Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-30967537-20190101000132/@comment-35745775-20190103155209

RattleSnack wrote: DecadeHansen wrote: New personal best for this session: 1:26.756 with the same car, same upgrades, and same PR.

I guess turning off TC really DID do me some wonders...

I keep repeating myself, but I’ll say it again ... TC is the biggest killer of your times!

By all means keep on steering assist and BA low (not high) if you have to, but turn off the bloody traction control!

So, I tried to do a test to quantify the lost time due to TC. I ran the WTTT with same car and same parameters, turned on TC only, and tried to follow the same racing line as before.

My first run was nearly 5 seconds slower than my best time! After several runs, adjusting my driving style slightly, and modifying the line to avoid areas where TC is a disaster, the best I managed was 1,9 seconds slower than my own ghost.

I would attribute 1,5 seconds of that to TC and the rest to a slower run in general.

The test also shows that there is no point following a top ghost if you have TC on, you will be slower than if you stick more to the conservative bot racing line.