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* The original ''Formula One'' on Sony PlayStation featured a glorious AI error where the AI cars would pit on every single lap following their first pitstop in longer races. Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.
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* The original ''Formula One'' on Sony PlayStation featured a glorious AI error where the AI cars would pit on every single lap following their first pitstop in longer races. Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.them.
* ''Pac-Man World Rally'' seems to go with the rule "the further their starting point are, the dumber they are". This is very noticeable at the higher difficulty settings, where you can see characters like Blinky, Erwin and Pac-Devil (starting points at 7th, 6th, and 5th respectively, if you're not using Blinky, no extra characters are unlocked and the game is the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 version) putting up a good challenge against you, followed by Inky and Clyde (4th and 3rd) being not as good but still can be quite a challenge, then you see characters like Pinky and Ms. Pac-Man (2nd and 1st) severely lagging behind, even ''taking twice the average time to complete a lap''. The easier difficulties aren't much better (keep in mind that there's no mention of "further forward" or "further back" in that "rule"), where the inverse happens. In fact, when you finally pass the lagging opponents and hear their engines closely, it's implied that ''they deliberately race very, very slowly''. It's just hilarious to see the more speedy characters suffering from this issue. In regards to racing rules, the easier difficulties have the opponents never attempting to use the fruit-locked shortcuts. Also, opponents (regardless of difficulty) are never seen powersliding, preferring to hop around the corners, which can often lead them falling off the track if said track has no boundaries in that instance.[[note]]The closest to a "powersliding opponent" instance is the one in [[EternalEngine Toc-Man's Factory]] track, where the opponents seem to be powersliding... but they're powersliding ''forwards'' instead of in an arc, something that the players can't do. Even then, their AI is glitched enough that they can end up powersliding ''back and forth'' on a straight line before fixing themselves.[[/note]] As a result, no CPU opponent can get an advantage of using the racer-protecting Guardian, which can only be obtained from powersliding, thus leaving such power-up as a PlayerExclusiveMechanic.
* ''Pac-Man World Rally'' seems to go with the rule "the further their starting point are, the dumber they are". This is very noticeable at the higher difficulty settings, where you can see characters like Blinky, Erwin and Pac-Devil (starting points at 7th, 6th, and 5th respectively, if you're not using Blinky, no extra characters are unlocked and the game is the UsefulNotes/Playstation2 version) putting up a good challenge against you, followed by Inky and Clyde (4th and 3rd) being not as good but still can be quite a challenge, then you see characters like Pinky and Ms. Pac-Man (2nd and 1st) severely lagging behind, even ''taking twice the average time to complete a lap''. The easier difficulties aren't much better (keep in mind that there's no mention of "further forward" or "further back" in that "rule"), where the inverse happens. In fact, when you finally pass the lagging opponents and hear their engines closely, it's implied that ''they deliberately race very, very slowly''. It's just hilarious to see the more speedy characters suffering from this issue. In regards to racing rules, the easier difficulties have the opponents never attempting to use the fruit-locked shortcuts. Also, opponents (regardless of difficulty) are never seen powersliding, preferring to hop around the corners, which can often lead them falling off the track if said track has no boundaries in that instance.[[note]]The closest to a "powersliding opponent" instance is the one in [[EternalEngine Toc-Man's Factory]] track, where the opponents seem to be powersliding... but they're powersliding ''forwards'' instead of in an arc, something that the players can't do. Even then, their AI is glitched enough that they can end up powersliding ''back and forth'' on a straight line before fixing themselves.[[/note]] As a result, no CPU opponent can get an advantage of using the racer-protecting Guardian, which can only be obtained from powersliding, thus leaving such power-up as a PlayerExclusiveMechanic.
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* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''[='=]s opponent AI...or ''complete lack thereof'', seeing as the opponent just sits there; you can't even push it to its victory since you'll just clip through. If there is an AI, it ''stops short of the finish line.'' You literally [[UnwinnableByMistake cannot]] [[InvertedTrope lose]].
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* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''[='=]s Artifical Stupidity in ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''? That would imply the opponent AI...or ''complete lack thereof'', seeing as the ''has an AI to begin with.'' The opponent just sits there; you can't even push it to its victory since you'll just clip through. If there is An official patch adds an actual AI, but it ''stops short of the finish line.'' You literally [[UnwinnableByMistake cannot]] [[InvertedTrope lose]].
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* Some of the first attempts to make smarter, more realistic AI drivers in games such as ProjectCars and AssettoCorsa, especially the latter, can cause trouble. In real life, racing drivers will give one another space and concede racing lines if they can't defend them. In Assetto Corsa, opponents are as likely to dive out of your way when you approach with just short of a panicked scream.
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* In ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 3'', AI drivers will occasionally spontaneously swerve all over the road and mash into each other, and it's easy for them [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQtLAHNs3I to get stuck on each other]]. They also did not have upgraded cars, turning single player "races" into glorified hotlapping. ''Forza 4'' improves the AI greatly and makes the AI drive upgraded cars, but the AI will ''still'' abruptly swerve for the racing line when the player leaves Rewind.
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** In''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 3'', ''3'', AI drivers will occasionally spontaneously swerve all over the road and mash into each other, and it's easy for them [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQtLAHNs3I to get stuck on each other]]. They also did not have upgraded cars, turning single player "races" into glorified hotlapping. ''Forza 4'' improves the AI greatly and makes the AI drive upgraded cars, but the AI will ''still'' abruptly swerve for the racing line when the player leaves Rewind.
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** Sometimes, when AI are in use in online races on Forza 4, an AI car will lose a lot of speed due to leaving the track or being involved in a crash and go into ghost mode. Another AI car will then slow down behind it, driving inside the ghosted AI car and causing them to both come to a stop to try to avoid crashing into each other, effectively indefinitely removing them from the race.
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** Sometimes, when AI are in use in online races on Forza 4, ''Forza 4'', an AI car will lose a lot of speed due to leaving the track or being involved in a crash and go into ghost mode. Another AI car will then slow down behind it, driving inside the ghosted AI car and causing them to both come to a stop to try to avoid crashing into each other, effectively indefinitely removing them from the race.
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* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
** This shouldn't be surprising, and if you look closely on the more realistic games (like [=GT5=]), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course (which, of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason [=AIs=] take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
** In the B-Spec game mode, you take a role as an AI's director on a race. The problem is, your AI can't pull off the car's full potential. Even if you do well on directing the driver, the result of the race can still be bad because the AI is terrible at pressure control and slipstream.
** This shouldn't be surprising, and if you look closely on the more realistic games (like [=GT5=]), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course (which, of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason [=AIs=] take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
** In the B-Spec game mode, you take a role as an AI's director on a race. The problem is, your AI can't pull off the car's full potential. Even if you do well on directing the driver, the result of the race can still be bad because the AI is terrible at pressure control and slipstream.
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* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
** This shouldn't be surprising, and if you look closely on the more realistic games (like [=GT5=]), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happensyears. Also, in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course (which, of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason [=AIs=] take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
** Inthe B-Spec game mode, you take a role as an AI's director on a race. The problem is, your AI can't pull off the car's full potential. Even if you do well on directing the driver, the result of the race can still be bad because the AI is terrible at pressure control and slipstream.
** This shouldn't be surprising, and if you look closely on the more realistic games (like [=GT5=]), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens
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* The CPU characters in VideoGame/MarioKart are pretty stupid, [[RubberBandAI except when you're in first place]] and they suddenly decide to make all the perfect moves (and one of them always has a blue shell).
** An example is ''Mario Kart 64'', where the computers will often throw banana peels hoping for you to go on them, only to later slip on them themselves, though they will still be able to catch up with you, thanks to the RubberBandAI.
** Playing Team VS or Team Battle with the AI is an aneurysm waiting to happen. When the AI is on your side, they actively work to make you lose, such as not being aggressive against the enemy AI or dropping their defenses to let themselves be hit by attacks. When the AI is against you, they are the classic [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mario Kart AI]].
** An example is ''Mario Kart 64'', where the computers will often throw banana peels hoping for you to go on them, only to later slip on them themselves, though they will still be able to catch up with you, thanks to the RubberBandAI.
** Playing Team VS or Team Battle with the AI is an aneurysm waiting to happen. When the AI is on your side, they actively work to make you lose, such as not being aggressive against the enemy AI or dropping their defenses to let themselves be hit by attacks. When the AI is against you, they are the classic [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mario Kart AI]].
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* The CPU characters in VideoGame/MarioKart ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' are pretty stupid, [[RubberBandAI except when you're in first place]] and they suddenly decide to make all the perfect moves (and one of them always has a blue shell).
**shell). An example is ''Mario Kart 64'', where the computers will often throw banana peels hoping for you to go on them, only to later slip on them themselves, though they will still be able to catch up with you, thanks to the RubberBandAI.
**RubberBandAI. Playing Team VS or Team Battle with the AI is an aneurysm waiting to happen. When the AI is on your side, they actively work to make you lose, such as not being aggressive against the enemy AI or dropping their defenses to let themselves be hit by attacks. When the AI is against you, they are the classic [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mario Kart AI]].
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* The same can be said about ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.
** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.
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* The same can be said about ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely. \n** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.
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* The original ''Formula One'' on Sony PlayStation featured a glorious AI error where the AI cars would pit on every single lap following their first pitstop in longer races.
** Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.
** Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.
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* The original ''Formula One'' on Sony PlayStation featured a glorious AI error where the AI cars would pit on every single lap following their first pitstop in longer races. \n** Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.
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* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', except there's no AI. If there is, it ''stops short of the finish line.'' You literally [[UnwinnableByMistake cannot]] [[InvertedTrope lose]].
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* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', except there's no AI. ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing''[='=]s opponent AI...or ''complete lack thereof'', seeing as the opponent just sits there; you can't even push it to its victory since you'll just clip through. If there is, is an AI, it ''stops short of the finish line.'' You literally [[UnwinnableByMistake cannot]] [[InvertedTrope lose]].
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* In ''NeedForSpeed Shift 2: Unleashed'', your opponents make no attempt to avoid you if you make a mistake and get in their way. This almost always results in you facing the wrong way and watching everyone pass you or worse, wrecking your car.
* In ''DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck, leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
* ''{{Carmageddon}}''. The battles took place on a number of large maps with easily avoidable barriers placed depending on which race you picked for the few people who actually wanted to drive laps instead of going into the city and killing everyone. The problem: the AI didn't get the memo about those barriers. Only OffscreenTeleportation saved the AI from inevitably getting stuck on them and never moving again for the entire fight.
* In ''DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck, leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
* ''{{Carmageddon}}''. The battles took place on a number of large maps with easily avoidable barriers placed depending on which race you picked for the few people who actually wanted to drive laps instead of going into the city and killing everyone. The problem: the AI didn't get the memo about those barriers. Only OffscreenTeleportation saved the AI from inevitably getting stuck on them and never moving again for the entire fight.
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* In ''NeedForSpeed ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeed Shift 2: Unleashed'', your opponents make no attempt to avoid you if you make a mistake and get in their way. This almost always results in you facing the wrong way and watching everyone pass you or worse, wrecking your car.
* In''DestructionDerby ''VideoGame/DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck, leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
*''{{Carmageddon}}''.''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''. The battles took place on a number of large maps with easily avoidable barriers placed depending on which race you picked for the few people who actually wanted to drive laps instead of going into the city and killing everyone. The problem: the AI didn't get the memo about those barriers. Only OffscreenTeleportation saved the AI from inevitably getting stuck on them and never moving again for the entire fight.
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* In the battle mode in ''DiddyKongRacing'', AI characters have set move patterns, making them easy to defeat once you've figured out the direction in which they'll go.
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* In the battle mode in ''DiddyKongRacing'', ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'', AI characters have set move patterns, making them easy to defeat once you've figured out the direction in which they'll go.
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* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
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* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''GranTurismo'' ''VideoGame/GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
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* At low levels, the CPU in ''VideoGame/SupraMayroKratt'' will race at the very slowest for no reason. Intentional on the part of the developers, as this game is StylisticSuck incarnate.
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* At low levels, the CPU in ''VideoGame/SupraMayroKratt'' will race at the very slowest for no reason. Intentional on the part of the developers, as this game is StylisticSuck incarnate.incarnate.
* The original ''Formula One'' on Sony PlayStation featured a glorious AI error where the AI cars would pit on every single lap following their first pitstop in longer races.
** Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.
* The original ''Formula One'' on Sony PlayStation featured a glorious AI error where the AI cars would pit on every single lap following their first pitstop in longer races.
** Additionally, the sequel ''Formula One '97'' had a glitch on one of the Bonus Circuits where Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were faster than anyone else. This would normally be a bad thing, but they also stuck to the racing line like glue which meant that they would constantly damage their front wing by hitting every car they came up against. Cue tons of AI cars (and yourself) pitting every other lap for repairs should a Bennetton catch up with them.
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** A rare ocurrence, an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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** A rare ocurrence, occurrence, an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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* At low levels, the CPU in ''VideoGame/SupraMayroKratt'' will race at the very slowest for no reason.
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* At low levels, the CPU in ''VideoGame/SupraMayroKratt'' will race at the very slowest for no reason. Intentional on the part of the developers, as this game is StylisticSuck incarnate.
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* ''VideoGame/IggysReckinBalls'': The AI can occasionally get stuck in a loop trying to make a jump that it cannot make, or repeatedly missing the timing on a moving platform. It also tends to have problems making consecutive Drop-Swing Jumps, which paradoxically make some of the more advanced courses easier to win (as the Drop-Swing is a tricky maneuver that mostly shows up in advanced races).
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* ''VideoGame/IggysReckinBalls'': The AI can occasionally get stuck in a loop trying to make a jump that it cannot make, or repeatedly missing the timing on a moving platform. It also tends to have problems making consecutive Drop-Swing Jumps, which paradoxically make some of the more advanced courses easier to win (as the Drop-Swing is a tricky maneuver that mostly shows up in advanced races).races).
* At low levels, the CPU in ''VideoGame/SupraMayroKratt'' will race at the very slowest for no reason.
* At low levels, the CPU in ''VideoGame/SupraMayroKratt'' will race at the very slowest for no reason.
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**Sometimes, when AI are in use in online races on Forza 4, an AI car will lose a lot of speed due to leaving the track or being involved in a crash and go into ghost mode. Another AI car will then slow down behind it, driving inside the ghosted AI car and causing them to both come to a stop to try to avoid crashing into each other, effectively indefinitely removing them from the race.
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* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', except there's no AI. If there is, it ''stops short of the finish line.''
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* ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', except there's no AI. If there is, it ''stops short of the finish line.'''' You literally [[UnwinnableByMistake cannot]] [[InvertedTrope lose]].
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* Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, except there's no AI. If there is, it ''stops short of the finish line.''
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* Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', except there's no AI. If there is, it ''stops short of the finish line.''
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** In ''Forza 5'', the AI has no concept of re-entering the track safely after shooting wide on a corner or an incident and will happily swerve right into a fresh incident.
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** This shouldn't be surprising and if you look closely on the more realistic games(like GT5), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course(which of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason AIs take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
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** This shouldn't be surprising surprising, and if you look closely on the more realistic games(like GT5), games (like [=GT5=]), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course(which course (which, of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason AIs [=AIs=] take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
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* In ''DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
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* In ''DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck stuck, leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
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** Playing Team VS or Team Battle with the AI is an aneurysm waiting to happen. When the AI is on your side, they actively work to make you lose such as not being aggressive against the enemy AI or dropping their defenses to let themselves be hit by attacks. When the AI is against you, they are the classic [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mario Kart AI]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}''. Autopilot power-up. Ranges from magically good (XL, Wip3out where it would fly through the track boundary walls to keep you on course) to virtually useless (Fusion, where using it in any slightly difficult turn would cause it to plow repeatedly into things and finally turn around and leave you going the wrong way and headed at top speed for a ravine). Pulse was halfway between the two, usually managing to find its way around the course but at such an incredibly ''slow'' speed that it was virtually useless. One constant though has been the fact that if there are mines in your way it will ''always'' go right through them because it follows the same path as the AI ships that dropped the mines.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}''. Autopilot power-up. Ranges from magically good (XL, Wip3out where it would fly through the track boundary walls to keep you on course) to virtually useless (Fusion, where using it in any slightly difficult turn would cause it to plow repeatedly into things and finally turn around and leave you going the wrong way and headed at top speed for a ravine). Pulse was halfway between the two, usually managing to find its way around the course but at such an incredibly ''slow'' speed that it was virtually useless. One constant though has been the fact that if there are mines in your way it will ''always'' go right through them because it follows the same path as the AI ships that dropped the mines.
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** Playing Team VS or Team Battle with the AI is an aneurysm waiting to happen. When the AI is on your side, they actively work to make you lose lose, such as not being aggressive against the enemy AI or dropping their defenses to let themselves be hit by attacks. When the AI is against you, they are the classic [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mario Kart AI]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}''. Autopilot power-up. Ranges from magically good (XL, Wip3out where it would fly through the track boundary walls to keep you on course) to virtually useless (Fusion, where using it in any slightly difficult turn would cause it to plow repeatedly into things and finally turn around and leave you going the wrong way and headed at top speed for a ravine). Pulse was halfway between the two, usually managing to find its way around the course but at such an incredibly ''slow'' speed that it was virtually useless. Oneconstant though constant, though, has been the fact that if there are mines in your way way, it will ''always'' go right through them them, because it follows the same path as the AI ships that dropped the mines.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}''. Autopilot power-up. Ranges from magically good (XL, Wip3out where it would fly through the track boundary walls to keep you on course) to virtually useless (Fusion, where using it in any slightly difficult turn would cause it to plow repeatedly into things and finally turn around and leave you going the wrong way and headed at top speed for a ravine). Pulse was halfway between the two, usually managing to find its way around the course but at such an incredibly ''slow'' speed that it was virtually useless. One
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* The same can be said about ''vCrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
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* The same can be said about ''vCrashTeamRacing''.''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
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* Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, except there's no AI.
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* Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, except there's no AI. If there is, it ''stops short of the finish line.''
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* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
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* The AI cars in many [[http://www.crazycargames.net/racing-games/ racing games, games]], especially the ''GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
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* Big Rigs Over the Road Racing, except there's no AI.
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** A rare ocurrence, an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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** A rare ocurrence, an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.leader.
* ''VideoGame/IggysReckinBalls'': The AI can occasionally get stuck in a loop trying to make a jump that it cannot make, or repeatedly missing the timing on a moving platform. It also tends to have problems making consecutive Drop-Swing Jumps, which paradoxically make some of the more advanced courses easier to win (as the Drop-Swing is a tricky maneuver that mostly shows up in advanced races).
* ''VideoGame/IggysReckinBalls'': The AI can occasionally get stuck in a loop trying to make a jump that it cannot make, or repeatedly missing the timing on a moving platform. It also tends to have problems making consecutive Drop-Swing Jumps, which paradoxically make some of the more advanced courses easier to win (as the Drop-Swing is a tricky maneuver that mostly shows up in advanced races).
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* The same can be said about ''CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
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* The same can be said about ''CrashTeamRacing''.''vCrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
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* ''Stupid Tux Kart'', I mean, ''VideoGame/SuperTuxKart'':
** AI karts in version 0.7 liked to follow a set path, even if this path goes around bonuses or into obstacles. They were often too stupid to dodge a bubblegum on center of track. In 0.8, they became smarter and now try to drive around bubblegum and banana peels, and pick up item boxes and nitro.
** AI karts in version 0.7 liked to follow a set path, even if this path goes around bonuses or into obstacles. They were often too stupid to dodge a bubblegum on center of track. In 0.8, they became smarter and now try to drive around bubblegum and banana peels, and pick up item boxes and nitro.
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* ''Stupid Tux Kart'', I mean, ''VideoGame/SuperTuxKart'':
**AI karts in Prior to version 0.7 8, AI karts liked to follow a set path, even if this path goes around bonuses or into obstacles. They were often too stupid to dodge a bubblegum on center of track. In 0.8, they became smarter and now try to drive around bubblegum and banana peels, and pick up item boxes and nitro.
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** The AI can't handle certain curves. For an {{egregious}} example, play Blackhill Mansion in Reverse Mode; AI karts will often crash in the same two places.
** This is rare, but an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
** This is rare, but an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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** The AI can't handle certain curves. For an {{egregious}} example, play Some examples include, Blackhill Mansion in Reverse Mode; AI karts will often crash in Mode, and the same two places.
Minigolf track.
**This is rare, but A rare ocurrence, an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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** This is rare, but an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is XR591 in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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** This is rare, but an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is XR591 [=XR591=] in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.
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** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.once''.
* ''Stupid Tux Kart'', I mean, ''VideoGame/SuperTuxKart'':
** AI karts in version 0.7 liked to follow a set path, even if this path goes around bonuses or into obstacles. They were often too stupid to dodge a bubblegum on center of track. In 0.8, they became smarter and now try to drive around bubblegum and banana peels, and pick up item boxes and nitro.
** A bunch of AI karts may aim for the item box on the left, leaving open the item box on the right.
** In rare moments, an AI kart will boost at the wrong time, and launch itself off the track.
** The AI can't handle certain curves. For an {{egregious}} example, play Blackhill Mansion in Reverse Mode; AI karts will often crash in the same two places.
** This is rare, but an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is XR591 in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
* ''Stupid Tux Kart'', I mean, ''VideoGame/SuperTuxKart'':
** AI karts in version 0.7 liked to follow a set path, even if this path goes around bonuses or into obstacles. They were often too stupid to dodge a bubblegum on center of track. In 0.8, they became smarter and now try to drive around bubblegum and banana peels, and pick up item boxes and nitro.
** A bunch of AI karts may aim for the item box on the left, leaving open the item box on the right.
** In rare moments, an AI kart will boost at the wrong time, and launch itself off the track.
** The AI can't handle certain curves. For an {{egregious}} example, play Blackhill Mansion in Reverse Mode; AI karts will often crash in the same two places.
** This is rare, but an AI kart can get stuck in a literal wall banger. A stuck AI will usually hit its own ResetButton, but not if the kart is bouncing off a wall in front. If a kart is far behind everyone, this is probably what happened. A good place to observe this is XR591 in "Follow the Leader" mode. If the leader gets stuck, everyone else will try to stay behind the leader.
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* The same can be said about ''CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
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* The same can be said about ''CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. It can actually be pretty funny watching the same car get eaten by the same monster plant EVERY SINGLE LAP it takes in the Papu's Pyramid stage. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
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* In the battle mode in ''DiddyKongRacing'', AI characters have set move patterns, making them easy to defeat once you've figured out the direction in which they'll go.
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* In the battle mode in ''DiddyKongRacing'', AI characters have set move patterns, making them easy to defeat once you've figured out the direction in which they'll go.go.
* The same can be said about ''CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.
* The same can be said about ''CrashTeamRacing''. The AI cars rigidly follow a set path ''like trains'', allowing you to win every race with ease. The bosses take it a step further, and roar down ''the dead center of the racetrack''. Knowing this, the boss battles become unbelievably easy even though they have all-around better stats and can spam weapons infinitely.
** Papu Papu cranks this UpToEleven. The stage you race him in conveniently has a line going down the dead center of the track which he [[TooDumbToLive follows religiously for the entire race]]. By placing every potion and nitro crate you get on the line, ''he'll never pass you once''.
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* In ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 3'', AI drivers will occasionally spontaneously swerve all over the road and mash into each other, and it's easy for them [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQtLAHNs3I to get stuck on each other]]. They also did not have upgraded cars, turning single player "races" into glorified hotlapping.
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* In ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 3'', AI drivers will occasionally spontaneously swerve all over the road and mash into each other, and it's easy for them [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQtLAHNs3I to get stuck on each other]]. They also did not have upgraded cars, turning single player "races" into glorified hotlapping. ''Forza 4'' improves the AI greatly and makes the AI drive upgraded cars, but the AI will ''still'' abruptly swerve for the racing line when the player leaves Rewind.
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** Playing Team VS or Team Battle with the AI is an aneurysm waiting to happen. When the AI is on your side, they actively work to make you lose such as not being aggressive against the enemy AI or dropping their defenses to let themselves be hit by attacks. When the AI is against you, they are the classic [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard Mario Kart AI]].
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* In ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 3'', AI drivers will occasionally spontaneously swerve all over the road and mash into each other, and it's easy for them [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZQtLAHNs3I to get stuck on each other]]. They also did not have upgraded cars, turning single player "races" into glorified hotlapping.
** In ''Forza 4'', Track Day (hotlapping while AI cars simulate slower traffic) events in Rivals. Tha AI are painfully slow, reaching single digits in some corners, and they will regularly pull out into your path, sometimes ''for no reason at all''. This turns the longer events into [[ThatOneLevel Those Two Levels]].
** Occasionally if you hit the rewind feature and then resume the race immediately, the AI drivers either won't realise the rewind has occurred and continue driving from where they left off (often crashing into a barrier, or one another, or even ''you''), or will wildly over-compensate (again plunging head-long into the closest barrier).
** In ''Forza 4'', Track Day (hotlapping while AI cars simulate slower traffic) events in Rivals. Tha AI are painfully slow, reaching single digits in some corners, and they will regularly pull out into your path, sometimes ''for no reason at all''. This turns the longer events into [[ThatOneLevel Those Two Levels]].
** Occasionally if you hit the rewind feature and then resume the race immediately, the AI drivers either won't realise the rewind has occurred and continue driving from where they left off (often crashing into a barrier, or one another, or even ''you''), or will wildly over-compensate (again plunging head-long into the closest barrier).
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* When presented with a y-junction or off-ramp, the civilian cars in TestDrive 6 will indecisively swerve left and right until they ultimately crash into the divider. Every car. Every time. If you don't pass civilian cars consistently and efficiently, you'll get caught behind [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere an unprovoked 30+ car pileup]].
* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
** This shouldn't be surprising and if you look closely on the more realistic games(like GT5), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course(which of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason AIs take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
** In the B-Spec game mode, you take a role as an AI's director on a race. The problem is, your AI can't pull off the car's full potential. Even if you do well on directing the driver, the result of the race can still be bad because the AI is terrible at pressure control and slipstream.
* In ''NeedForSpeed Shift 2: Unleashed'', your opponents make no attempt to avoid you if you make a mistake and get in their way. This almost always results in you facing the wrong way and watching everyone pass you or worse, wrecking your car.
* In ''DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
* ''{{Carmageddon}}''. The battles took place on a number of large maps with easily avoidable barriers placed depending on which race you picked for the few people who actually wanted to drive laps instead of going into the city and killing everyone. The problem: the AI didn't get the memo about those barriers. Only OffscreenTeleportation saved the AI from inevitably getting stuck on them and never moving again for the entire fight.
* The CPU characters in VideoGame/MarioKart are pretty stupid, [[RubberBandAI except when you're in first place]] and they suddenly decide to make all the perfect moves (and one of them always has a blue shell).
** An example is ''Mario Kart 64'', where the computers will often throw banana peels hoping for you to go on them, only to later slip on them themselves, though they will still be able to catch up with you, thanks to the RubberBandAI.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}''. Autopilot power-up. Ranges from magically good (XL, Wip3out where it would fly through the track boundary walls to keep you on course) to virtually useless (Fusion, where using it in any slightly difficult turn would cause it to plow repeatedly into things and finally turn around and leave you going the wrong way and headed at top speed for a ravine). Pulse was halfway between the two, usually managing to find its way around the course but at such an incredibly ''slow'' speed that it was virtually useless. One constant though has been the fact that if there are mines in your way it will ''always'' go right through them because it follows the same path as the AI ships that dropped the mines.
* ''VideoGame/MidtownMadness 3'' has some the dumbest cops ever. Drive into a body of water while the cop cars are chasing you in cruise, the cops will follow you. Then, they will respawn right near the water and drive into it again and again and again, even when you drive away from the water when you respawn.
* In the battle mode in ''DiddyKongRacing'', AI characters have set move patterns, making them easy to defeat once you've figured out the direction in which they'll go.
* The AI cars in many racing games, especially the ''GranTurismo'' series, tend to follow a set pattern. Even in the most recent installment that was in DevelopmentHell for five years.
** This shouldn't be surprising and if you look closely on the more realistic games(like GT5), you'll find dark areas of the track. This happens in real life because there is an optimal, fastest path around the course(which of course, everybody wants to take). This is reflected in the game, and part of the reason AIs take a set path is because there often isn't enough cars to make crowding an issue.
** In the B-Spec game mode, you take a role as an AI's director on a race. The problem is, your AI can't pull off the car's full potential. Even if you do well on directing the driver, the result of the race can still be bad because the AI is terrible at pressure control and slipstream.
* In ''NeedForSpeed Shift 2: Unleashed'', your opponents make no attempt to avoid you if you make a mistake and get in their way. This almost always results in you facing the wrong way and watching everyone pass you or worse, wrecking your car.
* In ''DestructionDerby 2'', there was a track where the road narrows just after the start. Stop here, or spin out an opponent, and everyone would jam in there and get stuck leaving you free to cruise away. Even if they finally got out, you were almost a lap ahead at that point.
* ''{{Carmageddon}}''. The battles took place on a number of large maps with easily avoidable barriers placed depending on which race you picked for the few people who actually wanted to drive laps instead of going into the city and killing everyone. The problem: the AI didn't get the memo about those barriers. Only OffscreenTeleportation saved the AI from inevitably getting stuck on them and never moving again for the entire fight.
* The CPU characters in VideoGame/MarioKart are pretty stupid, [[RubberBandAI except when you're in first place]] and they suddenly decide to make all the perfect moves (and one of them always has a blue shell).
** An example is ''Mario Kart 64'', where the computers will often throw banana peels hoping for you to go on them, only to later slip on them themselves, though they will still be able to catch up with you, thanks to the RubberBandAI.
* ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}''. Autopilot power-up. Ranges from magically good (XL, Wip3out where it would fly through the track boundary walls to keep you on course) to virtually useless (Fusion, where using it in any slightly difficult turn would cause it to plow repeatedly into things and finally turn around and leave you going the wrong way and headed at top speed for a ravine). Pulse was halfway between the two, usually managing to find its way around the course but at such an incredibly ''slow'' speed that it was virtually useless. One constant though has been the fact that if there are mines in your way it will ''always'' go right through them because it follows the same path as the AI ships that dropped the mines.
* ''VideoGame/MidtownMadness 3'' has some the dumbest cops ever. Drive into a body of water while the cop cars are chasing you in cruise, the cops will follow you. Then, they will respawn right near the water and drive into it again and again and again, even when you drive away from the water when you respawn.
* In the battle mode in ''DiddyKongRacing'', AI characters have set move patterns, making them easy to defeat once you've figured out the direction in which they'll go.
