Talk:RR3 Wiki:Tips and FAQ for The DAYTONA 500/@comment-26715739-20160225111716

Winning subsequent cars (from my experience on Android - 3 cars done):


 * If you're upgrading, then make sure you open the next event as soon as possible and get the upgrades underway. But double check


 * Aim to complete stages 1 through 3 in one sitting. It should be possible to complete Richmond with an unserviced car and stage 3 has a different car anyway (so you can put the prize car in for service at the end of Stage 2)


 * ALWAYS try the next event when your car is unserviced. If you fail that should help with slowing bots. If you succeed, great!

Here's what I've personally found with specific events:
 * It is possible to complete 4.4 with an unserviced car (R$ only).
 * I found it possible to complete 5.1 and 5.2 with an unserviced car (although not easy and the time I tried I did have it upgraded above just R$ only)
 * I think 5.3 probably needs a serviced car, as do 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3.
 * 7.1 and 7.2 are possible unserviced, but 7.3 does not appear to be (even at a quite high PR)

YMMV. But I definitely think the best piece of advice is - if your car is unserviced, give the next event a try before trying to service, it's win/win (slow bots, move on).

Also the "reduce by 30%" is quite handy - but I found that it took watching about 6 ads to complete 1 service cycle. Your best best may be to just knock 1 hour off the service time by watching the first ad (you get less for each subsequent ad but there is a baseline and it's fortunately not a frog on a log).

I'm still not 100% clear on whether or not it has any impact on daily gold. I think it probably does, but not directly (in that you can have ads to reduce time but not ads for gold), and probably not 1:1 (ie you don't lose 1 ad for gold for each 1 ad for time reduction) - but not clear exactly how it works.

But... compared to paying for the car rather than winning it - it's a very good tradeoff! Part of why I say this is I've had ads for time reduction today (I've used it a bit over the last few days), but no ads for gold and normally I'd get at least some ads for gold per day.