Re: Rapid response

One possibility is that at earlier levels you have achieved good time, earning gold,silver, or bronze. Then later on when you need to Gold an event, you are not able to beat your own time. So early in the game you should be driving just good enough to log a time so later in the game you can better your time.

If you're not crashing or getting time penalties and staying on course you should be able to Gold and event. Keep in mind Hard events are hard, you need to be a good driver and have a fast car, one with good acceleration.

That's all I can think of at this time.