Talk:The Elusive One/@comment-165.155.192.97-20171102173039/@comment-27123099-20171102212422

Yup, agreed.

It's a known thing FM has added to the SE's a few years back.

If you are under the recommended PR, the bots and goals will be tougher. As you upgrade, the bots and goals become more achievable.

The first time we saw it, this was laughably obvious (I can't recall which SE it was though). I recall in one Hunter race, we needed to do a donut and win the event. If you had no upgrades, the goal was something like +500yds (which was literally impossible). Whereas for those who were at or above recommended PR, the goal was something like -500yds. It was humongous spread and blatantly obvious that FM was essentially forcing GC upgrades (which was a new thing then).

They've gotten better at hiding it, but it's still part of their MO for sure.