A closer look
Ever wonder why you can drive flawlessly for three laps, completely dusting the competition, only for a giant turtle in a tiny car to suddenly blast past you at Mach 5? It's not a skill issue; the game is actively cheating. Nintendo intentionally coded 'rubber banding' algorithms that break the physics engine to massively boost the speed of AI players who fall behind. It's literally designed to artificially punish you for being too good, just to induce anxiety.






