Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 13)/@comment-32997411-20180119095349/@comment-33524487-20180119144227

Yeh, I'm at 83k points and on my second run (all R$ upgrades). 90% of my boss events are 1 second off track, which basically renders medium difficulty to hard for me at my skill level. I can do them up to about boss 7 but then it's hard and that's just behind me without the ability to cut corners for more than 1 second.

It's been a learning experience and I've got 15 gold for it. I've sort of enjoyed it but mostly it's been a bit frustrating, much like special events have been for me.

My issue is I'm in gold saving mode. The only time I spend gold is on LTS events because I know I can definitely finish those.

I tried spending gold on this (borrowed) and it was definitely easier but I can't guarantee I'll have the time this weekend to win the car, even then. So I'm not willing to risk the gold right now.

I'll keep going at my current pace and there's an outside chance I'll get the car if I get enough time this weekend. But my ads just dried up (probably only got about 7 or 10 today) and I can't see how I will get through another 3 runs by the end at my current rate, particularly as there are still two cars to unlock that will need R$ upgrades.

I'll probably put this event into my "beyond my ability" bracket, along with the special events (elusive one, front runner perfect storm, etc), get what I can from it without spending gold and make do with that (which is still a positive, albeit a slight one)

It probably wouldn't bother me much if this wasn't a freemium game where gold is such a harshly scarce commodity and literally sets the difficulty. If I was willing to spend hundreds of £s on a mobile game then this event, like everything else, would be trivial.

It's great for experienced players though. Just a pity that a fair amount of this game's new content (in terms of the rewards)  is both time limited and restricted to more advanced players.