Talk:Silver Tourer/@comment-27123099-20180709165014

On 6.4 with all 3's. Soooo close!!! I've made probably 50 attempts (most force-closed partway through due to off-track and/or bots getting in my way). Several times I've had Zoe within about 50yds or less near the final hairpin, but can't quite catch her. I just need a couple of pass attempts to go a bit better and I think I could have her.

I'm fighting obtaining another upgrade, though I know if I do i'd likely win on my next attempt. I just don't want to give FM the satisfaction. I truly hate this model that suddenly makes the bots more manageable with even a single GC upgrade purchase. I definitely won't suddenly become 1-2sec faster per lap with that one upgrade.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. At this point, I'd prefer FM just bite the bullet and make SE's require a PR rather than just recommend it. I really feel this is where they're eventually heading considering how much more aggressive they've become about forcing GC spending in the past yer or so. It's definitely not my favorite outcome, but if the alternative includes more SE's like the ones we've seen in recent updates, then I'd begrudgingly accept it.

These SE's are no longer about skill (unless you're in the top 5%), instead it's about whether you've paid the toll or not. The fun of the SE's (which used to be my favorite event type) has been sucked away in favor of a psuedo-required PR which requires FM to manipulate the game such that they can control the outcome for the vast majority of the players. It's frustrating to see them slowly destroy this game that has so many good parts to it.

Hope to update later with my success on 6.4 and 6.5 with no additional upgrades, I've got about 14hrs remaining to get it done!