Decreased Chocobo stamina?

[Emstidor]

A few months ago they tweaked one of the major mechanics of chocobo races in that acceleration/deceleration is controlled by hitting your Movement Key Forward or Backwards/Left Analog Stick up or down, rather than the old method of holding/releasing a single button. If you haven't raced in a long time you're probably used to the old system, and that's why your Lathered status lasts forever.

[Rynia]

A few months ago they tweaked one of the major mechanics of chocobo races in that acceleration/deceleration is controlled by hitting your Movement Key Forward or Backwards/Left Analog Stick up or down, rather than the old method of holding/releasing a single button. If you haven't raced in a long time you're probably used to the old system, and that's why your Lathered status lasts forever.

I've played chocobo racing on and off since it came out, and only noticed this stamina issue after yesterday's patch, even with exactly the same chocobo. I also said in my post that slowing down using the S key does not remove the lathered status any faster than just letting go does, it just means you're going slower but with the same stamina loss. I'm starting to think it's bugged at this point. I had issues with this chocobo before because his stats needed boosting, but it was nowhere near this bad and I still felt like I had control over my stamina use. The whole thing has basically been reduced down to item nonsense now, because if you get trapped into a briar or someone uses Frenzy on you, you're screwed and there's nothing you can do about it except hope the now-even-more-inflated item pool blesses you with a stamina tablet or a potion.

I'm going to reiterate this because apparently people aren't understanding - this is NOT about the nerf to stamina that happened before. Either it's been nerfed again or something is bugged because there is a marked difference between how chocobos acted before and after Tuesday's patch.