[2023] Bots can finish the red section?

Hey there,

tonight i watched a movie and played some royal games alongside.

I saw i had a teammate and realized he is a new player, so i checked his trackmania.io profile page. He just started playing 2 days ago, but he already played one royal game before, so i knew he will be able to beat those bots on the first 3 maps and i decided to just be AFK on them.

On the 4th map i wasn't sure if he can do it, so i went full yolo tryhard mode and clutched white to blue within 30 seconds, so i was able to go AFK again, enjoy my movie for another 2 minutes and still win that map.

The 5th map was basically the same as the 4th, white to blue in around 30 seconds, then AFK for 2 minutes. I already said gg yep thx ez game bro, but when the game ended and i looked at my 2nd monitor, i saw we lost the game. I pressed tab to check what happened and saw the bot team with 4 points. They've beaten the red section 2 seconds before the game ended. I was totally confused, double checked it, might not realized that there was actual real people in the game, but nope, it was a team of bots who made that insane snipe to us. My disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.

I can't explain what happened. My world was turned upside down. Is it a new thrilling feature? Do we have to go finish red sections now in royal games? Do we need to play for 45 instead of 30 seconds now and only be AFK for 1 minute and 45 seconds?

I have so many questions, i dont know what to say.. was it a bug? How did it happen? Please someone tell me. Thank you.

This is the TM.io page from that game: Trackmania.io - Official royal - match: (https://trackmania.io/#/match/LID-MTCH-wfawk1lbfsubhzm)