Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-28972993-20180618233306/@comment-28169398-20180619080634

ME7 wrote: I decided to try this offline just to see how the standard Bots are. They're horrible! I've been running the 10-lap here flat out ever since I could. I finish it as fast as possible. However my auralpod has the exact same speed as the one Chronic posted

I think I figured it out. The speed snap finish line is past the braking point. I noticed this because my car always goes smashing into the barrier in the corner right after it. That means I'm crossing the line way too fast to brake properly at that corner, if I was trying to.

The bots are programmed to brake BEFORE this line. Not that the Bots ever actually run the speed snap, it's just programming. So the numbers that the game goes with literally include the bots braking as they approach this Finish Line. Hilarious!

It's kind of like the Melbourne speed snap. You can take that chickane flat out in many cars, yet the bots obviously over brake for it.

It is a rather rare event. There are only 7 of them.

There is actually a way of testing your hypothesis.



The TSM times I think are based on my Bot slowing, as it wouldn't seem to be the same as bots in Cups taking corners poorly or running slowly because of damage.

The times I face were likely times of people that had base or minimal upgrades and used High Assists.