Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-36833724-20180905222848/@comment-35745775-20180916174314

RandyMc wrote: I ran a few races last night. Only one strange thing happened, and maybe someone can verify this. I started in second place. Passed the 1st place car at the first turn, and stayed in first place the entire race. Results showed me in second. Now, does the game determine position solely on elapsed time? I mean, from the time each player crosses the starting time (individually) until each player crosses the finish line, then compares results? If that's the case, wouldn't it be possible for someone to wait a few seconds before starting, then run a faster overall time than me (without actually passing me) and win, even tho I'm in first place in the race?

sorry if this is an old topic, but I never really spent much time in OMP.

We are basically all running a TT against each other simultaneously. Only the finishing times count. The displayed racing is only an illusion and sometimes it gets the position of the opponents relative to one another wrong - therefore you think you won, but didn’t really. In this case someone elses TT time was actually less than yours, but the game wasn’t displaying this player’s position correctly to you during the race.

I also have a suspicion that we don’t all start on the grid as shown, i.e. some other players start on the same grid position as me, but they are displayed on a different grid position.