Talk:Balance of Power/@comment-28169398-20180313074409/@comment-33228676-20180313095800

I think the best effect of early upgrade is also the fact that you get used to the upgraded car early instead of adding upgrades each day and adjusting your driving to it 

^ This. Lately I've always been upgrading the car right off the start of a SE to build confidence in it without having to constantly adjust to its increasing performance, which can prove to be disturbing. For me it's even more important than the bot management aspect, the hardest goals are usually time related anyways.

The other obvious benefit is getting easier challenges for the early days and spare some nerve wrecking for later. With all 3s it was quite tough for me to pass 4.2 and 4.4 but still manageable. I wouldn't imagine doing it with 1111111 as some players did.