Fighting To The End for the First Place in Area 51 🏍️
No, the KD at the beginning was not intentional at all but I admit it helps me to focus on a single opponent in this battle for victory. Enjoy :D
No, the KD at the beginning was not intentional at all but I admit it helps me to focus on a single opponent in this battle for victory. Enjoy :D
The grind for the 3,434 cakes that can guarantee obtaining the Jesko was definitely not easy. I played very casually on the first week but with already the idea of saving the cakes for the last week. In the second and third week I had way more time to allocated and started grinding like crazy on Escape Velocity and Wall Ascent, to the point of managing to reach the objective a day before the end of the Event.
Now the Koenigsegg Jesko is mine 🥳!
My best race so far in the Thursday's Bike Cup. French Guiana is far from being my favorite track: it's a tricky one because of the intertwining roads section after the hangar and the long runway with giant crawlers, two common wrecking places in MP.
So when you're slower than your opponents and you see them crashing, you know it's time to capitalize on it and take the win, and that's exactly what I did 😁.
Sharing a solid race from yesterday's Bike Cup. Safe to say Terra 9 is not the most practical track for bikes, given its unstable terrain and tights corners which require precise maneuverability. It's one of those tracks than reward consistency, so avoiding a mistake and crashing is more important than pure speed. Still, finishing ahead of faster bikes is always satisfying.
Finally! My first Sportline was the Mosler Super GT about 3 months ago. Since I reach consistently the Elite Master Season by the 4th/5th day and always finish within the 25% in the Sportline Cup each weekend thanks to the Mosler, getting the necessary x145 Sport Kits was easier and faster than I thought.
Also the last Events (namely Beat The Heat, Blazing Boom and the current Chrome Marauder V5) gave me a bunch of Sport Kits, which speeds up the process of Sport Up the Ajlani Drakuma. In terms of performance the base version has nothing oustanding, but the Sportline one is sure a dominant car!
Next objective: Pagani Huayra BC. I already have around x50 Sport Kits, so I'm on my way to obtain a third Sportline!
Riding in Rio de Janeiro is quite fun, especially with the Suzuki Hayabusa. I like this bike a lot, it's versatile and smooth to handle.
This type of race is almost decided right from the beginning so you need to start flawlessly. Despite making a solid run, faster bikes were catching up behind me, making this win quite satisfying. But unlike yesterday I did not reach the 1%. Nevermind, I probably should have done more races 🤷🏾♂️.
The new Apollo EVO XIII Anniversary Edition looks very cool and decently competitive, but definitely not a meta-leading S-Class. I won't be surprised if this car forgotten in a few weeks, suffering the same fate as the other Anniversary Edition cars.
Speaking of that, it's funny to see that none of their "Anniversary Edition/Special Edition" are broken cars with exceptional stats or outstanding features. Only the Pagani Huyara R 20th Anniversary Edition (excellent car) and the Lykan Hypersport Halloween Edition (great car with a special nitro effect) are interesting and worth the use in the competitive scene.
And for those who want a comprehensive analysis of this car, you can check out u/axel-jesko full detailed test drive video here.
Two weeks ago I posted about achieving a 500 days streak, which is obviously still live. Now after months of collecting VIP coins my day has finally come to enter the VIP13 Club, entirely F2P of course 🥳!
The VIP12's bonus (an 1% increase on all car's handling) was pretty disappointing to be honest. While this kind of boost is designed to be small compared to the ones in subsequent VIP levels, I didn't find it noticeable in any way, even with already good handling cars like the Ultima RS I used on a daily basis in Gauntlet.
Now things start to get interesting: VIP13 gives you a permanent 4% increase on nitro speed. As a linear multiplier the higher your car's rank, the faster the bracket and the greater the increase. Considering the S-Class as the reference you get an average of 2 km/h overall speed increase as long as you're using the nitro. While it might not sounds a lot, it makes approximately a difference of a few milliseconds on a Gauntlet lap time, and we're talking of a game mode where you're alone and try to maximize your time, so each ms gained is crucial.
On MP the difference of pace is much more relevant and noticeable. With the VIP13 bonus the Faraday Future FFZERO1, the most common S-Class among the fastest ones, clocks at around 514,4 km/h. That's 3kph faster than an average S-Class and the same speed as the Venom F5 and Sportlines. Speaking of them, the Sportline and Ultimate are ironically the cars that benefit the less from this bonus, since they have naturally more raw speed and thus less nitro speed.
Of course all this yapping non-sense doesn't matter if your lack of skills and consistency (like me 😜) prevent you from optimizing this increase of speed in either Gauntlet and MP. The fun begins.
And you guys (and girls), how far are you on the VIP road?!
I can comfortably say that this event was very satisfying on my side, as I obtained all the rewards I expected and wanted, and even a bit more 🔑! Here's what happens throughout the event:
Very satisfying results for me, though I would have prefer to swap the Autentica with the Czinger 21C or the SSC Tuatara as main prize from the last week, but I won't complain much since some players almost got nothing. Also the boss battles (whether it was the Vanguard or the Leviathan) were surprisingly easy, as I never failed to beat the boss in all of my attempts.
So what about you guys (and girls), what happens and what did you got from this Blazing Boom Event?!
I posted a few months ago about reaching VIP12, the first VIP level which granted you some boost/buff to a given statistics; in this case a 1% increase on handling for all vehicles, which I didn't found quite noticeable to be honest, but that was to be expected.
Anyway, thanks to huge consistency I managed to log in and claim VIP points every single day since they introduced the VIP Membership back in March 2025. I still could have a lot more VIP points since I only started to watch Ad Relay few months ago (which explains how other players like u/ReplacementHeavy6039 and u/funarun79 managed to reach VIP13 earlier than me). That brings me to 500 days, and only two weeks away from VIP13 and its much anticipated and interesting 4% increase on nitro for all vehicles. I'm excited!
How about you guys?! How far are you on the VIP road?!
Just sharing excellent results of Boss Battle with high amount of wreckages obtained thanks to the RNG on the first two weeks. So far I never failed to beat the Boss on any battle, this Chrome Marauder version seems easier than the previous ones in that aspect (at least for me).
By saving since the beginning of the event I managed to gather more than 60,000 Wreckages for the third and final week, with the intention of maximizing the chance of getting the main car prize. Wish me luck!
EDIT: Wow I just realized what are the cars from the third week, such a disappointment… Well at least I'm in the good spot to grab all three.