Talk:Ride the Storm/@comment-208.184.141.147-20151216220256

Well, Day 7 has been pretty frustrating after 6 days of very little challenge. I am driving with just the R$ upgrades. At the end of the mini-rant/sob-story below is a question.

I managed 7.4 with the help of some of the advice below (i.e., that one can get to 180 by the finish line rather than needing to get it before Parabolica) but I did not see the bit about correlation between time on 7.4 and 7.5. Decided I would just skip 7.5 after a number of tries and a sense that I would be less frustrated spending the GCs than attempting the race umpteen times until I got it. Now I am stuck on 7.6 and cannot seem to budge the bots speed up out of the mid 4:30s range. I have come in last place, lost but still met the speed requirement, retired and restarted, etc. but the bots will not be budged. At their current speeds, I cannot get above 5th place at finish even when I can lead the first lap most of the way. The first 4 bots just blow me away in anything other than handling in the curves. I am servicing for the second time, and more than mildly frustrated with this change from common RR3 practice.

So here is the question: skipping is abother 35GC. 6 of the first GC upgrades (individually) cost less. Does anyone have a good sense of whether making one such upgrade is likely to help me make up the gap? I think the most likely candidates are (1) the 2nd Body upgrade (cheapest, improving speed 1mph and .02 acceleration), (2) the 2nd Tire & Wheels upgrade (improving grip and acceleration for 2 more GCs), (3) the 2ns Suspension (if better grip and braking are the key) or (4) the 2nd Engine upgrade (basically same as 2nd Body but +2mph rather than +1 for more GCs). I have ignored the 2nd Exhaust as it provides the same improvement as the 2nd Body for more and the 3rd Brakes because it provides slightly less improvement than the 2nd Suspension for more. Of the 4 I am considering, th the 2nd Body and 2nd Suspension are followed by a R$ 3rd upgradde while 2nd Engine and 2nd Tire are followed by GC 3rd upgrades. If one upgrade will not do it, I have enough time to wait the 200 minutes for one of the 3rd upgrades. Any suggestions whether to go for Body 2 (and 3 if needed) for 22GC, Suspension 2 (and 3 if needed) for 26GC or to just pay 35GC to skip and move on with my day/evening?