Talk:Le Mans: Ford/@comment-26070920-20160622191929/@comment-27123099-20160622201444

I generally manage the bots by pitting, slowing down opponents, and winning by small margins, mainly because it's more time-efficient. If I only have to go through the race once, then I can move on more quickly. That said, quitting and losing on purpose should still help to lower the goals/bot times on "most" events.

However, the caveat here is that in recent Special Events, FM has implemented fixed goals on some races (generally speed or time-related ones), which are unaffected by bot management.

So, while I still manage the bots, I find that it's less helpful than it used to be. When you reach a fixed goal race (like 5.1 and 6.3 in this event), no manner of bot management helps. It's just a matter of whether you can beat the goal or not, the goal won't change.

So, goals like this might cause players to have to add additional upgrades (often GC upgrades), retry numerous times, and possibly they may opt to quit due to lack of R$ or GC or out of frustration. It's not ideal, but this is the method FM has adopted to counter the bot management strategies and it does work.

Used to be that bot management helped to keep the bots slow and allowed you to win the cars with no GC upgrades, but since it's essentially impossible to do that any longer with the fixed goals, bot management doesn't play as large a role. It may still allow you to win with fewer upgrades than otherwise (like HardikVegeta's 2GC upgrades for the 488), but it will no longer keep you from spending GC period, like we used to see. It's unfortunate, but I've come to accept it and now I just plan ahead and I make sure to have a GC stockpile before the event begins.