Talk:No Compromise/@comment-28328990-20160704203308

Stage 8 is tough, took me about an hour to complete and didn't skip any goals. Car @PR 91.3, 3333233 20/28 upgrades. Tilt A, SS 5, low steering and TC on.

8.1 Autocross

Quite an easy one, took me 2 tries, 1st time skidded and failed. Time was 44.3 vs 47.7.

8.2 Only managed to tailgate 2nd for about 20 seconds, once we were on the straight, i was out of range and timer resets. Decided that winning the race was better, managed 3rd at the end of the 1st lap, on the last lap, I cut a corner at the chicane between the 2 straights to overtake Zoe.

8.3 Speed snap

Was expecting more upgrades to pass this but won it in 2 tries. Zoe's speed was 377.7 and i managed in 378.1.

8.4 I had a clean first lap overtaking the field and got to 15th at the end of 1st lap. The bots were not too fast and got to 8th at the end of 2nd lap. I skidded on the last lap and dropped to 10th and finished there, no harm done.

8.5 This goal is the toughest one, i must have retried more than 10 times. Went off-track more than 5 times and force closed when i couldn't win on the last lap. This track is quite tight and no off-track for 4 laps is quite a challenge considering you have to be fast as well.

Getting a good position on the 1st lap is paramount because you don't want the leaders too far ahead, catching them is not easy. On the 1st lap, try to minimize contact and race as cleanly as possible, slight contact on the bots in front to slow down in case you brake too late is ok as long as not too much damage is done, you need all the straight line speed you can get.

Successful attempt: I got to 5th place by the end of 1st lap and Zoe is still in sight on the bends. Continued running cleanly and overtaking bots through the corners, finished 2nd at the end of 3rd lap. Finally managed to overtake Zoe on the last lap and with 2 skids out of 3, I raced carefully to finished 1st.

8.6 Did a dount....