Talk:Track Day Domination/@comment-84.198.97.58-20160125101021/@comment-27123099-20160125180852

It seems they are using the characters as a fixed PR type of opponent, similar to what they've introduced on the Gauntlet events with the Bosses. However, it appears that for the Special Events, bot management still works. For instance, I managed to win the GT350R with only R$ upgrades despite the higher recommended PR for the last few days. I could have won with no retries had it not been for the confusing goal for 5.3 and a goofy screw up in 5.4 that required a retry (see more in my Stage 5 review further down the thread).

But, I have definitely noticed that the character bots were significantly more difficult to PIT and they recover much more quickly as well. So, while bot slowing works, the bots still fight back more strongly than they used to for sure. It's the slow eveolution of this game it appears. I still stand by my belief that FM won't make future events outrageously difficult since they do want to try to give players of many skill levels the ability to win the events (same reason I doubt they'll force expensive GC upgrades on us as well). But, they are ratcheting up the difficulty slighty for the Special Events, that's for sure.