Talk:Generations/@comment-26249703-20160409151057

Well, I've often seen reports in the past about bots' performance changing after upgrading, but I hadn't experienced it myself or realised it was quite that drastic.

I tried to win 6.2 a few times, completing 7 races with R$ only, my best finishing position was around 14th, with a finish time of about 5:51.xxx (leader at 5:40.xxx). I tried some tactics to slow down the bots, nope they wouldn't budge. The difficulty was rated as red (Extreme). My car's PR was 56.2, compared to the recommended 61.2, so perhaps not that surprising.

So I put one GC upgrade in each category, plus got R&D started on the subsequent R$ upgrades (except Exhaust, as there were none). My PR was now 60.2 and the difficulty orange (medium or hard, can't remember). I race, without noticing a huge improvement in my initial lap but whereas I would overtake 42nd place near the start of the 3rd lap, before, I now see them mid-way through the second actual lap. I'm even 16th by the start of the last lap, finally catching the same leader as in the old races, but halfway through the final lap! I end up waiting at the lane, with a finishing time of 5:57.471.

So instead of finishing 14th with a time of 5:51.xxx, I finish first with a 5:57.xxx. In my opinion, that's completely inadequate. Yes, I'm closer to the recommended PR, but I'm not winning the race because of my own improved performance, but because of the opponents' reduced performance, which only occured when mine was improved! No logic there.

Also, I think this may mark the end of the Android advantage of iOS :/