Talk:Jimmie Johnson Championship/@comment-86.147.83.168-20170330165148/@comment-27123099-20170330171935

Bot management. Enough said.

I'm at PR 54.2, 4432233 and I likely could have beaten 20.1 and 21.2 with a trashed car. Due to the free/instant servicing, I used a fully serviced car and was in 1st place on Daytona on the 2nd lap and in 1st place at Richmond by the 3rd lap.

Contrary to what some may try to tell you on here, bot management is very simple and not time-consuming at all. It's literally just making sure you win by as little as possible and trying to hold up the bots (when able).

Some will say you have to retry events countless times or spend 10minutes on a 2 minute race, but that's not true at all.

For this LTS for instance, I just play every race the same way, I work to get to 1st place, then I PIT or hold up the bots and then win by a small margin (<40yds generally). If it's a speed or time event, then finishing as close to the goal as possible is ideal. Don't overshoot the goals too much, even if you can.

This results in slower bots being gradually given to you and it reaches a point where you can complete many of the events in this LTS with an unserviced car.

I recommend you try this out on a few races in the LTS (just go back and re-race them). Since you seem to have fast bots already, you'll likely have to start by losing a few races, but even that's quick. I find that just starting a race, running for 10sec or so then quitting is enough to slow the bots in many cases. Do this a handful of times, then re-run the full race, working to get to the lead, then hold up or wreck the bots and finish with a small lead. Do this until you can easily reach the lead with an unserviced car (on a race other than 20.1 and 21.2) and once you are comfortable with that, then go ahead and service you car, then make a run for 20.1 or 21.2. I bet you'll see a dramatic difference in the bots you receive and how much easier it is to climb through the crowd and reach 1st place.

Still a few days left in this LTS, no reason to throw in the towel now.