Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31710039-20191126113111/@comment-33505716-20191126121732

ByronBunch wrote: Logically, the h-to-h should be the most profitable option. It currently pays over 10K for 1:30 of racing, and it's much easier to catch and pass 1 significantly faster car. At any rate, I'm yet to win a cup race in the academy car.

The ac pays just under 5k for ~40 seconds of driving, but you need to add load times and all, so it's probably around the same value per min. Bot slowing works in these events and is your friend. I only lost my first cup and won the rest, with no upgrades on the car, but also placed 8th in a bunch of autocrosses after that 1st loss.