Talk:Mazda RX-3 Championship/@comment-83.113.244.181-20170822105001/@comment-28169398-20170824055249

For those complaining about the difficulty level of 8.3 but not wanting to do bot management, you are missing that in some sports, it is acceptable to do just enough to win to conserve yourself for later on.

The example of Sprinting comes to mind. Watch the early heats of a track meet. Does Usain Bolt set WR's in the first heat, or even in the semifinal round? No, he does just enough to win, often coasting the last 10-15 meters. While this doesn't affect the competitors he faces in the Final, as bot management in RR3 does, it helps to insure that he doesn't tweak a muscle or get a cramp which would make his victory in the finals difficult to impossible.

Another example that comes to mind is horse racing. Many trainers will often have jockeys hold up horses during practices and races early in the season or early in their careers so as not to burn out the horse, but also as a way to not give their competition a true sense of the horse's true pace.

In baseball, players will often do stints in the Minors to work on skills, rehab injuries, or work through extended slumps. It is a strategic use of the player to not throw them back into the fire of a major league game directly. The same can be said for boxing careers that are often padded with easy fights to build records to gain title bouts or build hype around a seemingly unstoppable fighter that is racking up KO's

So there are examples in sports that are equivalent to bot management. It isn't against the spirit of racing or sport, it is strategic thinking about the game to optimize your chances of victory in difficult stages.