Chocobo racing: The NPC problem

[mauiestlauiest]

Not to bring up an old subject, but yeah. Holy hell. I've done 5 chocobo races in a row against the NPCs only. I haven't been able to win a single one, and usually I do pretty well. There was ONE time I almost won, but out of nowhere seemingly, an NPC pull out a meteor and got me?? I was so close to the finish line. They try their damnedest to absolutely destroy me at any chance they can. This is not fun.

And it's not like I'm even getting a reward for it. So why are they so difficult? The scaling needs updated.