Level 38/39

Nothing really too exciting to report. I'm not up to Level 39. Have been losing a few more races when people have been racing me, since I don't have a very strong setup. Over the past 2 levels I

• won 222 of 229 races (97%)
• increased net income from 1415K to 1544K

Current plan is to move to Level 40 fairly quickly, then camp out for a while and buy City Raceways. I'll probably buy a couple more defensive parts such as Neon Lights and possibly Stage I Fueling Kit, if I start losing too many more races.

Level 37

Moved quickly through Level 36

• won 116 of 116 races (100%)
• increased net income from 1382K to 1415K

Just basically did a lot of racing. I increased my Focus to 5 recently, even though it doesn't specifically help you win races it makes it more convenient.

Level 36

Spent a while camping at Level 35 and decided to move up today.

• won 112 out of 118 races (95%)
  
• increased net income from 829K to 1382K

I'll do quite a lot of racing and get up to Level 40 fairly quickly now.

Level 35

Reached Level 35 and unlocked the Beach-Side Mansion. During the last level I:

• won 71 of 71 races (100%)
• lost a little bit of net income, 830K down to 829K to pay for parts
• did a few street jobs
• saved about 31M to buy Beach-Side Mansions.
  

Will probably spend a few days at Level 35.

Level 34

Reached Level 34

• won 60 of 60 races (100%)
• increased my income from 823K to 830K
• looted 3 more Custom Tuned Gearboxes
  

Decided to spend two of my Skill points on an extra Focus point. I've been doing a lot more racing lately, and that will let me race more frequently, which is good. All things being equal, I think it's better to spend them on Speed and Handling, but, there are a huge number available in the game, so "wasting" a couple here and there can't be all that bad. 600 Skill points are available from completing levels, plus up to 33 available for street job mastery.

Level 33

Still leveling up.

• won 96 out of 97 races (99%)
  
• increased net income from 788K to 823K

Two more levels until the Beach-Side Mansion becomes available. I'll do the NYC street races within the next few levels, I think. My Fuel is currently 190 so it would cost 4 Skill points to get it to 230 so I could do all the missions, but I'll gain 6 Skill points for doing it, so it's a net win of 2 Skill points. A bit tedious for a fair amount of "work" but it'll happen. No rush, though.

Level 32

Did a lot of racing today. During Level 31, I:

• won 97 out of 98 races (99%)
• increased my net income from 773K to 788K

I've been making do with the zero upkeep cars (Clio v6 and Challenger) but clearly this strategy will only go so far. The Ferrari Modena is now available (45/40) and I'll probably have to start buying a reasonable quantity of cars with at least defense 40 to keep up. I'll see how the racing goes -- I have a high net income so I can definitely afford some better cars and parts, but there's no point in upgrading until I start losing more races.