Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-81.153.218.243-20160523114912/@comment-26249703-20160523122024

This "ghost" behaviour usually means a problem with connection from either the person looking like a ghost, or the person driving, seeing ghosts around them.

Sometimes, connection problems will cause cars to drive erratically, jumping across the track with non-linear acceleration. This is unpredictable and with collisions, it can cause serious havoc. To avoid this, they're turned into ghosts to avoid contact.

Other times, while it looks like everyone is racing at the same time, some users may start later. This will usually result in the end screen having different positions than the ones you saw while crossing the line. It's like a hybrid between TSM and TT Ghosts.

As I said, it's not always obvious whether the person seeing ghosts is the person causing the problem or looking at people with connection problems.

However, a lot of the top-ranked participants are often seen as ghosts, leading to think that those people have found a way to prompt those conditions on demand, meaning they can race without having to avoid other cars or use less-than-ideal trajectories. This turns into a sort of Time Trial for them and if they're competent enough and have the right cars, it becomes very easy for them to do well in the tournament.