Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35200552-20180828024630

I've already posted about this but if I can spare anyone else the frustration I went through prior to figuring this out and losing gold, it's worth it. Sorry if it's redundant to others. And I'd be glad to try to explain in more detail if anything doesn’t make sense, so ask away.

1. Main point, after any "best" run, SAVE right after that run. Do not do a restore prior to saving. If you want it submitted you now have to save unlike the past. NOTE: If you restore before you save, the time will show up on the leaderboard but it won't be a "Submitted" time on FM/EA's side. (if anyone has a different experience feel free to share)

2. Another important item, on the main leaderboard screen when you open the Time Trial, make sure the time on the leaderboard matches the time above the car. If it doesn't match either you never saved a run (which the time above the car will most likely be dashes) or the time on the leaderboard will be faster than then time above the car (you saved a run at some point but since then had a faster run but restored instead of saved).

3. If you have saved/submitted a run but didn't save your "best" run, the only positive is that you still should have a run that will be submitted unlike the next "fix" or change.

4. Do not do a gold upgrade on the car and restore. This one causes a bigger headache. I don't remember the specific wording of the pop-up but it basically states all your prior runs will be removed from the leaderboard. And it does just that if you restore after putting on a gold upgrade. I was no longer registered on the leaderboard, removed from Group C and the only thing that still showed was my time above the car, everything else was gone. The headache, in order to get back on the leaderboard, I had to beat my best "submitted" time, which for me was tough since it was my best run so far. I finally did it but took a while. And I did receive the reward after the trial was over so that might be helpful to know too. But I would advise against doing this unless you haven't set a really solid time yet.

5. You can still restore if you have a bad run, go off track, etc... It did not affect any of my prior "saved" or "submitted" times. As long as the two times matched, leaderboard and time above car, I felt it would be fine and in this TT it was,  I received the reward. There's always a possibility this may change in the future since they've adjusted other parts so we'll see.

6. Also pay attention to the pop-ups when restoring and it'll clue you in to what might happen if you do restore. It could save you from losing a time or even being removed from the leaderboard.

7. As for off track/time penalties. They tweaked the 4 second off track. Those that raced SPA know the 4 second penalty wasn't enough to deter people from cutting the last turn. They could gain more than 4 seconds off the time then the penalty would add. The original penalty would also add 2 seconds on top of the 4 second penalty, but only if you were off track more than 2 seconds. Since most were cutting it under 2 seconds, they didn't get the additonal 2 second penalty. EA/FM changed it right at the end so instead of every 2 seconds off track being the additional penatly it's now every .5 second off track adding .5 seconds, which effectively made the cut not beneficial. I never used it so wasn't an issue for me but at the same time I think since it wasn't retro active, it skewed the times/groups. People were able to get much better times than they would've if they ran a clean race. So I'm content with this change.

I know not everyone had issues with the restoring but I think a good amount did. Plus any other things I didn't note, please feel free to add. 