Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-33870577-20180821001632/@comment-199.166.227.47-20180821185721

The problem with the split timer is the introduction of off-track penalties instead of invalidating the run. If you make a run with a penalty you will notice that the ghost is still does not stop, and and penalties are added at the end. So if they had a split time on the a ghost with penalties, you might be slower than that ghost, but at the end you could be faster if your run clean.

It just makes racing your own ghost more important, and only then you will know if you are running a better time than previous.