Thing is, that when your both your wheels and your chassis touch the floor, you should be able to move forward, only just, when the floor is completely flat.

If this is the case in Daves arena... I have spikes on my bot that scrape over the ground. Driving over a merely scratched floor will get you stranded in notime.

0 gc bots work when only one side has 0 gc (flippers), or when its caused by skirts.

But if Dave decides to let you modify your stats (Id be fine with that, youre new here after all), Id happily state that my tactics will involve me being my annoying ramming self. Go for every weaponless side and slide my spikes under. Flip, ram, repeat, pit