Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26793627-20151018011147/@comment-26388545-20151021172507

I often drive backwards in this game. Mainly during speed records without many upgrades, I often get more speed that way. Most of the time It's through the start/finish line as there's usually a big straight there. Assists don't really work when you go backwards as well, so you don't have to toggle them off for that extra speed.

If you go backwards in online multiplayer, you get a 5 second warning before being disqualified. Of course, you can just turn around, then turn around again and keep going backwards... but you lose ranking becasue you lose the race.

And Prometheus21 is right, it takes a lot of skill to get 305+ kph. You had to have perfect lines with no assists and no mistakes AT ALL. It's no secret, thousands of people did it in the last challenge. The purpose was speed, not finishing 1st. People who cut across the track  to make places are cheating.

NASCAR rules do not allow any overtaking while out of bounds... may be a good rule to introduce! In NASCAR you have to give the place that you got off track back.