get the green banner and pass - it wasn't, you definitely have to win the event too (just like the instructions said! lol) I passed on my second attempt easily with tier 1 upgrades. I reached the first place speed of 257 kph in the starting straight, then got to 226 kph again in the second short straight. I just cruised for the rest of the lap.

Goal 3: With PR 65.2, I easily got to 1st place by turn 3 on the first lap. So I had achieved the "50 seconds in 1st place" before the end of lap 1. From then on, I just tried to slow the bots as much as I could by blocking them from overtaking. Almost got too cute again, but passed on my first attempt without any real difficulty.