How do you decelerate on your Racing Chocobo?

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

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ah. i understand what you are saying. but not actually sprinting for a whole 5+ seconds seems unlikely. i have been racing all day, and the longest amount of time i have spent NOT sprinting was like 1~3seconds. i suppose the time can change with unfavorable conditions. and there have also been times where my chocobo is lathered quite quickly and only able to sprint for a couple seconds or so. so far out of like twenty or so races i have only finished one while fully fatigued. and this was starting out with a grade1 rank1 bird.

all-in-all, the whole stamina thing doesn't seem to currently be an issue. i could be wrong though. what does a scrub know?

[Fealow]

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To give some perspective my chocobo is rank 48 so I've seen my fair share of races. Here is a few reasons why you would want to decelerate other than to catch your breathe:

1. BRIARS! You want to avoid this so decelerating is often a good idea if you see someone ahead of you about to get it. However the other more strategical use is if you have briars yourself, you gain immense lane control! If everyone knows you have it and you are in 1st place you can force everybody else to stay behind you while conserving stamina just by not using it and placing yourself in the lane accordingly.

2. You can not overtake a person who is directly in front of you due to collision detection. You can sit there with your ass in someones face and they can't do anything about it unless they try to go around you resulting in speed loss. You can also body block from the side so its smart to decelerate to let the person go ahead if it means you're going to run into something less than desirable.

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

makes sense! i suppose the only reason one would currently spend so little time NOT sprinting is because there is no reason to NOT sprint whilst NOT lathered.

but yeah, i can understand what you mean. maybe one day they will fine-tune it.