I've found somewhat of a solution to this. I simply play ghost
races exclusively. Its not quite the same since you only ever race one
other person, but you can be garunteed that the other person is of
comparable skill level to you. Plus, you won't have to deal with the
hopelessness you feel when you realize you've already been lapped twice by
most of the other drivers. Once you get pretty good at ghost racing on a
track, then you can play it normally and do okay.
What I would really like to see is the ability to race multiple
ghosts at once. That way you would never need ai opponents.
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Brian Robinson
Institute for Simulation and Training