Originally posted by toyomatt84
I think if you hold R1 or L1 when choosing the Single Player difficulty, the Hard difficulty will change into Professional, which is harder, but not too hard. If you do all the races in Pro, you'll not need to worry ever again about Arcade races. All tracks will be unlocked.
The "Professional" races in Arcade mode are there to offer you something challenging
after you open all the tracks, and cars in the arcade mode. The "professional" races
do not count toward completion of arcade mode.
Also if you want to make all the cars and tracks available in the shortest amount of time, just race in "hard" mode. That automatically unlocks the prizes from the two lower modes.
I guess PD figured that if you could beat the races on "hard" you could also beat them on "easy" and "normal".
BTW, completing arcade mode counts toward 100% completion of the game.
I'm halfway thru my third or fourth restart. This time I'm not racing any of the cars in my garage to complete the races in arcade mode. (perhaps with the exception of the Test Course)
Oh and I just got my "triple" car win. Finished 50%, Beginner League, and the Altezza cup at the same time. I'll have to do some extra racing in Pro mode so I can get 75%, complete amatuer, and the All Japan series race at the same time. Love those "trifecta" wins.
