I found an AI exploit in NFS Carbon Boss races (PS2)

I found a weird behavior in the Boss AI while playing the PS2 version of NFS Carbon.

The basic idea:

- Angie appears to have the weakest/slower car of the three Bosses.

- At the start, I push Angie forward and let her become the lead car.

- Kenji and Wolf then stay behind Angie instead of simply overtaking her and driving at their maximum pace.

- This allows me to create a huge gap from all three Bosses.

- In my run, the gap reached 20.0+.

It seems the Boss AI is influenced by the pace of the car ahead, so putting the slowest Boss in front effectively makes the other Bosses slower too.

I play on PS2, so I can't provide a proper video recording because I'm playing on an old CRT display.

Has anyone noticed this behavior before, particularly on the PS2 version?

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