Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-95.173.194.169-20160218170045/@comment-27798333-20170108041816

You don't even have to shift. Just stay in first gear. Wasting your thumb:)

The reason it works, is the game adjusts the bots to what it perceives is your current skill level. After the drags, it keeps thinking you need slower bots through the rest of that series. If you start winning by huge margins, the game will readjust itself again, and throw faster bots back in.