While I completely agree with you all regardiing cpu assist when it comes to serious competition, sometimes it does have it's uses. Ever played a multiplayer game where you've completely destroyed/lapped/humiliated your less skilled oponent, and then they don't want to play anymore? Which means you no longer have someone to play multiplayer against at all?

Sometimes cpu assist can be nice in that they still have some kind of a chance, plus they'll be nearer to you so you can continue to hammer them with weapons, rather than them being lapped and at the opposite end of the course. As long as it is an OPTION and it's defaulted to off, I don't have a huge problem with it - it just makes it a little more accessible to beginners...