Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-170.55.161.34-20171011165129/@comment-26829117-20171011194941

There is a difference between bot management and bot slowing
 * Bot management - win by small margins to keep bots slow
 * Bot slowing - lose races or pit bots to get slower bots next time

Winning by small margins only slows bots if bots are already slow. If the bots are too fast you need to use bot slowing.

The way I think it works is that each race has an ideal time which has nothing to do with the bots selected for that race. If you are faster than this time then the bot difficulty is increased. If you are slower than this time then the bot speed is decreased. So it's your time over the finish line that matters, not your position in the race.