Talk:Balance of Power/@comment-77.252.81.130-20180315200621/@comment-27123099-20180315204018

Tilt A works as well. I use Tilt A almost exclusively (as I did on this SE). I race Tilt A, BA Low, TC Off, Steering Low for almost everything. I was able to win this SE with 3333333, though I think I may have been able to do it with at least 1 fewer GC upgrade (maybe 2). But, at least at 3333333, I was able to complete Stages 7 and 8 without a great amount of struggle. In fact, my final R$ upgrade wasn't even complete until I was part way through stage 8.

In any case if I can complete an SE below the recommended PR (even if only slightly at 89.1 compared to the recommended at 89.3), it's still a good thing.

Overall, I felt like the difficulty for this SE was scaled back compared to the past few we've had. There weren't as many ridiculous, nearly impossible Speed Snap events this time around. All the speed-based events I was able to win without too much trouble, which was not the case on the past few SE's. If this SE is a precursor to future SE's and they've finally found a middle ground between difficulty and GC requirements, I'm OK with that. If I can reasonably expect to win the car with only 1st level GC upgrades, I'll be happy with that. That's largely in line with what most recent LTS's have required as well, which I think was what FM was shooting for, but failed at until this SE.