Talk:Fearless/@comment-31695504-20180101183917

The challenge is fun but it does get aggravating... for my wife. It's aggravating for me too. I upgraded to all 3s early on after I saw that was probably going to be the requirement for me to win. 6.2 took some time as did 7.2 but I was getting closer to the goal each time I tried. I try to put the game down for a while when it is taking a bunch of attempts and when I start again I can usually pass relatively quickly. I got stuck yesterday on 8.2 while getting within 1 mph of the goal. I upgraded the body to 4 and passed on the first attempt a couple mph over the goal so I restored and tried some more with all 3s. Finally accepted that I needed that last body upgrade so I bought it again and passed again. 8.3 took a few tries. I almost got it the first attempt but Santos spun me so I quit and restarted. The next two times I didn't get a good start around the first turn, quit and restarted then passed the fourth or fifth attempt. I am working on 8.4 with five hours left to go. I am still repairing my house after it flooded during hurricane Harvey so I got a couple of days behind. I was so exhausted at night that I couldn't race without falling asleep. I plan on making a few more attempts at 8.4 before I skip it. No worries there, I built up some reserve gold during the summer by getting a bunch of series to 97-98% and leaving a time trial undone. It's kept me from just using gold for skips or upgrades when I don't really need to. Out of sight, out of mind.

Happy holidays! Joe