Talk:No Compromise/@comment-27728287-20160707141652/@comment-27123099-20160707162936

Skipping is always an option, FM will even let you skip races from Stage 1.1 all the way through if you so desire. That said, it's a determination of how much you are spending to skip vs. using that GC to purchase upgrades instead (which stay on the car), and still winning. It's a trade-off every player makes in every Special Event.

Your skill level as a player will matter as well. If you are a skilled player, you can win more races at your current PR level and skip fewer of them. If you aren't as skilled, then expect to have to skip more races. It's going to be different for everyone. We're no longer in a position where the Special Events can be tailored to the skill level of the player (some of us used this to our advantage through bot management). Many, though not all, of the races now have fixed goals which are the same for all players. So, either you are skilled enough to beat it, or you pay to upgrade and beat it, or you pay to skip it.

So, looking at the comments below, I noticed that user KD02 was able to win the car with just R$ upgrades, but did have to skip 7.1, 7.3, 7.5, 8.1, 8.2, & 8.5. This would cost 225GC (35GC for each Stage 7 goal skipped and 40GC for each Stage 8 goal skipped).

For the record, I won the car at PR 91.3 (20/28, 3333233) and I spent about 280GC to get there. However, that was helped by me buying most of my upgrades during the 25% off sale that occurred early in the event. That saved me about 70GC over what I would have spent otherwise. Also, I ended up buying my last GC upgrade while I was in the middle of Stage 8 in order to get me through 8.3. If I had paid to skip that race instead, I'd have saved about 35GC, but I opted to upgrade instead thinking that I'd probably have to skip 8.5 as well and the combined cost for those skips was more than my upgrade. And again, the upgrades stay on the car, skips are just GC thrown in the garbage IMO.

Keep in mind as well that all of Stage 8 is to be done completely with Brake Assist disabled (with some no skidding and no off-track thrown in as well). If you are not comfortable with that, then you may have to skip more races than KD02 did.

Most players appear to have opted to upgrade during the 25% off sale, so there aren't many who finished with just R$ upgrades that I can tell. They haven't posted much here anyhow. So, that is a bit of uncharted territory.

Best of luck to you!