Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-112.206.122.20-20171111235109/@comment-28169398-20171113145057

Mugwumps wrote: Oh, and FWIW, the Venom upgraded for series completion could hit the speed requirement 3 places a lap. Not to say it wasn't a PITA.

What series? Breakneck Legends? Because my Venom GT is upgraded to 93.3 and I couldn't get it to the required Speed anywhere but on Mulsanne 1. Maybe at the time I wasn't exiting the turns properly, but I couldn't do it. Otherwise it meant another 230 for a Bonus Series car to FU. As it is Front-Runner's recommend PR of 93.3 was Engine -2 or 765 in upgrades and events 8.5 and 8.6 that were extremely difficult, meaning that you either dumped the gold that you had already invested in the car or paid the 80 skip to "win" the car. And considering the difficulty, I would argue that there wasn't a guaranteed pass with an FU car. So that made it a net 755 for the car.

I didn't bother to try 8.6 in the Flashback. I spent the better part of a day trying to pass 8.5, but I'd either have the average and lose the back-end at Porsche in the second lap (one try I made it all the way to the Ford chicane on the second lap and got red flag because it said I cut) or get through and cross the finish line with less than the average. I had no intention of paying the skip to see if I could pass 8.6 as I already owned the car.

I think that the special events have been much fairer of late. Track To Tarmac was completeable at the recommended PR, though you needed some great drives, and the net of ~210 puts it in the reach of most everyone. I can live with getting cars in events for about 300 in upgrades, it is far fairer than what Firemonkeys was doing in the Spring of 2016. And 7.2 and 7.3 weren't frustration fests like 8.5 (red flag in the 26th kilometer) and 8.6, they were "I know that I have the time in the lap that I can make up, where can I find it? Brake a little earlier here to prevent a skid, accelerate a hair sooner here, brake later here." and "I know if I set up the turn properly and get correct line, I can hit the top speed and slow just enough to make it through the chicane." These events made you look for places to improve, which at the heart of these challenges is what they should be doing.