I'm new to racing games and can't find the answer I need

[oliverde8]

+1 Oliver : I think the same. Sometimes you just load the next game a bit faster or slower than others, so the time everybody starts, their's a slight delay. I've got 100mb/s, and usually, I start a bit in front of some other players.

The speed isn't everything, if the server is in France and you in the USA a player with 10mbs connection in France will probably start before you.

[eyebo]

Are we talking about a Rounds server or Time Attack?

[Smigles]

Give us specific Map and link to a replay of those "cheaters".

I am pretty sure it's just some details that you overlook. But with just general questions we can not decide. Link to the replay, please.

[BLiNNeMaNS]

actually, no matter how quick your connection is, the server's upstream to your pc is the one that counts. So my guess, instead of thinking of cheaters/speedhack or whatever, they are just closer to the server than you, already have the map you're downloading in their temp directory or have disabled p2p/lower gfx settings etc to speed up their loadtime at mapswitch. That way they start sooner.

[Alter-Fox]

I think he's talking about solo records actually .
However I have to agree that I've never seen a cheater in Canyon, and I've also been playing it since the beginning.

[TMarc]

you can't see them online, only some replays have been reported as cheats