Talk:Research & Development/Apollo Intensa Emozione/@comment-35292802-20180516040807/@comment-35292802-20180516073818

Waited for a fresh batch of keys and watched a few videos in the meantime. Here's what I did differently.

1. Focus on what the goal really is (beat the target time), the AI is only there to distract you so ignore it (Swanging & Banging: thanks for the tip)

2. Forget about perfect nitros: the car's nitro efficiency is pretty good so triple-tap and go straight to level 3. You might not need to take this step but it helps, especially with the extra tank.

3. Take the corners tightly, but not too tight. My mistake the first time was taking them too wide and expecting my speed to make up for that, and with the first of my next 3 keys I ran myself into a wall and wrecked at the 270-degree loop.

4. Remember the traffic pattern. Between the first and last S-curves there is no traffic, so it can be easy to forget it's even there. This makes the final roundabout after the train tracks the worst part (in my opinion) because of how easy it is to forget about the two traffic vehicles on the innermost lane (gray box truck and yellow car). I got overeager and forgot about the car and ended up crashing into it, wasting my second key. I would've won otherwise.

Got the car with the last key, took it for a test run in multiplayer, and I'm loving it. Vulcans used to be such a pain and now I don't see them online anymore.

Here's hoping I can use the Apollo to rank up so I can get the 675LT.