Talk:The Sixth Element (v6.6)/@comment-31971267-20181017063228/@comment-35553674-20181017145821

How players percieve the difficulty of an SE is obviously related to their skill level but I think there are other factors involved. If, like me, you are not so skilled and manage to wind up the bots in the lower levels you will have a tough time of it in the later levels and conversely if you'll have an easier time of it if you haven't wound up the bots.

Once the bots are wound up the average player has to race his/her skin off or catch a bit of luck to win in several of the later goals. Trying hard and losing by the skin of your teeth at the very least maintains the bots enhanced speed but also may have the effect of further speeding them up - In winding up bots, losing by a small margin is the second worse thing you can do to winning by a large margin.

Stage 6 of this SE has three goals (traps)where it is all too easy to wind up the bots: 6,2 lap in opposite direction 6,3 win between 25~200m 6,4 speed record

I would say (if you want an easier time of it in stage 7 & 8) if you win any of the above by a high margin and your skill level is not up there with the best, it's worth considering restoring and rerunning the goal until you only win by a small margin - doing so may help you to retain your sanity in later goals.