Yeah, I too wish they were a little less trigger happy and a bit better racers. The times I come in 2-8 fade in comparison to the times I come in 1 or boom. Also, I've not seen them do a single barrel roll, ever, so if I get to do one or two clean ones per lap it's a guaranteed win, even if I go over the course like a pinball.

Also noticed that when they nudge you and then you go over the weapon pad closest, but because they are just a fraction ahead of you or something they get the weapon. That is quite annoying.

I guess the whole bad racer thing comes from the pack racing idea, in Pure they were more drawn out, but you had to work more to catch up to number one. In Pulse it's more fun to be in the pack (unless they're blasting you three ways from sunday), but once you get through them and out of weapon range you are pretty much home safe. Of course the whole pack racing thing does mean that unlike in Pure the same team doesn't win each and every race in tournaments. In Pulse you really see that the ships better suited to a track tend to go better on those tracks, which is cool.