Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-29746749-20180102032301/@comment-2605:A000:132E:822F:1185:AA50:2733:789F-20180102070958

Amrosa wrote: I think I saw in MP4/4 Historia that if the car needed repair, the bots on Autocross and Speed Snaps were significantly harder than if your car was serviced.

I think we are seeing The Reign of Alex... "You had your fun. Now you will suffer my wrath, like Sean!" (Based on RRTV Episode 29) That wasn't the case for me, at least where 17.2 was concerned. Actually, the lowest target I got, was unserviced. There was a big issue with bot behavior about a year ago, I think. Someone else can most likely pinpoint that time/release. Since then, bot slowing hasn't been the same. Still works (mostly), but not as well. The only sure way to slow quickly is losing drags. Keeping win margins small will maintain the effect, but has negligible further effect. Signing online and off repeatedly has often wiped out my slowing, and resulted in faster and faster bits being introduced. Just not as stable as it was.

As far as getting through 17.2, I have my car FU, so I didn't have any problem. I usually just use slowing to preserve car condition so I don't have to service as often when endurance events show up.

I do have a feeling FM is introducing fixed targets into the career series, as they have in the SE's, to force spending.