Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35242994-20180531143844/@comment-26388545-20180601030814

My strategy has changed several times.

Originally I only bought upgrades when I needed them because I was so low on currency. I also needed to buy a lot of upgrades because I was driving with all assists and tilt A.

After a lot of farming I switched to upgrading the car to whatever was needed for serious completion right aways. That would almost guarantee that I would get the car without too much hassle. However some events like the original Venom and FXX K required additional upgrades because of how hard they were for me at the time.

Then I hit that Legend series slump where you realize you are very short on gold. Even though I was running 10-lap LeMans race twice a day I wasn't getting ahead. I didn't want to risk not winning cars but I also didn't want to wait many years before I could actually own every car. It was time for a strategy change.

I went back to buying as few upgrades as possible and then waiting for an upgrade sale to buy the rest. This necessitated me learning how to drive with no assists and tilt B. I knew that would also improve my LeMans race times but I had no idea it would open up new farming options that benefited me greatly.

Lately my strategy is morphing a bit. The recent change to speed targets, autocross times and bot difficulty all being made easier by buying upgrades changes things. Also now that bot slowing only works for some people when they are at or above recommended PR. For the other people it doesn't work at all. So sometimes I have bought upgrades earlier just so I can slow things down a bit.

It is funny how we had some wild swings in times and bot difficulty earlier in the perseverance event. But as other people have mentioned in this thread, it all seemed to equalize in the final days. Even though final upgrades varied by quite a bit. I'm not sure if that's the new normal yet. Even though there are some fixed target events, bot difficulty could still a very based on slowing techniques.

Upgrading to all three certainly seems like a good strategy for people that can afford it. Special events are the big thing for me, so I probably won't ever do that. However if I am in a time crunch I would certainly do it rather than risking losing a car!

Like them, love them, or hate them, Special Events certainly bring a lot of new people to this forum. I think that's a good thing. Don't want the waters to get stagnant.