Talk:The 500/@comment-123.237.109.241-20150330083923/@comment-1.136.96.222-20150330095407

The short summary is that it is advertised as 'win up to 80 Gold'. Therefore it must be possible to complete without any Gold upgrades.

This is what I am aiming for. The only challenge I have had to Gold upgrade was the last Ferrari one. Gold upgrading staright away just makes the AI work against you.

Like you said, if you have patience and learn some driving skills, there is no need to quit or skip a stage. Too many people want it handed to them rather than spend a bit of effort learning.