Talk:2016-17 Season/@comment-208.104.89.98-20180219212349/@comment-31433854-20180223175025

I've finished the series now and this is definitely the most difficult race (really, the only one). I find in general at LS I need to lap 4-5s faster than the best bot to win, due to the huge disadvantage at the start and the inability to carry speed through corners when you are stuck in the pack. Once you get clear track, you really need to fly.

I find the first cut not much help. Generally, better to drive around the outside of the conga-line and make several places. It can be worth cutting the turn before the hairpin if there are a bunch of bots in your way.

FWIW-bots don't have any battery constraints. The TSM algorhthim seems to give you slower bots in battery races to make up for this (i.e. in the cup event i'll have Dr. P, Rattlesnack, etc and then get slower bots in the FE event of the same tier).