Talk:The Gauntlet (Season 13)/@comment-33063766-20180120080647

- Whether skipping bosses is 'not-done' or 'tactically smart' ? - I came to realize that it can be quite smart to skip bosses.

On my high end device I won this gauntlet in 1 go with a R$-only RSR. I did not have the car before. BTW many many thanks to SpeedJunkie, ME7 et al for the video examples of all special events: that absolutely improved my driving skills. For instance, with the speed snap on Mount Panorama in this gauntlet, initially with some relaxed concentration I was a few mph under the target. But "I knew" with the gained driving tips from the MP4/4 SE that it is doable.

But on a second device (of my son) I repeated the same tactic but stalled in stage 35, banked around 150000 points. In general eEach iteration of a boss challenge gets harder and harder so you have to decide whether to put (GC) upgrades on the RSR. But then again; when is it enough?

There is a good correlation between the points and GC skipping costs. Roughly 1GC for every 1000 points. So with 80000 points to go I had the choice, skip boss challenge costing 80GC in worst case scenario (if you however manage to win some more bosses the 'damage' of 80GC can be reduced). Or, apply gold upgrades and hope it is enough - together with your skills - to beat all the subsequent bosses... The risk however here is that these upgrades are not sufficient along the way and more (GC) upgrades are required.

So on the tablet of my son as of stage 35, I choose to attempt a boss level but when obviously unwinnable, skip it. This was cheaper than applying upgrades. My strategy is to get all cars first (expensive GC cars via LTS, SE, flashbacks etc), get playable career/bonus series to 75% and after that gradually apply the mined Gold to further upgrade all cars to ultimately complete all series.