Talk:Road Trip/@comment-28169398-20180328081714/@comment-27123099-20180328160034

Bot slowing works on SE's still, but it's effectiveness varies depending on your upgrades compared to the Recommended PR.

For instance, in this case, Amrosa is upgraded well above the recommended PR for Stage 3 (he has PR 36.9 vs. the recommended PR of 29.2). So, bot slowing will show reasonable effectiveness in this case.

However, if a player is closer to, or below the recommended PR, then bot slowing is much less effective.

Not only this, but some stages have fixed goals that will not drop due to bot slowing (but will sometimes drop if more upgrades are added).

As for me, I play this game in bot slowing mode virtually 100% of the time. I don't like to replay races if I can help it, so I do what I can to keep the bots slow as often as I can. Due to the differences with how the SE's work, I don't always get my wish of not repeating events (especially on later, more difficult challenges), but I use bot slowing regardless. Bot slowing is so ingrained in me by this point that I do it out of habit.