Talk:Time Shifted Multiplayer/@comment-26715739-20160104073552

Query on bot-slowing for elimination.

We know you can slow bots by losing in elimination and that it's easiest and best.

What I'm wondering is if anyone has done any definitive investigation into whether you can slow the bots while *winning* in elimination.

For endurance, hunter, autocross, speed record and speed snap it's a question of damage limitation (don't win by too much or you'll drive up the bots).

For cup and head-to-head you can win in a slow time and drive down the bots.

My experience with elimination is that the only advantage for "slowing" is that you'll traverse less distance and therefore do less damage to your car. Beyond that, there is no difference between winning by 1 yard and winning by 1000 yards - the 2nd place bot will still be on the front of the grid in your next race (or highest placed if your next challenge is a fixed target one).

Does this match other people's experience?