Is it me or the weather in chocobo racing...

[Gallus]

is ridiculously determinant?

I met this guy who I was consistenly outspeeding with both of our chocobos sprinting race after race...then in one race it started to rain and his chocobo destroyed mine. Every time it rains my chocobo seems to sprint far far far slower, and his stamina seems to run out abnormally high...

I feel this is a bit bs because you have absolutely zero control over the weather. I can live with a small bonus...but it feels like my chocobo goes from rocket mode to snail mode depending on the weather -_-. Kinda unfair.

[Mikagaru]

Its not just you, It kinda evens out later on Mine absolutly Hated the rain and when your Racing in the R 121-160 it is Ridiculus. But on the other hand when the weather goes your way you are so much faster.

There are also weather Patterns where it will start with rain then go into sunshine then to rain again to sunshine pick your moments when to sprint when to ease up a bit cause you should be able to catch up. the weather makes it more interesting especially when you get a handle on his stamina during rain you will be invincible on sunny days

[Aphel]

Yeah weather's a huge factor. If the weather plays out to be in your competitor's favor, he performs better while you perform sub-optimal. Only when there's neutral weather like fog, or when both of you have the same preferred weather that it comes down to stats/items/playstyle.

When the race weather is against me 2/3 of the journey, there's no way I can win unless they royally screw up like eating Briars.

[Fealow]

IThere are also weather Patterns where it will start with rain then go into sunshine then to rain again to sunshine pick your moments when to sprint when to ease up a bit cause you should be able to catch up. the weather makes it more interesting especially when you get a handle on his stamina during rain you will be invincible on sunny days

My preferred weather is foul, so rain and thunder storms! However it seems like there is a bias towards clear and sunny weather.

In regards to what you said about changing weather though I have noticed this, but i've never thought to actually switch up what im doing based on the weather at that point in time. Great advice!