Thread:ShinnyShin/@comment-34673050-20190107083332/@comment-27980511-20190109172447

@Leigton

You're very welcome. And let me just say that your English is pretty good, so don't worry too much and just be confident.

I'm happy to answer your questions here, so let's begin:

1]  Your low 1700 rank was one of the best ranks available for the Apollo IE. The reason you were paired with MAX+PRO Apollo IEs and PRO X2s is because you most likely didn't race at 100% Race Bonus, or maybe you kept Saving your points every time.

Take a look at the picture below, for example.



When you finish a race, you need to Make A Choice To Proceed. The best option is always the one in the middle - Risk Points.

You always start out at 0% in the beginning. But you can raise it with each race, and after 4-5 races you can get up to 100%.

Look at the top-right part of the next image:



My Apollo IE is ranked at 1695, so I will use this example to show you what each one means in my case:

-  0% = Very Dangerous. All opponents will be MAX+PRO - 25% = Slightly Dangerous. 75% of opponents will be MAX+PRO - 50% = Balanced. 50% of opponents will be MAX+PRO and 50% will be same rank or lower - 75% = Slightly Safe. 25% opponents might be MAX+PRO, most will be same rank or lower -100% = Very Safe. 80-90% opponents will be same rank or lower, but up to 20% might be MAX+PRO

Now look at the images below to see the competitions for each Risk level:



MP ranks are calculated at up to 120 points difference between racers, so the lowest opponents I can face are around rank 1575, and the highest I can face are rank 1815, but it's usually low 1700s Apollo IEs and 1600s McLaren X2s.



Basically, at 0% Risk, I have a much higher chance of facing MAX+PRO competition because the game assumes I have equal skills in my 1695 Apollo IE. But at 100% Risk, I face more safe opponents and there is less chance of getting killed by MAX+PRO competition.

So I get paired with similar ranks because I always choose the middle option - NOT Save Points. I only choose to Save points when I get the streak that I want, for example 18K points.

If you keep choosing Save Points, your opponents will always be stronger than you are. I don't really understand why, but this is the case.

2] This point that I mentioned is linked to what I said above. What I mean is, for a MP tuned car like a rank 1695 Apollo IE, it is safer to Risk our Race Bonus to 100% because the game gives us similar rank opponents or weaker opponents that we can beat, so we survive in MP more often.

If we choose to Save our points and keep the Race Bonus at 0%, then the game gives us MAX+PRO opponents who we cannot beat. And since you now have a MAX+PRO Apollo IE, you are in the same group that MP tuned cars are trying to avoid.

In the case of your R8 SE, it's usually a better car up to the mid-1300s ranks. Matching with higher ranks has always been the case, and it actually becomes less useful the higher you go. Mine was at 1172 when I got it from the R&D, and it was good when I risked my Race Bonus to 100%.

But when I lost a streak and went down to 0%, I kept facing higher tunes. A lot of players were trying to outrank each other by upgrading more and more, and the R8 SE has one of the best performance at lower ranks - the Top Speed.

Mine is 1206 right now, and the competition is balanced. But I don't use it much these days because there are too many strong opponents.

Simple answer, anything over 1350 and the car is not so good anymore because of Carrera GTs, MP4-25s and other A-Class cars with similar Top Speeds.

3] First off, congratulations on getting the Centenario. I failed to get mine but it was at 5535 5052 [rank 1748]. From what I hear, it's not very competitive unless it's near MAX+PRO. I have been racing in MP for the last 2 days in Off-Season races, and there are 2-3 Centenarios per race.

I was using my 488 Pista [ranked 1758] and the MAX+PRO Centenarios beat me every single time. But the lower ranked ones [1700s or less] were very easy to beat. The Centenario is a strong car but its best potential is at least near MAX+PRO. My advice is to get it to MAX+PRO because it is very good there, just like the X2.

Centenario's Top Speed at your rank 1722 is only 486kph, and my 1695 rank Apollo IE is 506kph. That's why your car can't compete.

But if you MAX+PRO your Centenario, you will go at 512kph. MAX+PRO Apollo IE is 510kph and PRO X2 is also 510kph. See the difference? Only danger is IE and X2 both accelerate much faster and have better handling. But Centenario has higher Top Speed.

It's the exact opposite of Apollo IE, which is now not good at MAX+PRO. It used to be, before the X2 was introduced. Do you own a X2?

You see, the reason for all of this is because at MAX+PRO, you need SKILLS. Everyone has an equally powerful car, but it's less about the car and more about the skills. So generally, only go for MAX+PRO for TLES and only if you are supremely skilled in MP. Otherwise, go for MP tune always.

There are plenty of videos on YouTube that show how the Centenario performs at MAX+PRO, so check them out!

What platform do you race on?

I play on Android, and my driver name is also ShinnyShin.

I'm glad to help you, if you have any more questions, let me know!