Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 12)/@comment-31374292-20170402145816/@comment-31044517-20170403131421

@Ix Mister

As you predicted, I didn't have to upgrade my Mustang GT Premium. That was nice! It took me easily to the next rank with $R upgrades only.

It's been a nice agreable cruise so far, except for that ridiculous, extremely hard `Tailgate 15th Place Car for 24 Seconds in Monza Junior Course and Win in 2 Lap`. I had to do it with my fully upgraded 370z and even then, going with zero skid, no mistakes in overtaking and at the highest turn speeds the cars grip would allow, I was 3rd at best. The circuit is too fast and short to catch the leading car after tailgating the backmarker for 24 seconds. So the only way to win it was to slam into the inside of a suitable car at each turn to dramatically increase my turn speed, taking it way higher than the car's grip alone would allow. It took extreme timing skills and around 20 tries or so! It was way harder than the `no skid, no offtrack, no touch` races in previous Gauntlets and special events.

I'm in Challenge 43 and should be easily able to finish it in one run. I hope I won't run into that ridiculous Monza Junior Course race again! The GT 500 is a lot faster than the 307z, so it might be simply impossible to catch the lead car after tailgating the backmarker for 24 seconds.