20 seconds is the magic threshold for online rewards

[ZitMeatloaf]

I glanced through the other topics and didn't see this mentioned yet... apologies if I missed it. Perhaps conditions changed following the patch to award more coins for races.

 

So you've reached the endgame and you need to grind for coins and gears. Online wins award 200 more coins than offline ones, so that's the way to go. Short races are ideal, but you may have noticed they can't be too short, otherwise the game won't give out any rewards. After some experimentation, I've discovered that 20 seconds is the minimum race length for online rewards. The minimum threshold is time, not distance.

 

There are an abundance of really short user-made tracks, some as short as only a few car lengths. The way to do this is set up a boosting session - either online with a partner, or ideally, if you happen to have two consoles, self-boost. The PS4 and PS5 versions have cross-play with each other, so if you've got a PS5 and still have your old PS4 hooked up to a different TV, you can invite yourself to a private lobby using an alternate profile. Just find a short track, wait at least 20 seconds before crossing the finish line, rinse and repeat. With mandatory load and wait times for online races, it will take about 75-90 seconds per race with this method. You should be able to earn at least 30,000 coins per hour of grinding.

 

Enjoy.

Edited December 28, 2022 by ZitMeatloaf
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[Gooboid]

Thanks for this, I'd noticed there was a threshold but hadn't played enough to put my finger on whether it was time or distance. 

[Snake_1302]

I ended up doing the same. I had to platinum both versions of the game due to a small accident when having friends over, so I had to get the coin grinding down to a science. The extremely short tracks always paid out.  You dont even need to do anything but press the boost button once.

[rawd76]

Thanks for this. I was planning to do the double console thing with the few mp trophies but will do this as well for the grind.

[dieselmanchild]

Is this still the case?