I had a go on the campaign the other day so I could unlock silver skins and just to see how I measured up to before. I found doing BRs to be very hit and miss, and if anything, worse than online. Not being able to do them regularly on the big drop in Chenghou is just daft. Also a lot of the time it would just make the noise and take 15 points off my energy.

The most fun I've had online (except for the English qualification heats) was the Pressure organised races without BRs. When you know they're off, it levels the playing field up a bit and makes you concentrate on lines a lot more. Plus IMO its more exciting when 7 or 8 players are all tightly bunched which, in my experience, doesn't happen that often when they're on.

I appreciate that in TTs and SLs BRs are vital and people are really pushing the boundaries of them. Its not for me for a few reasons - I can't do them often enough , it hurts my thumb too much to do it :- and I can't get the old BSB trick.

I would like to see more events online where the BRs are turned off.