Talk:Nissan 370Z Special Edition (Research & Development)/@comment-34600274-20190123001308

Is 2019 the Year of the Face? Thanks to the peculiar decision to put a face on this car, instead of the year's respective animal, the ARSE continues to be the most badass looking SE car. Year of the Pig would've been awesome for a Hommage SE, but that idea is totally lost since Asphalt 8 likely won't survive another full cycle of the Chinese calendar.

This was the second R&D since the summer that I had to complete it at the minimum recommended tuning due to lack of engines. The other was the Hyundai i30 N R&D. I think that this R&D was slightly more difficult than the Hyundai's only because Lab 3 required significant upgrades to top speed early on just to clear the AI races by a small margin. Both R&Ds featured Azure Coast for the final AI race and were probably about equal in terms of difficulty. At minimum recommended tuning I felt that Test 44 in the 370Z SE R&D was unusually demanding for a penultimate AI race in comparison to the i30 N's R&D.

I think the other side to this story is the number of engines that needed to be procured outside of the 370Z SE's R&D just to reach the minimum recommended tuning to pass the R&D. I opened about sixty Random Boxes (the 2-card and 3-card variety) and only found two V6 engines. I managed to squeeze out another three V6 engines from opening twelve Compact Split Boxes. Thankfully that was all that I required in order to supplement my existing V6 inventory because the cost to buy out both Lab 4 AI races was rather steep for a one-trick pony.