TLDR: Burnout MB Combo J value is not reset between games. Moreover, it is tracked per player. Game needs power cycle between games to be fair.
Background: never really played Mustang when it was released and always dreaded it in competition. Someone was kind enough to lend me a Pro, so finally got a chance to put the hours in.
There’s very little on Mustang here on the forum. A few hints to a bug, for example @sk8ball in this thread: Video: Elwin + Mustang Premium = set aside 21 minutes
My conclusion: Burnout MB is definitively buggy.
Most of the rules for Burnout MB are clear to me, except for the Combo J. The normal/intended value for the Combo J (same or subsequent Burnout MB’s) seems to be: 20M, 45M, 80M, 100M, 120M, 140M, … (no max.) The value should reset at the start of a game, but this is not the case. On subsequent games, the base value is sometimes less, sometimes more than the value in the previous game. It never resets to the 20M base value! Exactly how the value changes between games remains a mystery to me.
In the extreme case tested glass off, the first two Combo J’s on a fresh game awarded 220M and 345M! In a real-world scenario, with players scoring a single Combo J every x games, the value will creep up by 10M each time. I know, it’s petty points, but in a low scoring game (<100M), this could very well make a difference.
Software version on the machine is 1.45, with Competition Settings installed.
Did anyone else encounter this? Dissected the scoring? If I simply misunderstand Burnout MB, please let me know. With IFPA 16 coming up and Mustang being in the line-up, I simply wanted to post this.