Talk:The Elusive One/@comment-28231221-20171031200828/@comment-28169398-20171102135210

It is not Spa or the Car. For the vast majority of players, 5.1 and 5.2 were force upgrade points. If you look at the instructions on the Goal Screen, it says you need to beat Zoé by a full second, and here time is 0:32.237. After you upgrade to Recommended PR, her time goes up to 0:32.547, meaning now her time was not a factor, only the  0:31.5.

The same is seen in Speedrush TV 2 FB. No matter what you do in the head to head on Suzuka West against Kranger, he pulls away from you if you only have R$ upgrades and you go red as you are more than 20m from him. Though there is no stated recommended PR, if you add a gold upgrade or two, then you can stay within the 20m at the start and pass the Goal.