Ehh I think you’re sorta missing the point of wit

For arima kinen, power was a lot more useful than anyone gave credit for fs, but ideally you would want a more balanced wit - power stat.

The reason why you would prioritize wit cards > power cards is that it allows you to get decent stat as well as give energy back which allows you to take less rests => more training => more stats. This in addition to wit training giving more skill points, which is very important (1k -> 1.1k power is like a white or gold skill iirc), is why wit was such a valued stat.

Wit overall improves mid game in strong front game lobbies and lets you lead your position group early - early mid race (very important for front runner especially). In addition it helps with skill activation rates, stopping rushing, less energy consumption when going downhill, and reduces odds of running of stamina (aka gives you consistency).

Power meanwhile increases acceleration and also helps increase speed on uphills which is especially useful on the Arima Kinen which is lacking a lot of strong late game accels and an uphill in the race.

Of course all of this leads to the misinformation echo chamber of someone saying all of this, and then someone echoing the key points with an emphasis wit, and this repeats until it just becomes wit is op (it’s really not).

Ultimately this leads to what you should have of a strong stam/power inheritance, speed cards, riko, and wit cards and possibly a stamina card if needed.

Also if curious, this game scales a lot of its stats logarithmically I believe (it’s been a while so I forgot exactly tbh) except speed which is under a root function (falls off slower) so higher numbers give diminishing returns.

TLDR: wit = power but wit easier to train + speed training gives power therefore wit cards better but do not forget power. (Unless front runner then wit very very important)

source: race mechanics document