Talk:Motorfiesta 2/@comment-194.97.186.132-20180910103725

I agree with general mood of average players regarding this SE. If I may offer some advice to reduce stress, in this and other events... By the way, I am Level 242, driving RR3 for 4th year now. My Hurraya BC is FU in the garage, no skips.

For me, the hardest levels were like many, listed in order of difficulty from easiest to hardest: 7.4, 9.3, 9.4, 9.2, 8.4. The hardest by far was 8.4. I was all 3 up until 8.4 and after establishing the baseline I knew it was time to FU.

First advice:

Never, ever FU a car from start. This will make you go unnecessary fast, causing bots to be fast in later stages. Furthermore, FU'd car early on feels "slower" in later stages due to simple psychology of a human mind. You feel "helpless" due to inability to further FU a car in difficult stages.

Second advice:

Never, every SKIP unless you are FU'd and can't pass. This is related to advice #1 in that you should progressively upgrade and therefore only consider skips generally in the last two stages of the SE.

Third advice (probably the most important one):

On hard races, ALWAYS ESTABLISH A BASELINE.

What is a baseline? A baseline is a fully executed RACE that gives you an idea how far you are from the target required to pass. It also gives you an idea how much you need to upgrade and most imporantly is the TIME spent to practice without frustration of anxiety associated with feeling you MUST PASS NOW. The point of the baseline is to NOT try to pass the stage but to complete the race clean. For example, for me on 8.4 when I was initially @ 3.., it took me several tries JUST TO ESTABLISH THE BASELINE. That in itself may be challenging but is aa  LOT LESS stressful than trying to pass every time. When you finally establish a baseline, you feel a sense of accomplishment, even though you did not actually pass the stage. It is a HUGE stress reducer. After you practiced and have a solid basline TAKE A BREAK. Seriously, I mean it, like a real break. 1 hour AT MINIMUM. Usually, after the break I pass the difficult stage that I had practiced and have a baseline for withn 30 minutes (or less).

Fourth advice:

Never, ever give up. For example, after running a basline on 9.2, I was over 5 seconds off the target and my car was already FU. If I had not applied my approach, I probably would have seriously consider a skip. But I knew it was just a baseline, and sure enough, after 1 hour of practicing, having optimized breaking points and turns, I passed it with 1 second to spare.

Hope it helps!