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Hello All. Before I hop into this just wanted to say hello. My first thread here on GTP I've been a regular visitor and now I want to contribute.
So credit grinding. What it is, how to do it and my personal strategies.
Simply its building up credits to get that all important car or to tune your whole garage. I have this figured out: Time + Prize = Gross Winnings. Gross Winnings - Car, Parts, and Maintainence = Net Winnings. The more you sink into getting your car and keeping it working well the less you end up with in the end. So since Time ultimately equals money let's go.
Strategies:
Before you even get on the track you should ideally have your Daily bonus up to 200% that way you work more efficiently. I have two preferred methods that I use and these are it.
International A Like The Wind:
Take your pick of race but most people prefer Race 3 at SSRX doing 1 lap. Its a simple run, Two Straightaways, and Two wide sweeping Corners. The simplicity makes it easy for a quick run to get credits, especially for people who don't want to actually deal with a technical track. The race is simple, just go faster in a line than everyone else. However the simplicity has its faults, it is horribly boring and has put me to sleep late at night, (getting rudely jarred awake when my 260+ mph rocket inevitably smashes into a corner) and has thoroughly ruined the track for me. I would recommend using something as cheap as you can find that can go 260+ Mph/400+ Kph, and using that, so you don't run down a 100000 credit car to have to restore it for 500000. My personal choice is the R34 Nür 61k for car and 160k for upgrades.
The other option I use which is my preferred tactic for actually grinding a massive amount quickly vs a quick simple credit run.
Red Bull X Challenge, RB X2014 Strd. Chpn.
Race 5 Nürburgring GP/F
There are many reasons I prefer to use this race over LTW SSRX. One you don't have to buy or upgrade a car to run it. Two You aren't going in a straight line so
its less boring, mind you I used Less its still boring after a half hour. Three Time = Money and this race has not only a better payout (138k vs 70k for SSRX) but takes only slightly more time. (My Avg is 4:30 vs 3:45 on SSRX). The problem here is that is takes some talent to win every time, but once you learn the tricks its easy to ace this race.
Tips: I'm in it to win it, I don't want to challenge myself I want to win and quickly. So I run the following aids A/T ASM and SRF TCS at 5. You can and should change the tires to Racing Soft before you start, its free and in the driver options menu. You can also up the braking force in the RM menu once you start if you need to, but the settings will rarely stick and the RB won't lock its brakes up.
The thing to remember is the massive downforce in this thing, you can power around corners at full blast your instincts tell you to brake for. Run the course several times finding not your limits, but that of the car. Use the curbs and the paved off track areas, they are your friends, you can take corners wider and faster than the competition. The best places to off track for the advantage is the loop after the first hairpin at the start and the switchback at the end of the loop all have wide paved areas you can use to get ahead by going wide and fast. The grass before the final chicane can also be used at full speed, aim for the asphalt as you cut the grass and you'll come flying past anything in front of you, word of caution watch out for traffic coming from the chicane and time yourself or you'll just get tboned and end up father back then you were. The Esses after the second hairpin, can be blown through ontrack at full speed, don't doubt that. As I said all your instincts tell you to brake when the car is screaming hit the gas, listen to the car, not yourself (at first anyway). SAND IS NOT YOUR FRIEND, even one tire on the sand and you'll likely go sliding hopelessly off the track or spin losing valuable time.
Good luck out there GTP, See you on the track.
Mod: Forgive me, first post, move as you see fit.
Edit: Spelling
So credit grinding. What it is, how to do it and my personal strategies.
Simply its building up credits to get that all important car or to tune your whole garage. I have this figured out: Time + Prize = Gross Winnings. Gross Winnings - Car, Parts, and Maintainence = Net Winnings. The more you sink into getting your car and keeping it working well the less you end up with in the end. So since Time ultimately equals money let's go.
Strategies:
Before you even get on the track you should ideally have your Daily bonus up to 200% that way you work more efficiently. I have two preferred methods that I use and these are it.
International A Like The Wind:
Take your pick of race but most people prefer Race 3 at SSRX doing 1 lap. Its a simple run, Two Straightaways, and Two wide sweeping Corners. The simplicity makes it easy for a quick run to get credits, especially for people who don't want to actually deal with a technical track. The race is simple, just go faster in a line than everyone else. However the simplicity has its faults, it is horribly boring and has put me to sleep late at night, (getting rudely jarred awake when my 260+ mph rocket inevitably smashes into a corner) and has thoroughly ruined the track for me. I would recommend using something as cheap as you can find that can go 260+ Mph/400+ Kph, and using that, so you don't run down a 100000 credit car to have to restore it for 500000. My personal choice is the R34 Nür 61k for car and 160k for upgrades.
The other option I use which is my preferred tactic for actually grinding a massive amount quickly vs a quick simple credit run.
Red Bull X Challenge, RB X2014 Strd. Chpn.
Race 5 Nürburgring GP/F
There are many reasons I prefer to use this race over LTW SSRX. One you don't have to buy or upgrade a car to run it. Two You aren't going in a straight line so
its less boring, mind you I used Less its still boring after a half hour. Three Time = Money and this race has not only a better payout (138k vs 70k for SSRX) but takes only slightly more time. (My Avg is 4:30 vs 3:45 on SSRX). The problem here is that is takes some talent to win every time, but once you learn the tricks its easy to ace this race.
Tips: I'm in it to win it, I don't want to challenge myself I want to win and quickly. So I run the following aids A/T ASM and SRF TCS at 5. You can and should change the tires to Racing Soft before you start, its free and in the driver options menu. You can also up the braking force in the RM menu once you start if you need to, but the settings will rarely stick and the RB won't lock its brakes up.
The thing to remember is the massive downforce in this thing, you can power around corners at full blast your instincts tell you to brake for. Run the course several times finding not your limits, but that of the car. Use the curbs and the paved off track areas, they are your friends, you can take corners wider and faster than the competition. The best places to off track for the advantage is the loop after the first hairpin at the start and the switchback at the end of the loop all have wide paved areas you can use to get ahead by going wide and fast. The grass before the final chicane can also be used at full speed, aim for the asphalt as you cut the grass and you'll come flying past anything in front of you, word of caution watch out for traffic coming from the chicane and time yourself or you'll just get tboned and end up father back then you were. The Esses after the second hairpin, can be blown through ontrack at full speed, don't doubt that. As I said all your instincts tell you to brake when the car is screaming hit the gas, listen to the car, not yourself (at first anyway). SAND IS NOT YOUR FRIEND, even one tire on the sand and you'll likely go sliding hopelessly off the track or spin losing valuable time.
Good luck out there GTP, See you on the track.
Mod: Forgive me, first post, move as you see fit.
Edit: Spelling
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