Rivals a credit machine?
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- Lma_robot
- lImaRobotl
Theres really not much to clue in. You pretty much just pick a rival, usually one right on top of you on the leaderboards, and beat his lap. Each time you beat a rival you get credits. It starts out low, but once you get higher in the leaderboards the bounty gets higher and higher. Most of my bountys are about 150,000 credits. You also would get more credits and exp the more laps you do.
The goal is to get into the 50,000+ bounty range without pulling the best laptime you can manage. You have to be fast, but you can't just run your best lap right away. It takes some trial-and-error to find that sweet spot.
Then, as ImaRobot said, you challenge the player immediately above you. Beat his time by a very small margin (if necessary, "sandbagging" your time by slowing down at the end), and repeat the process with the next player above you.
Example:
You set a laptime of 1'50.356. You challenge the player above you (1'50.355). You beat him with a laptime of 1'50.275. So you challenge the next player (1'50.274). You beat him with a laptime of 1'50.131...
Say the best lap you could possibly do with your skill level is a 1'45.xxx -- you can reap some big rewards inching your way down to that time. And even after you reach 1'45.xxx, there's nothing stopping you from improving on it; it simply becomes a true challenge at that point.
Then, as ImaRobot said, you challenge the player immediately above you. Beat his time by a very small margin (if necessary, "sandbagging" your time by slowing down at the end), and repeat the process with the next player above you.
Example:
You set a laptime of 1'50.356. You challenge the player above you (1'50.355). You beat him with a laptime of 1'50.275. So you challenge the next player (1'50.274). You beat him with a laptime of 1'50.131...
Say the best lap you could possibly do with your skill level is a 1'45.xxx -- you can reap some big rewards inching your way down to that time. And even after you reach 1'45.xxx, there's nothing stopping you from improving on it; it simply becomes a true challenge at that point.
magic_town
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- magic_town2
- magilt
Once you get to the harder ones, you make a ton of XP. One track day rivals I did ended up taking 15 laps because I kept touching cars, but I got more XP than I'd got in any race
it works like this.
First time you do a rivals event, Go at maybe 25%, that will get you into the 50k range. Then give it 30% (you earn 50k), exit event, pick rival above you and do it again. Give it a little bit more (just beat the time of the rival by as small a time as possible and you earn another 50k). Repeat these steps until you are filthy rich, Or bored. As I get bored quickly I tend to give it about 80% on my first time in the event. That gets me up into the 150k range and then I will push incrementally harder and harder each time, earning 150k a pop for maybe 5 minutes work each time.
First time you do a rivals event, Go at maybe 25%, that will get you into the 50k range. Then give it 30% (you earn 50k), exit event, pick rival above you and do it again. Give it a little bit more (just beat the time of the rival by as small a time as possible and you earn another 50k). Repeat these steps until you are filthy rich, Or bored. As I get bored quickly I tend to give it about 80% on my first time in the event. That gets me up into the 150k range and then I will push incrementally harder and harder each time, earning 150k a pop for maybe 5 minutes work each time.
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- mr tomcat 66
Aside from the bounty-credits the Rivals mode is also good for making credits and experience points. You may have realized by now that the only relevant issue for the amount of points in Forza 4 is: Milage (you get the same amount of credits for each lap: for example: 1 lap: 2.000 points, 2 laps: 4.000 points, 3 laps: 6.000 points, ...)
The longer you drive, the more points you get. So a simple advice: Keep on driving! It is something like a training mode with credits.
The longer you drive, the more points you get. So a simple advice: Keep on driving! It is something like a training mode with credits.
