Winning Horse Competitions?
Sorry if this isn't posted in the right place. I'm not sure if this is a bug or just a general gameplay issue, but more often than not, I lose horse competitions despite meeting all of the requiremen...
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@oliviakirch Hi! Apologies for the delay. I saw your post several days ago but it took a while to test. Are you still having trouble getting the gold in competitions? It seems to me that maybe winning is mostly by chance. Although, I don't think you need to get gold in every competition for your horse to become a champion. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share an external link so maybe do a search for this: The Sims 4 Horse Ranch: How To Complete Championship Rider at thegamer .com. This tutorial has lots of good tips for becoming a champion.
So far, I've tested with my two horses who finally got to level 10 jumping, endurance, agility and temperament. I entered both of them in competitions; one for barrel racing and the other for endurance. Both of them got gold medals right away. Since we're only allowed to enter the competitions once per day, I had to wait for the next one. The next day, one horse got a bronze for barrel racing at the intermediate level, the other got a silver for endurance at intermediate. The next day, they both got gold at the expert level in each category.
I wasn't even sure how the expert level would go, since neither of them achieved gold at the intermediate level. However, I wanted to see what would happen.
At this point, I really don't know if there is a best method for getting the gold. I didn't do anything special before entering the competition. The horses' needs were at least good or better. They didn't do any practice. Their moods were both happy and fine, at different points.
Also, this is likely the best place to ask this question. If we can identify a consistent problem with attaining these goals, then it might be time to create a bug report. Since the system for competitions is so complex, it might take a while and be rather difficult to pinpoint a bug, though.
At any rate, I plan on continuing my test of this system and also using some of the tips available at thegamer to see if I can get that champion horse. I hope this helps!
