Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 7)/@comment-27123099-20160804074638

Just won the 3-Eleven. Did it with just R$ upgrades and 3 attempts as well.

Farthest I made it was to challenge 28 on my 1st attempt, 2nd attempt, I made it to challenge 20 and 3rd I also made it to challenge 20.

The only 2 times I had to restart the Gauntlet was when I'd get a Cup race at Silverstone. That was my nemesis (like for so many others). On challenge 28 my 1st time through, it was 3 laps, no off-track. For challenge 20 on my 2nd attempt, it was 2 laps, no off-track. In either case, I was unable to place much higher than 6th place even after multiple attempts. On my first run through the Gauntlet, I even tested adding 6 additional upgrades (3GC and the 3 R$ that followed them). Even this was not enough, I could still not catch up to the leaders. So, instead I restarted.

I'm pretty confident that without Silverstone, I could make it at least another Boss or 2 farther, even with just R$ upgrades. I was not having much trouble with the other boss levels up to that point, only at Silverstone.

My final race, 3rd attempt, challenge 20, was a 2 Lap Cup at Indianapolis Road Course. Despite being "Extreme" (as almost all the Boss races were on my final attempt), I found myself in 1st place by the time I got to banked corners on the 1st lap. I made sure to PIT Magnus really good along the straightaway and I raced on finishing about 500yds ahead of 2nd place at the end, with Magnus finishing 19sec. back in 10th place :-)

Overall, not a bad Gauntlet experience for me. I won the car with no GC spent and only 3 attempts through. I think that's the best I've done in a Gauntlet event for at least the last few seasons. If we could only banish the Silverstone races lol!