Talk:Le Mans: Ferrari (v6.6)/@comment-159.205.253.197-20181015210027

OK, so here goes.

I went into this FB on the assumption that the upgrades won't cost me more than 397 GC (4424242, PR 88.2), and that that PR should roughly correspond to ca. 85-90% completion in the 2016 Season (as was the case with the RSRs in recent times). Having bought the car on sale way back, I only had it at R$ upgrades, so I thought the FB would be a way to finance (and encourage) additional upgrades. So I went in.

The FB is easy enough from the start up until day 6, if you upgrade the car early. At the outset, I had no problem spending my GC (I *did* plan for it, y'know), so I went to (or near) all 2's in no time and spent most of the event in the green. I only drifted into yellows and reds in day 6, but had virtually no issues there. So I thought, what the heck, let's hold back on those last 2 GC upgrades (engine & drivetrain) and see what happens.

However, day 7 really hit hard. The combination of various proscriptions (especially the absolute no off-track) and me not being on my top game meant that I had to repeat the same races over and over. After umpteen failures @7.1, I did the missing ups, and it transformed the battle royale into a cakewalk. I did the upgrades I expected to do, and I got the reward I wanted. And still, I can't help feeling that I missed a golden opportunity to not spend my gold and then win some...

The moral of the story is: unless you're pressed for time or aren't confident enough, try holding back on the ups. You might win the car cheap, and that's a great feeling. Be advised, though, that if you run into trouble, reaching the rec'd PR will make your life instantly way easier. This isn't like the more recent SEs, where you can be at rec'd PR and still struggling; here, you get what you pay for.

PS. Anybody knows the lowest PR required to reach 75% in 2016 Season? I can't figure that out, most of the final tiers there seem to have the 90 pinned all over them...