Talk:Aston Martin Vulcan/@comment-34040565-20180130211542/@comment-34040565-20180208030056

@FE - I'm currently 10/2/10/8 @1661. I don't think I can upgrade another level and stay under 1670. Although the rank started going up in increments of 5 after 1600, they start going up in increments of 10.

Hope this was the right move. At rank 1600 I would regularly face MP4-25's ranked higher than me. Even if I now face players ranked slightly higher with 1661 that I wouldn't have faced as often (or at all) with my 1600 rank mp4-25, it seems I'm able to be more competitive and achieve a higher rating with the higher rank.

If FFilms had his at 1600 and went up and still says to keep it under 1670 in MP, I think I'm OK.

Still waiting to test the Hommage matchmaking while risking points to see if I get close matches. I'm still on the fence about bumping accel and going to 1569. Currently, I'm -still- at the 0520,5054 @1562 tune. I've read everything you have had to say about feeding two types of players with the 1569 tune, etc. Additionally, I feel I'm not worse off in matchmaking. I just don't want to somehow lose something I had at 1562 by tuning up. Granted, as you already know, although Hommage is king of 1500s, it's subject to terrible matchmaking. I regularly am finding myself tuned with Hommages higher in the 1500s and low-mid 1600s.

I guess I just haven't pulled the trigger because so many seem to refer to 1562 as -the- rank for this cars dominance. Even if it was tuned in the 1530s, it seems there is no absolute dominant rank like the SLK has where you're always going to smoke everyone.

I figure I'll try races with risking points (not that I always want to do that) to see how the matching goes. Some races I'm paired with 0 Hommages and everyones under 1600, possibly under 1575 or even below my 1562. Other times it's a different story. I think time of day plays a big role here as well. When more players are online, matchmaking will be better.

I really want to tune up the accel in hopes this car can be more dominant more often, since it's not nearly as dominant as my mp4-25 I'm coming to find. Even if it's not anymore dominant and victim of bad matching always, I'd still do it to better my chances. I'm just in no rush I suppose. I do want to use the vehicle more though, switching off between it and my MP4-25 equally abouts.

Then the new SLK tune comes into effect as well. I wonder what strategy I should use for increasing points most effectively. Sometimes SLK races (just did a ticketed one of each 3 cars) only give me 2 points, for example. Any idea how you would approach using the vehicles for booting rating? Would you simply stick to the SLK if it ensures you'll always win points, even if it's less than 5 points per race? Or would you mix it up a bit? It's hard with the Hommage because I want to use it for ticket races to get the best idea of matchmaking, yet I don't want to be victim of the bad matchmaking and potentially lose points, haha. As long as I'm able to place at least 2nd though, I should still gain some points since the winning player will most likely have a higher rating than 1900. However, I don't think this has always been the case, if the player has a Vulcan.