Talk:Strategy/@comment-82.8.81.174-20150101104742/@comment-180.182.108.180-20150513031644

I've bought a few small gold packs and haven't had to deal with the ads.

I get roughly two free gold ads per day but it seems to be an issue of timing. If I'm on at the right time, I'll get the opportunity otherwise the contract for ad impressions gets filled rather quickly and I don't get the chance.

The game has generally been enjoyable. I still get pit maneuvered on straights and shunted off the track but getting in those times when I can challenge myself for better lap times or total race times can be fun.

It has been interesting to observe the differences between qualified professional racers and what we experience in the game. I found the Porsche Cayman GT4 challenge event at Hockenheim without headlights at night to be too tough. The event was probably very doable for a real driver who has memorized not only breaking points but the times and steering angles of the corners, but for me, it was too tough. Racing drivers can go 80% through spray in the rain and not have an accident. Amazing.

I think a good goal while playing Real Racing, is to just enjoy the racing. If you continue to play, there will be new challenges and the opportunity to get new cars. New tracks have been added with multiple layouts. Adding new friends means you can get new TSM bots to race against. Is the game not challenging enough? Find someone too fast for you and add them as a friend. You will have to improve in order to compete. Sometimes, their TSM bot time will be their personal record on a track which you may be able to beat. But depending on your condition day to day, you may not always be able to beat.

The AI bots can ruthless and dirty but their attempts to unsettle the car and spin you mean that you can work on car control. The better you are at recovering and losing as little speed as possible the better you will be when you exceed your grip and slide or get launched by a high curb.

Learn to turn off all driver aids. Take full control of the car. Drive course backward, see the corners from the other direction and understand the flow differently. Change your driving view. Check out the car interiors. Use the replay to analyze your performance and see whose fault it was that you got spun or clipped.