Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 10)/@comment-26942592-20161208074119

Reposting a note I posted below, just in case it helps some of us decide. Comments welcome.

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Going by the comments here, looks like this has been a frustrating event for most of us.

Actually, if you do the math... this Gauntlet is no better or worse than farming the Le Mans 10-lapper. In fact, it gives marginally higher returns than farming. See below -

 First, the assumptions :

1) you already have the car and just playing for the gold and/or some fun (this Gauntlet is not much fun, but going through endless loops of the 10-lapper is not too exciting either... totally personal opinion though). If you do not have the car already, I assume you would want to play through and win the car.

2) all your cars (McLaren + others) are at least R$ upgraded.

3) your skill level is decent (comfortable driving with minimal/zero assists).

 Now, the math :

- You earn 1k points per minute of play, at the minimum (assuming you do not waste too much time stubbornly trying your luck in a super hard race, a retry here and there is fine I suppose).

- As points/race goes up with each boss level, you probably need to spend no more than 180 minutes of play time to win 210,000 points (the level at which you earn the 55 GCs in  this gauntlet). This calculation assumes you clear at least Boss 4 in each run (makes it even faster if you are skilled enough to clear Boss 5 in each run).

- So, in 180 minues, you earn 55 GCs and approx 45,000 fame points (@250 fame points pre minute of play), approx. worth 8 GCs. So net earned = 63 GCs.

- Alternatively, if you choose to farm the 10-lapper, you can do approx. 5.5 or 6 races (depends on how fast you like to complete the race, I do it at at leisurely 33 mins per race). This nets you at most 55 GCs (or 50 GCs, for me)  = 60 GC from level up - 5 GC spent on agent. And add to this the fun of racing different tracks and a mix of (slow and fast) cars.

Considering all of this, I decided to press on with the Gauntlet. All I needed to do was run 10 races in the morning and 10 before I hit the sack at night. No need to watch ads for ticket refills either. Now I am left with 30k more points to earn before I hit rank 7 and bag the remaining 20 gold. I upgraded the McLaren to 3333333 so it's been relatively easy winning up to Boss 8 (did not bother beyond that).

Cheers, T