Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35553674-20180709164722/@comment-28169398-20180709180231

As Mugwumps said, Turn off all assists and use Tilt B. There is the rare track where you will set a faster time with Steering Assist on... Monza Junior comes to mind... Brake Assist low almost never gets it right and traction control is the absolute biggest killer of speed going.

The next thing you want to do is study Real Racing 3 Speed Junkie's videos on Braking Points https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3XVzDIBvUyTC38m5JvW7nqqG76dsqMUs

You will have to adjust for the car and upgrades you have, but if you really analyze them you will start to see that newer players impulse to brake into a corner is much later than one of the top players. Most time is lost braking too late and messing up the exit of your turn, even if you think you are going faster, it is really that you are a bit out of control.

Then set a time. Do a number of runs an get to where you think you have gotten as much time as you can out of the run. Next, go to the group leader board for the group you are in and ghost race some of the top players in your group. If you beat their time, you are in the next higher group. It is a great way of improving.

I was in Group E or F for over a year, and then in the last week or two of Update 6.2 I ended up having all 4 top cars (not fully upgraded), and I have been lucky that except for one week where I bought the Vulcan I have had the top car and since then I have been setting Gold Group times. Without the practice though, even with the top cars I would probably be in D or E.

So pay your dues and play deliberately. Work on getting corners correct for the car you have and when your garage catches up with the Tournament, you will be in a position to capitalize.