How do you win sprints?

[Badeskum]

I cant win in sprints? It looks like the opponent can keep a much higher speed for alot longer. The red bar fades way to quick. I can sprint for 3-500 meters, then my speed drops to slowest of them all. I play career mode, so its not the pro cycling im talking about.

[Martinfmaddict]

I have the same problem! PCM 2022 was so much better

[Lightshield]

same problem....jasper philipsen 81 ac abd 81 SP and he cant sprints becasue red bar go down to fast

[malichus]

Given how little they actually improve the AI, I'm convinced the reason sprints are harder is because they suspend the energy rules for the AI. In virtually every case, difficulty and "challenge" for this game is created by having the AI cheat.

That's the entire challenge of Pro Cyclist mode this year with AI getting fitness peaks and player character not. That's how the difficulty slider works by giving the AI higher stats, not smarter playing. Why would the devs actually put effort into bringing the AI up to modern gaming standards when they can just manipulate the rules behind the scenes?

[Badeskum]

So how can we abuse that knowledge to our advantage in sprints?

[Waldo Van De Parre]

it's just bugged at this point. my pro cyclist with 82 sprinting gets destroyed by nobodies with 70 sprinting, that is if i manage to catch the breakaway which is actually winning every 1.1-2 race. completely unrealistic

[Marginal0]

Keep in mind that RES counts in sprints. Your rider might just have 70 in that stat.

Not a surprise to me. This game has always had 1 sole ai so higher difficulties has always been ai cheating.

I've seen several ai sprinters run out of red bar and have been able to win sprints as well so everything looks fine for now. Was this introduced with a patch?

[Badeskum]

I've played since day 1. Not any changes to it.

[Marginal0]

It does make it exciting to catch a breakaway, but sometimes it just becomes laughable. Just now I couldn't catch 3 very crappy riders (71 HIL) in frickin' LBL. That never would've happened IRL. Something just seems to give speed to these creatures. So I figure their power is artificially increased closer to the end.

Sure, it's happened that a breakaway wins a monument (O'Grady & Jackson in P-R) but that's different. And they aren't exactly crappy.