Talk:No Compromise/@comment-27123099-20160705212654

Stuck on 8.5 still, sitting at PR 91.3. I'm in a test mode at the moment, I still have a save from before I added 1 more upgrade. Trying to decide if the upgrade was worthy it or if skipping 8.3 and 8.5 would be a better option. It's only an 8GC difference (75 GC for the upgrade, 80GC to skip the two races). Either way, I believe I'm stuck spending this additional GC regardless.

I spent probably an hour racing 8.3 every which way I could think of (at PR 90.6) and the closest I got was within .3mph (with the goal at 234.35mph). Though of course once I added the additional upgrade (3rd Body upgrade), the target dropped to 233.886mph and I managed 235.43mph on my 1st attempt. I really hate that change FM made.....

So, in any case, I did not save since I still wanted to see how I'd fare on 8.5. Got to say, I've been stuck on it for the better part of the day. I can barely seem to string 2-3 clean laps together, much less 4 laps and chasing down Zoe.

I honestly feel like my skills are fine, but I literally feel like the game (both the car physics and the bot AI), are conspiring to make sure I can't complete this race. I feel like the handling and braking is not consistent. For instance, on the corner that exits from the infield to the banks (same corner used in 8.3), I feel like I know my braking point really well now after practicing on 8.3 so much. But, about 1/3 of the time, the car acts as though I barely touched the brakes and will shoot off out of the turn and off-track. This happens in some other turns as well, I'm just not getting consistency. I've not noticed this on other races with the same device, so I'm not suspecting a device issue. Seems to literally just be related to the this one event.

I also find that many times, when I'm on the brakes for a turn and I happen to touch the back of the bot in front of me, several times my car will just spin 180degrees and it effectively ends my race. I don't go off-track, but it slows me down enough to make continuing on worthless.

If I could get an honest run, with a consistent, predictable car, I think I'd be fine. But as it stands now, I've not yet even been able to complete 4 laps without going off-track (99% of the time due to another bot or my unpredictable braking). But, I've got about 5hours left to decide if I'm going to continue to bang my head against the wall and eventually beat 8.5, or if I'm going to restore, skip 8.3 and 8.5 and call it a day.