Talk:Ride The Storm/@comment-26483027-20151219074649/@comment-90.43.220.59-20151219101738

Maybe you are simply not skilled enough. Usually, a race is won or lost depending on your ability to pass as many opponents as possible after the lights went green. In 5.4, if you cannot be, say 6th after the first corners, you almost stand no chance to catch up, assuming you car is not upgraded. If I remember well, I started to upgrade at stage 6, so it can be done (with no assist either). Check out  SiCK RaceR's videos on YouTube.

On the other hand, you may be too good. The game tends to punish those who could not refrain from trouncing the bots in the early stages, when they are desperately slow. Always manage to win by the thinnest margin as possible, this is a good way of "managing the bots".

If you are in trouble at this stage, I cannot see how you will survive stage 7.