Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 13)/@comment-27123099-20180119062203

Got my 40GC for 190k points earlier today and I'm done for now.

1 attempt, not difficult at all. But, I also had the RSR upgraded to 18/30, PR 86.3 due to the LTS it was introduced on when I won it initially. All of my Boss level races were Easy or Medium (but only Medium for the last 3 or 4). I did have to restore and retry a few times, but not because of difficulty usually, but due to bots crashing into me.

All of my challenge goals leading up to the Boss levels were Easy, I think the only Medium one I had was my 1st one with the 962 because it was partially in the red for servicing. I won that race then serviced the car and they were Easy again from then on. I had at least R$ upgrades on all the challenge cars, and some had a few GC upgrades also. None were FU though, or even that close.

Definitely different AI used on these Gauntlets. Seems that FM turned down Magnus's speed compared to past Gauntlets (though could be due to my upgrades), but they've managed to make all the other bots want to take you out instead lol!.

I also like how this Gauntlet had reasonable challenges and restrictions. Older Gauntlets used to stack restricitons on us and it made them dramatically more difficult. For instance, you'd have a Cup race with no off-track, no skidding, and no touching. Or, maybe you'd have the always fun steering which pulls randomly right or left (which I never saw once this time) combined with a no off-track restriction and maybe a no collision one also. Not to mention that on many of these, Magnus often had a rocket strapped to his car too and you'd have to drive perfectly to have any chance of winning. Oh, and these were only the middle goal, not the final Boss levels. By comparison, this Gauntlet is dramatically easier.

Since I did this in a single attempt, Im sitting with 227,500 points right now, 2,500 away from the final goal and R$100k. I have no need for that R$, but I can also run through Boss 1 once and earn enough to get the R$. I have 3 days to decide if I care enough to do that or not. I got my GC, that's all I wanted really.