Shouldn't NTSC Waverace Times Be Quicker Than PAL?

[Numpty]

A mate who got some great PAL Waverace times just bought NTSC Waverace and, although very pleased that everything about the game moves faster, swears that he can't get close to his PAL times on the U.S version.

I was always under the impression that, compared to unoptimised PAL releases, NTSC players had the unfair advantage. Is this wrong?

[Papercut]

Sometimes wrong. These days pal conversions tend to have the game engine tweaked so that times are still accurate, or sometimes the speed of the game engine doesn't rely on the speed of the rendering (graphics) engine at all.

[Valken]

Sometimes wrong. These days pal conversions tend to have the game engine tweaked so that times are still accurate, or sometimes the speed of the game engine doesn't rely on the speed of the rendering (graphics) engine at all.

Almost all the time these days...

[Numpty]

O.k, thanks. Looks like they overcompensated on the tweaking for PAL Waverace then.