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As most know, the P12 88 Special acts extremely weird...sometimes it's lightning fast and you go around breaking all sorts of road time records, and other times it feels like you're driving Miss Daisy. Well we experimented with the 88 Special a bit to see how this can happen. Then my friend BAD_COMPANY82 came across how to get the fast version. He told me how to do it, then we came to the same conclusion...it's a junkyard glitch. In game version 1.7, Criterion included all of the DLC cars already in the game. If you noticed when you bought the Legendary Cars, you only downloaded a 100KB file. This is basically just an activation code to unlock the cars in the game. So the other DLC cars are already in the game too...including the Hot Rod Extreme. We think the game is sometimes confusing the 88 Special's vehicle dynamics with the Hot Rod Extreme's. Of course for our theory to be correct, we'll have to know how fast the HRE is when it comes out. If it is just as fast as the 88 Special with "hyperspeed", then we'll be correct.

This is another very unfortunate bug for this game. The reason is is that if the HRE doesn't handle as well as the 88 Special and Criterion fix this glitch, then most of the roads that we have beaten with the 88 Special will no longer be beatable. And for us road time junkies, it'll be a real shame. I've already broken records on upwards of 25 roads with the 88 Special, and if those roads are untouchable in the future, then it'll suck for me and everyone else on my list.

This is why you should build up a good, and well trusted friends list.

I do agree with you it does get annoying, and there are some players that get their kicks out of spoiling someone else's game.

There are a few threads in the online section that have players looking for other like minded players to do challenges with.

The structure was odd as well. The good "allrounder" was basically slow and pointless to drive because the Firehawk was immediately better.
Then at 50%, you get an upgrade to the slow bike, which is still slower than the Firehawk and probably never gets used.
Then the GP Competition is just brutally fast, handles pretty damn well and leaves little room for anything else.

If it had been structured so you started with the FV bike on it's own, then got the upgrade to this, then got the basic Firehawk, then finally the GP Competition, it would have felt more logical.
Different bikes with characteristics that give you a reason to ride them other than the brutal speed would be good.
And of course, more checkpointed races that dont end at the compass points. This was the most brilliant idea of them all.