Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28753807-20160729130147/@comment-28753807-20160730190830

As for bots getting slower, and/or getting slower bots from the ranking list, upon losing/retiring then retrying, my results vary depending on many factors. Sometimes I finish the race, but wait for a while to really lose well and that does move the mark closer to my results. I'm not sure quitting right after the green lights helps me a lot. Of course, there's no way to judge Guru's performance on that score -- it seems he only does each race one time.

@A Wikia contributor - above. I think the bots are trying to manipulate the player to slow us down for their subsequent races, by losing by a wider margin... :)