Chocobo Racing and Weather Effects

[RyuujinZERO]

Lots and lots of speculation. If someone actually compares all courses, using all different builds, and comparing all 6 of the weathers: fair game. I'll be the first to agree that foul weather should be nerfed. But with a lot of theorizing still missing I dont see the point in making hasty assumptions.

While anecdotal evidence is not the most sound method scientifically - chocobo racing is inherently packed full of RNG and variables you cannot readily control, which means you'll probably never get the precise figures you demand.

You're quite right there appears to be a gradient, as OP says and seems true in my experiences too - the farther you push towards warm/wet, the better/worse performance becomes. But the experiences of dozens of people, with tens thousands of races between them and dozens of different birds all say the same thing: That fair weather chocobos are unduly punished in wet weather - whether that be simple rain, or a full on thunderstorm, compared to foul birds in the warm.

Nitpicking the methodology does not change the facts on the ground.