Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28401107-20170323132234/@comment-26388545-20170324183832

P2dro wrote: The spirit of the game is to win by being faster than everyone else, without outside influence or under-handed methods. Slowing bots, cutting corners, pitting and the likes are against the spirit of the game. However, if you feel those are of no concern to you, have fun and win with everything you know and can use.

That is an aspect of the game and I agree with you. Real racing is passing on track.

However there other aspects:

Saving R$ & Gold. In special events you can win cars spending less sometimes by using cut methods. It also saves a tiny bit of R$ and a lot of time when you can win with a completely unserviced car by cutting.

Endurance Race Farming. Perpetual Endurance race farming is impossible without cutting (since they cranked the bots at Indy). Even the recent MP4-X race at Le Mans where people get over 100 km is impossible without cutting.

Not to mentioned all the tricks used in WTTT (wall riding, wall braking, etc).

I haven't "won the race" when I win by cutting. I have passed a stage, or gotten closer to series completion with minimal investment.