Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-26388545-20161117021211/@comment-27798333-20161118012415

Lapping cars do count. The first time you pass a car, that counts as one overtake. If you get into first place, your overtakes equal the entire field minus one (you). So then, if you pass all the other bots again, that adds another 42 overtakes. laping a car technically means you've passed it twice. You are a full lap head.

That's how everyone is getting more than 42 overtakes. If there's 43 in the field (including yourself) and you lap each one, you should end up with 82 overtakes. But if you quit the race early, or you spin out and come in last at the end, they don't count. Overtakes are basically the number of passes you have accumulated by the time you finish the event.