Talk:The Perfect Storm/@comment-27123099-20171218194635

I consider this my first failure in a long time. I did get the car, but not without skipping 6.2 and 6.4 sadly.

I am generally able to win cars in these SE's about 1-2 under the recommended PR and this time, even upgraded slightly over the recommended PR (3333333, PR 78.0), I still struggled mightily on 6.2. I was always 3+ seconds off the time seemingly no matter what I did. I watched videos and tried to mimic as best I could what I was seeing and I could never seem to get my car to act the way the videos showed. I'd get inconsistent braking and/or handling and the car would either skid, or fly off track. If I was able to get through one corner decently, then the next gave me issues as well. I just couldn't put together a single, solid run with the time I had available.

After skipping 6.2, I completed 6.3 on my first attempt, then moved on to 6.4. Really, I think given some more time, I could have passed 6.4, I was not terribly far off. Especially after seeing some of the newer tricks. But, unfortunately I had other plans outside the game and didn't get to play as much as I would have liked. So, I was forced to skip 6.4 as well with time running out. Again, as with 6.3, I was able to pass 6.5 on my first attempt as well, no problem.

Have I mentioned how tired I'm getting of these inconsistent races? It's incredibly frustrating to pass a race on 1 attempt, then struggle for literally hours to pass the next one, only to be met with another extremely easy race. Honestly, I'd prefer a more middle ground. Make all the final Stage races difficult, but not as difficult as 6.2 and 6.4.

I'd like to believe that the recommended PR should be able to allow an above average player (which I consider myself), to be able to win without spending hours of time. I think requiring a near-perfect run, with no assists, no skidding, and no off-track, is asking a bit much from many players. As I stated above, I rarely upgrade my SE cars to the recommended PR and I've virtually always been able to win the cars. This is the first time I can recall where the Recommend PR was nowhere close to enough for me.

Quite frustrated. Not to mention a bit fearful of what is in store for us on the MP4/4 SE coming up. SE's have always been my favorite event types, but I'm really starting to dislike them as FM has continued to ramp up the difficulty and cost on them.