. So late game what's the point.
It is not late . Actually it is one of the quickest win I get about just over 400 turn on Epic/Emperor (about early 1800s) with any civ.
1. You need very little to build for CV, mostly in the capital with Hermitage, Oxford, Museum, and perhaps Effel and one culture wonder. I prefer Sistine to prevent the AI get 25% culture boost.
2. Go 2-3 city Tradition Openning (there are guides on this), build the Oracle, beeline to Education, staff all the scientist slots, beeline to Printing Press to build the Pisa. It pay for itself with the free Engineer, and boost both GS and Great W/Artist. Then to Scientific Theory, after finish the Publish school 8 turn (12 turn on epic) then then rush Electicity using GScientist burst, and Oxford Radio to get the Idealogies. Choosing Order to get the 25% faster Great People, the 33% cash discount on buying building, and then the Tier 2 Worker's Faculty for 25% science and 50% reduce factory building time. After that you may want the tier 3 Free Scientist and Engineer first. Then get the 2 +33% tourist tenets.
Then go for Industrialize to build the factory, go Archeology, then go Chemistry if there are many mines, then beeline to Plastic to build/buy the Research lab.
All GScientis before Publish School planted, other save to burn after you build all the Labs 8 turn. Then you burn all GS to get to Telecommunitcation, and use the free tech from Rationalismto get The Internet. I use the free Engineer from the tier 3 Order to build the Sydney Opera if capital coastal, and use that free SP to get the last Rationalism. Very quick! After getting the Internet, beeline Airport for the Hotels. Build the National Visitor Center asap. After the Internet and the NVC using the Great Music bombs.
Before burning GS, make sure you get to Rationalism-Free thought and build the all factories 8 turn before.
3. Policies: because games are quick so the beginning it is exactly like that: Full tradion - Patronage openning and Consulates, Rationalism open-Securlarism-Humanism-Free Thought
After that put sp on Ideologies, and Aethetics. You will want to maximize World Fair by building Hermitage for +50% culture, Florsish of the Art to get 33% cult in cities with wonders and the Golden Ages (+20% culture), if you quick you can get Broadcast in capital for another +33%.
3. Word Congress: You will win after the third congress, so it is Word Fair-any thing you want: culture for World Wonder, World Religious or just Art Funding- International Game
5. The advance technique is burning great peoples:
- Great Scientist: 10 times average of the last 8 turn (12 turn on epic) of science output. So you can change to Science priority in all cities, even build science. Make sure all the social policies and buildings are in place 8 turn before burning.
- Great Writers: 10 times average of the last 8 turn culture output. You only need 2 Great Writers in Oxford, the rest can use to burn for social policy, prefer to burn at least 2 at winning the World Fair . Maybe faith buy another 1.
- Great Musician: 10 times at the time of birth. GM get multipliers like open border, trade route... at the time of burning.