Talk:Kairos/@comment-216.160.224.64-20121018194445/@comment-163.1.150.29-20121018215726

The track cleaning happens because the prize you're going to win for coming 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for the next race is already fixed before you even start the race. Track cleaning happens because it's waiting for a response from the server to tell it what the prizes are going to be in the next race. So track cleaning time will depend on your internet speed, at home I never have track cleaning but at uni with no wifi it can sometimes go on for up to 30 seconds.

I know this because I have monitored the internet traffic to the server and ended up predicting the prize that I was going to win. I was right every time.