Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 9)/@comment-30333216-20161027005355/@comment-26070920-20161027134950

It's another cunning FM ploy to make players dig into the gold upgrades.

On one hand they force you to drive watchfully and carefully (= slow), or you will fail because of making contact with another car
 * no touching - set extremely sensitive
 * no off track - and cars suddenly & inexplicably changing direction

On the other hand you have to take risks because of the short format of the race and quick leaders, or you will fail because of not finishing first. That means that to have a chance, you need a really fast car to speed your way out of trouble.

-The more you overtake in the beginning, the less chance of contact later on - and the less time lost on a failed attempt. Better to take risks in the beginning and failing inside 30 secs than driving carefully and failing after 2 or 3 minutes because you can't overtake the leaders or because of going off track because you had to pull out all stops to catch the runaway leaders. -Learn from your failed attempts -Avoid the traffic: the bots will take reasonably predictable lines (insides of corners etc) so driving unconventional lines usually works OK - outsides of corners, the opposite lines you would normally take