Option to disable the 3 - 2 - 1 - Liftoff countdown at races

[Pengu]

It just gets kinda annoying after the third crash right after the second gate.
Since the countdown isn't used for timing anyway (the timer starts as you fly through the first gate) I would like an option to disable this countdown. (Like in freeflight mode)

[yuio]

I think as a noob I've spent more time waiting for the countdown than flying.
3, 2, 1, Liftoff damn, here we go again.
3, 2, 1, Liftoff!

[Uristenzor]

this would be very much needed. not mentioning the earrape bass at the end. do devs read these threads? Because there is a similar post from 2017, 3 years passed without solution

[LuGus Studios]

We read everything. Its on our todo list, just like a 1000 other "small" things ;)

We are always working on new improvements and additions as our dev updates clearly show. We are not intentionally ignoring or delaying things, it's just a matter of too many things we can't deal with at the same time. We are a small team, doing more updates than big AAA studios do. Yet we understand there's always a wish for more and better, we have that same wish.

[philipp]

Please remove the countdown!