Talk:Research & Development/BMW 3.0 CSL Hommage/@comment-33556790-20180126233941

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:6.5px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:5.2px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">Just won it today tuned at MAX PRO. I was tuned at MAX PRO towards the end of Lab 2 so for everyone trying to go for MP tuned versions your experience might be a little different.

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">The only hard races are the knockdown races and the one Venice flawless race. Most other races just require you to be patient. (Which I wasn't a couple of times)

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">Test 42: 15 knockdowns - very hard. Be patient with this one. I had 2 perfect runs initially and was thinking this is easy. After that I burned through 5 keys without being able to complete it. I ended up paying tokens to keep QCs in some of the better runs. You might go through a lot of proto keys and get impatient trying to win it but trust me the remainder of the tests from this point on are not as bad so you can finish it with relative ease after this point.

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">Test 31: Flawless - Also very hard (for me since I struggle at Venice) The troll is strong with this one. My advice is to keep drifting in the narrow areas to avoid getting wrecked. Couple of times I just touched the wall and the car exploded. So weird.

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">Test 26 and 12 are both Knockdowns and are hard because of the weird handling that the Hommage has. They are easier than the tests listed above but still took me a few tries (extra keys)  to get through it.

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">Test 50 is not too bad, but it's defintely not easy. As long as you can get a clean run you'll be fine. I mention this especially for all of you with MP tunes to just be a little careful and make minimum mistakes. You probably don't need to run an extra tank. I did for my peace of mind and I was ready to be done with the R&D and own the Hommage (been waiting for it and planning for it for a loooong time)

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">So why didn't I list test 48 Iceland flawless? It's because at that point the car magically became stable for me (like it is in the game elsewhere outside of the R&D). It turned into a tank. I swiped and bumped into the wall inside the cave a few times and spun out in weird directions and still somehow managed to not crash during any of the runs that I made. It also helped that the only thing that I was chasing in this test was the time goals taking the shortest route and only picked up QCs that were right there. This way in each run I got around 12-13 QCs and was able to finish it after a few tries.

<p style="border-bottom-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-width:0px;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;border-right-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-right-style:none;border-top-color:rgb(213,212,212);border-top-style:none;color:rgb(213,212,212);font-family:&quot;HelveticaNeue&quot;,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin-bottom:13px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:13px;orphans:2;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-top:0px;text-align:left;text-decoration:none;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;vertical-align:baseline;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;">The hardest thing about the whole R&D is the insane number of QCs that need to be collected. As you are about to finish a test you will miss that one last QC making you to do a rerun. I'm realizing that is by design, because suddenly the Hommage just magically changes direction. It makes it very tempting to burn the tokens and get past it. Be patient and you can finish it. Good luck. I hope this helps