Talk:Le Mans - Pursuit of Victory/@comment-121.6.174.224-20150618121600/@comment-144.24.20.233-20150618123709

The splash screen at the start of the event for the Time Trials does not show any previous time  - and you don't get a ghost of a different car to race against either. So you definitely don't have to beat it, you never even see it. Further you'll see the times from everyone else are all for the same car.

Re the Bots:

For the LMP1 cars: I would guess "no" (so far as TSM is concerned you are in a series with no other cars to "learn" level from). That's why I would also expect the performance "history" to be carried forward to Endurance Champions.

Also note that the way that FM have set up the racing - with lots of "average at least X" races - all of those set a minimum performance requirement. For 10.2 that performance requirement is (I believe) such that NONE of the standard bots could beat it - ie you are guaranteed to win if you hit that performance rating - which automatically pushes you up to the top performane tier for TSM purposes (which you see in 10.3 because even if you finish only a smidge above, you're still against Rattlesnack or MiceOrMen).

For the prod cars (Bentley, Porsche, Silvia/Focus) : I would guess "yes" - it probably does feed into the general ranking for the car - but given the size of variation on opponent I had in the Bentley race I also think it is taking a big feed from the overall event "difficulty" you've established to that point.