Talk:Championship/2018 McLaren X2/@comment-35292802-20180708223349


 * frustrated sigh*   Where do I even begin?

I managed to get the car, finishing the championship at 330/342. As long as I get the last Championship box at 315, I'm happy.

When it started I had one CRE in my inventory, which I immediately used to upgrade tires. My thought process was this:

1). Acceleration upgrades are unnecessary because of how quickly the car accelerates already, and we are already moving when we start the time attacks.

2). Nitro duration is less than stellar, and the upgrades don't do much for it.

3). The car tends to skid, especially on rough terrain. Handling upgrades are important.

4). Top speed is a given, especially with the potential increase when upgraded.

I eventually started upgrading drivetrain to get even more speed, and it was working. I was easily finishing every qualifier, every secondary and tertiary goal. Not a single challenge failed, not a single token spent.

Then I got to Rio, and I was reminded just how much I hated the McLaren Championships.

I was stuck, and I didn't want to autopass because the secondary and tertiary goals make the qualifiers even more difficult, so I tried my luck with the mini-boxes to get some engines. I went from having nearly 10,000 tokens to having just over 4,000, and I only got FOUR CREs out of it. Tokyo actually seemed easier (maybe it was the layout that did it for me), and I was able to get the Championship box at 235, with another 4 engines. Finished Rio, did some more qualifiers in Tokyo, and I was satisfied to get the last box.

My MP4-25 is already at PRO, but my MP4-31 is at [10,7,10,10] so I'll need to find 2 more CREs. Meanwhile my X2 is at [10,0,9,0].

Now my paranoia is kicking in: Will Gameloft release another car in the future that requires CREs for 10 levels of PRO kits? Or should I spend the four CREs that I have, and if so, on what?