Talk:Research & Development/Mazda RX-8 Special Edition/@comment-27403942-20180721102127

Newbs: Do not OP cars in special events unless you are a KD wizard.

OP = more than 50-70 rank points higher than the recommendation.

Yes, time trials will be easier, but knockdowns (KDs) will be much harder bc you’ll fly by cars rather than hitting them. There are KD tests in each lab.

For this R&D that means you shouldn’t tune to 0505 or above in the first two labs, and probably not even in most or all of Lab 3. My tune is 0303/3020, Rank 1194. I easily passed Lab 2 and am waiting for Lab 3 to open (Rank recom = 1158, so I’m not OP and can pass KD tests. At that tune, without boosts, I easily got all the KDs necessary, most or all within the first 20 seconds of the race.