Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-35180316-20181011013659/@comment-28169398-20181017011240

RattleSnack wrote: RattleSnack wrote: SM Racer wrote: RattleSnack wrote:  It was imposible for me to get near 3rd place with PR 87.0 vs PR 86.7 required for the tier in the Mount Panorama speed trap. Had to try 12 times to beat down the bots enough to achieve 3rd place. This isn't a new problem with the M8 LTS. I've had this problem is pretty much every LTS where I've stepped up the car's PR along with the minimum requirement. Just dealt with it earlier today - Porsche 909, 14.2 Brands Hatch Speed Snap. Tier 14 PR minimum = 61.7, I'm at 61.9. Auralpod runs 255.1 kph in 14.2, but the 909 can barely go over 251.1. I'm not Speed Junkie, but I'm not 4kph off the pace in a speed snap either. Nothing to do except bot slow.

The top bots are quite obviously upgraded beyond the minimum PR.

I agree that this is not a new problem in the M8 LTS that the bots are unbalanced between the events, but I am finding it rather crass in this LTS!

Anyhow, I have resorted to a new strategy to stop me getting too annoyed with the faults of this game ... I will complete this LTS as much as possible with an unserviced car and then service it to complete the Mount Panorama sneep snap! Having ridiculous bots and then needing to service the car after one event as a result it just plain frustrating.

OK, I‘m going to rant now.

How ridiculous is this: I just scraped through the Mount Panaroma speed snap after beating down the bots and still took many attempts.

oooo!‘s speed: 199,33 mph

My speed: 199,35 mph after many attemps @ full PR for the LTS (88.6). Just scraped through. Am I that bad??

Next stage: Speed snap at Red Bull circuit. Speed to beat: 130,xx mph. I get 134 mph and had to slow down at the end. Probably would have had 140 mph otherwise.

Then next stage was the autocross at Dubai. Time to beat 19,393 seconds. My car is now slightly unserviced and I get 17,5 secs, first attempt, not really pushing.

Last event: 7 laps of Suzuka. Car now about 50% unserviced. Top bot is jojo76. I lapped all the bots and jojo76 just before the end. I made many mistakes too.

No consistency!

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End of rant! That was the unintended consequence of not tuning the difficulty correctly. Because it took many so many attempts to pass, it crushed their driver rating for the series so that for the remainder of events it treated them like a Noob.