Career races have 3 stages similar to Olympic medals, rookie, expert, legend. You gain 1x score per stage. If you skip rookie and expert, you gain 3x scores in a single race, saving you the trouble ;)
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Edited the subject (making it a "tip")
I've been doing them all on Expert. I figure it's enough challenge (too much sometimes) and up until recently able to beat in a couple races after learning the track a bit. I haven't even tried one on Legend...tonight I will!
How harder is Legend compared to Rookie?
Smarter AI?
Faster AI (that would be dumb)?
JRD, the AI is better, more competitive, meaning harder... they are quickly ahead and have better pathfinding routines which, in the end, makes them faster.
Spaceboy, Until just now I always did each stage for each career race... Now I'll just do 'em legend. ;D
It's also not a bad idea to race one as Rookie to get the layout and pick up a star in the process, I just haven't done that.
The AI do pick short cuts that I didn't know about. Last night I saw 4 of them come bounding out of the trees on a little path and cut me off. Another time it was similar except I saw them coming and I was humming along pretty good - thought I'd make it but one dude slammed right into the side of my vehicle. Pretty funny stuff. I should record the one I was doing last night on the snow path, it was fun watching the other cars slide around and into stuff.
Quote from: spaceboy on July 03, 2009, 10:03:47 AMThe AI do pick short cuts that I didn't know about.
Ha! Just in the race I took the screenie, I saw those who always won before me go to the left using a small track, right after the start. I only learned about it because I didn't start properly and therefore had a different view at the track. You can actually learn from them :)