Every. Single. @#$*ing. Game. I'm guessing the OP's scenario was on Mars - this happens to me even when I'm nearly 10% of the track ahead of 2nd place (based on the icons on the right-hand bar). Second-to-last gate, still have a lead. Hit the last gate, four Sparrows rocket by me and I finish in 5th. Close games are different - I just EXPECT to lose those in the last couple of gates - but this one wasn't even close, I was on a perfect run and just got boned out of 1st for no apparent reason. My favourite lately is the increasingly-unpredictable Sparrow handling. I've hit gates dead-center and gotten no boost, I've changed directions mid-air with no obstacles or other racers nearby and gone careening off the map, and tonight every time I land a jump on Venus my Sparrow hits the ground and comes to a dead stop for about a second. I'll be the first to admit I've taken some bad turns and cost myself plenty of wins, but it's the ones I have in the bag, hands-down, 0 mistakes, and still get boned that have me furious. I had a 1v1 yesterday, 4 players dropped out so it was just me and one other player. I took an early lead, the other player crashed at least 7 times, missed almost every gate, and still passed me multiple times and finished 4 seconds after I did. Once is BS, 20 times in a row is a broken system. Not my problem anymore, I'll just eat the $10 I spent on the book and find something else to do.