Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 10)/@comment-30400874-20161209120815/@comment-28165636-20161209194145

Winning by small margins won't do much, except keep the escalation steady. What you need is actual bot slowing. Hug the racing line in slow corners. Don't park, it will leave you vulnerable to losing control of the herd behind you, especially in Boss races. Just inch forward, try to mirror their movements behind you, anticipate the break-loose point and floor it. You can easily add 15 - 30 secs to the race time that way. If all fails, pit the leader(s).

You will see the benefits as you progress, because what this does is distort the bot performance. It will make Magnus, for instance, slower through the corners though he will be just as fast on the straights. That gives you a fighting chance, depending on track and race conditions.

I have level 1 upgrades, with difficulty rating "extreme" from 1st boss on my 4th run (169k points) I fell at Boss 8, ch28, on the past three runs. Bot slowing definitely works... up to a point.