User blog comment:ShinnyShin/The Problems with the Multiplayer League/@comment-27980511-20170115175109/@comment-27980511-20170222175303

Yup, I've noticed these things too.  It makes that Community Poll that Gameloft did that time, completely pointless. How can they promise that our Rating is protected in Free Play, but you still risk losing that Rating if you finish anywhere below 3rd place?

On a bad day you can easily lose 50 or more points this way.

The red "X" is just a total joke! I get that a lot especially when I win 1st place streaks of 3 races or more. Other times I just get that "=" even if my opponents are hundreds of Rating points above me.

Also yes, I've been thrown into races where the race has already started, this happens a lot in Rio, Patagonia and sometimes Tenerife. Again, this usually happens when I risk my Unsaved Points. It's an absolute nightmare! And how laps keep going after the race has ended and you lose your 1st place?

I'm really enjoying this new MP less and less these days, it's just too much risk involved!