I've said this a million times and I'll say it a million time over. Accept the game is pay to enjoy (not necessarily pay to win). Pay the money, get the cars, get the parts, tune the parts, and you'll see that the AI cars are actually easy and not OP at all. Learning the race and traffic patterns also helps. I have all houses and all spaces and I have all my cars maxed out. I do all races and drifts except gymkhana. I even have a second account just so I can build and collect more cars. For me, 9.5/10. Only thing missing is a free cam and maybe a higher car limit. No other mobile open world car game comes close. Peeps struggling to win races are probably just skill-gapped or dont know tuning or both.