Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-27798333-20160509174000/@comment-26329136-20160509202057

DISCLAIMER: The following is pure conjecture and probably wrong.

If it only happens with the Regera, then it may be due to the fact it only has one gear and the way TSM/AI works for drag races.

Some observations and conjectures about drag races:

(1) The AI (both named bots and TSM players) always seem to have the same reaction time off the line. When downloading TSM information of another player, it may be the case that information such as reaction time off the line or when the gears were shifted are not recorded. If so, then the game is given a drag race time and it has to run a drag race such that it matches the given time.

(2) The AI will always accelerate with 100% throttle.

If (1) and (2) are both true, then the only way for the AI to slow down if it is going too fast is too perform really slow gear changes. The Regera, only having one gear, cannot slow down to match the given time if it is going too fast.

At the end of the drag race, the game takes the time it should have done and not the time you actually see it do.

That's my overly complicated theory on why it happens.