Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-31525520-20170320164153/@comment-26070920-20170322152735

My advice to make quick progress and keep lots of gold (and R$) in your pocket: learn to play without assists and manual controls (tilt B) as soon as possible.

Takes a lot of getting used to in the beginning, but it's the only way forward in the end. WTTT, Gauntlets, special events etc. require you can drive without assists.

Take it step by step. Take them off one at a time. And start on the easy circuits, like the ovals. Start on the short events like the autocross. Start with the slower cars. Every time you practice gets you closer to being able to go without assists.

Gives you later breaking, better and earlier accelaration, and once you've mastered it much more enjoyment. I would say that where you need to almost fully upgrade to get through a series with all assists on, you will need a maximum of 25% of the upgrades if you can race with all assists off.