Talk:RR3 Wiki:Tips and FAQ for The DAYTONA 500/@comment-26715739-20160219073549

Stage 4: R$ upgrades (PR50.3). Have bots slowed. Not clear if slowing from Melbourne has carried over, or if it's slowing from day 2.

Tilt B, no assists.

4.1 very easy, won it. 4.2 easy again, finished in 07:55:xx; my fastest lap 44:7, their fastest lap 55:xx. Managed to hit the front at the start then spend the rest of the race (other than one lap for a vanity "fastest lap") pitting the leaders. 4.3 (still have some service) 3:35.559 in 1st to 3:36.705 in 2nd, this time they had fastest lap of 0:53.160 4.4 car now with 0 service bars remaining, was possible to do with 0 service bars... your top speed of 170mph probably isn't quite enough to hold it for the whole 2000 yards, so get a draft from someone to push you up to 174mph at the end of the straight, try to start your draft at the start of the corner (as they'll slow into it), by the end of the corner you'll have most of the required distance, and should have it all before they pull away at the end of the straight. Then next time you hit a corner, you just overtake. Sadly, because it stops when you overtake, I don't have lap times.

Obviously I'm slowing bots, so the following technique may not work with faster cars, but... when working my way up the field, I tend to have to take the outside line to pass, halfway round the corner if you see you're not going to get past into clear space then I find that if I ease off the accelerator just before bumping my way into the pack that I have fewer crashes, you don't lose a lot of pace because you basically immediately pick up the slipstream effect, and because you're not accelerating into contact you have more control. YMMV but seems to work for me.

My saved game status says "a few minutes ago", I'm definitely signed in, Chev SS is definitely in for service, special event says next stage opens tomorrow and it's showing 4/7 progress bars. So hopefully I don't lose that progress again!