This is where damage becomes an issue. I started the fourth stage of the Pro rally with my car’s health at 74%.


It’s a twisty, turny track with lots of rocky outcroppings. I didn’t crash very often, but I kept scraping the sides and doing enough damage that my car simply wasn’t fast enough to win the stage. I’d make the best time over the first half of the course, but then would lose time over the second half because my car simply wasn’t up to it.

Eventually, though, I did manage to win. Only by 0.04 of a second, but a win’s a win. It felt very good indeed.


Unfortunately, I forgot how the repair mini game worked and did so poorly that my car’s going into the next stage at only 78% health. With two more stages to go before I can repair again, I think I’m done for and I’m going to have to restart the Pro rally over.