Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20171108164018/@comment-32545704-20171111000242

MoisesGabby wrote: Anti bot slowing experiment continues...

Still blasting through these stages as fast as possible, and only applying upgrades when needed. One exception was 3.3, had to get in front of Michael on "lap 0" and hold him up for a few seconds to stop him building up too big a lead. Even though he was quite easy to catch, Norm was so useless that Michael would get too far ahead if I stayed behind on lap 1.

Arrived at 4.1 with 0101010 PR 53.3, target was 6.6 miles (10.6km)

Cloud saved then upgraded to 1111111 PR 56.0, target dropped to 6.5 miles

Upgraded to 3333333 PR 65.4, target dropped to 6.1 miles

Cloud restored and finished 4.1 with 0101010 PR 53.3, target back to 6.6 miles, I won with 10.5 miles. I'll find out later what effect that has on 4.4 target.

Upgrading definitely reduces the targets, and there is some degree of bot management possible, but the range of targets does not seem to be that big. I still suspect it will not matter in the end when the really hard fixed goal stages arrive.

4.2 upgraded to 0111111  won in 2.52 vs Michael 2.53 (upgrades did not slow Michael down on this event)

4.3 0111111 finished long way ahead of Ahmed, tailgated Michael over the line in 4.55

4.4 target was 149.26 mph (240.21 kph) at 0111111. had to upgrade to 1111113, target was 148.98 mph (239.76 kph) won with 149.71 mph (240.93 kph)

5.1 1111113 won with +426yd vs Zoe +223yd

5.2 1111113 finished 3rd in 1.34.8

5.3 1131113 acceleration upgrade needed for tailgating, 2nd in 2.25.998, didn't notice Michael or Zoe getting slower after upgrades

5.4 1131113 target was 175.09 mph (281.78kph). upgraded to 1231113 (need speed at Suzuka!) won with 175.74 mph (282.83 kph) vs Michael 175.04 mph (281.70 kph), about 0.5 seconds to spare

Still no crazy high targets compared to others' reports, although they are at the higher end of the range