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Let this be a teaching opportunity given how much people are struggling with the Trial this week.

First race:

1:08 give the guy some space, there was a very real possibility of you ramming him into a tree
1:14 his fault, not yours
1:33 I'd have just gently tapped the brakes, let him pass, drafted behind him for as long as it lasts, mathematically certain he'd crash at some point shortly after, there is exactly zero point in fighting back
1:40 same thing, I'd have let the guy go, not even touching him
1:53 traffic car, i.e.: there's an obstacle on the road, flicker the brakes to reduce braking space, and stay deep on the inside of the corner
2:03 yes, there is a traffic car on your left, that is no excuse to remain so deep into the outside lane after you've overtaken it
2:05 O braking where art thou?
2:38 "..."

at that point so many players in your situation have given up entirely on the race and come dead last. But by not giving up, you keep overtaking Drivatars - for they too make mistakes even on Unbeatable - and keep putting points on the board for your team and removing them from the Drivatars, something fundamental that could conceivably help your team win, a rare feat

Second race:

3:22 nope, better to be sandwiched between the Bugatti and the Koenigsegg
3:29 dear newbies that lurk this forum, pay very close attention here: Quadro senses his car is going too far on the outside, decelerates, avoids hitting the wall on the right, and carves for himself a space between the mess of cars in front of him, this is excellent decision making in quite a short time
3:34 I'm not going to blame you because the Koenigsegg wasn't relenting and closed the door, it's not your fault, but even so, Unbeatable Drivatar or not I'm not driving through a wall
3:50 if you can't overtake the guy on the outside while leaving enough space, tap the brakes, draft and do it later, once again I simply do not fight, it's just not worth it
3:58 just no
4:25 at this point you've touched his car so many times he probably hates you, now you overtake him on the outside or don't, no reason to get yourself into a bizarre driving line

once again we see that despite the comedy of errors by all human and AI drivers alike, you put points on the board, and in this case your team manages to win. Thus avoids losing the championship and the Apollo. The Drivatars can keep their 1st and 2nd place all they want, humans don't even have to beat the fastest two at the finish line in order to win the race. Seizing the middle of the pack gives you enough points.

And why is that? It's because if you don't give up and avoid just coming dead last, you don't give 100 points to each Drivatar, and you earn more than 0 points. Funny that. Kids should try that sometimes...

There is no such thing as an excess of determination, consistency and safety. But if you convince yourself that there is no hope, your belief will help creating the fact.

+1 peoples should make these kinda teaching more, i hope i would be better in video editing so i would make videos showing what are good things to do in trial and what are not.

I'm recording most of my gameplay and I post seasonal champs. And I'm not very good so I do make all the mistakes your regular player would do. Feel free to dissect my failures and rare successes for a good cause :)

I just watch last race and there wasnt mutch action but i notice you drop too often gear in 1st gear, i just drive trial with F12 and i didint drop gear even once at 1st gear after start.

Do you use MC?

I just watch last race and there wasnt mutch action but i notice you drop too often gear in 1st gear, i just drive trial with F12 and i didint drop gear even once at 1st gear after start.

They're too used to getting everything and doing absolutely nothing to earn it...

This mid-40's bloke right here didn't have much trouble either after a few practice runs to familiarise myself with the tracks and the handling of my chosen car (Porsche 918) with whatever random tune I grabbed

They're too used to getting everything and doing absolutely nothing to earn it...

This mid-40's bloke right here didn't have much trouble either after a few practice runs to familiarise myself with the tracks and the handling of my chosen car (Porsche 918) with whatever random tune I grabbed

Lets drop the "them darn whippersnappers" routine,

If you go to the main trial thread, you'll see a 67 year old man didn't have any trouble. What's wrong with kids these days?

Lemme guess, it offends you.....

My post, when read in it's entirety; should provide some insight.

Not really. Either it does, or it doesn't.

As for the rest of your post, I guess you're saying of the 5 accounts I played the trials on, and acquired 5 Apollo's, I got lucky 5 times with random players. In a sense, it is a little lucky with at least a couple decent random. But I didn't need practice to take 1st.

Eyup, that's what I am saying.

[i]............................... or good breaking is the major reason you aren't winning...............

..................Using your team mates as breaks..............................

.................................whilst failing to apply suspension, breaks............................

Lemme guess, it offends you.....

As always:
Contact me over Xbox messages later today and I'll queue up with you. I'm sure some other players from the forum are willing to help, too.