Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-25956839-20150603081720/@comment-26463927-20150607221819

RR3 Michael P wrote: Thanks Dmtechguy, very interesting to know, did you complete 4.4 / 4.5 after the service? Have you started any upgrades, or are you going to see what's ahead? RR3 Michael P, if you feel this post is to long and/or abstract for your thread, please remove it. I want to show you and this extremely helpful forum the due respect.

I have not completed 4.5 actually. Sometimes I will get a goal stuck in my head and I won't compromise my goal for practicality. I can be quite stubborn. Today's goal is to complete 4.5 while being Less than 300 yards ahead of the closest bot. This has shaped up to be quite a challenge. The first obvious problem is the slow bots. The second problem is that the formula used in the program to derive a players average MPH has a set distance value equal to three laps around Spa + the distance from the players starting point to the start/finish. The time value is the lap clock - not the time the player is actually in motion.

That being said, in order to not be too far ahead of the bots by the end of the race I need to give them a significant head start. When I simply stayed at my start point for a minute or so my time value increases while my distance remains at zero, leaving me to make up that lost time by traveling at the cars top speed for most of the needed distance. But Spa has too many beautiful curves to do that. Then I tried a new tactic. I spun the car and drove down the track in the wrong direction for 40 seconds, during which time the average speed meter had gone up to around 90mph, spun it back around, and drove the entire race from there as fast as I could. I ended up finishing in first place with the meter saying 131mph average and less than 200 yards ahead of the first bot. Absolutely perfect!! But the red flag popped up saying I had failed! I retried variations of this, all with the same result. The only thing I can conclude is that the program recognizes that my distance traveled is larger than the value in its preprogrammed formula and disqualifies me for it.

I would really like to achieve my goal for this challenge. If you or anyone else has a method that I can use to solve my problem, I would love to hear from you!

And as far as upgrades are concerned I have just started my level 1 upgrades for tires, breaks and exhaust. My cars current power (speed/acceleration) feels great but I would like it to have more grip and sharper breaking.

Thank you for your time.

P.S. Your effort, attention to detail and dedication to this community is very greatly appreciated.