Update: I found someone on Discord who unlocked it by happenstance. You have to finish a Grand Prix race with the lowest possible Safe rank provided the number of racers doesn’t drop below it.

So for example, if the Safe rank bottoms out at 40 to qualify for the next race, you must finish in 40th for it to unlock. If there’s 39 racers or less left in the race and you place last (which technically should meet the criteria), it won’t unlock.

I was hoping this wouldn’t be the case, because virtually every race has enough racers KO’ed to drop below the rank. This is so needlessly situational, and I dislike how it encourages sandbagging.

That’s a good idea, I’ll have to try for that. I’m hoping it’s not, because that would be obnoxious - It’ll be painful to wait to run it back in case I miss it.

The more I think about it, the more terrible this badge’s criteria becomes:

• Is it the per-lap Safe rank?
• Is it the per-race qualification Safe rank in GP/MP?
• Does it apply to Mini Prix?
• Is it “last” in the sense that it’s the last qualifying racer in the penultimate race?
• Is it “last” in the sense that it’s the last person qualifying on the penultimate lap of a race?
• If the number of racers drops below the threshold of the Safe rank, does it still count?
• Does it have to match the Safe rank exactly, thus making it unobtainable if the number of racers drops below the Safe rank?

Has anyone here unlocked the “Be the last pilot to qualify with a Safe rank” badge? I have no idea if it’s referring to the per-lap safe rank or the Grand Prix per-race one. I deliberately sandbagged to come in last place in both situations but it didn’t unlock…

Come join !crtgaming@lemmy.world if you haven’t already!

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