Time to talk useful numbers, anons, because I'm very intelligent and read things that people smarter than me wrote. Here's some tidbits.
>Great Mood will give you a 4% boost to all your stats while Awful Mood will be a 4% reduction
>S-Rank in your chosen Race Strategy will give you a 1.1x boost to your stats, while G-Rank will drop you to 10% of your regular
>Notably the +400 free stats you get for playing career is applied AFTER your stats have been reduced or increased, which is why you can still get away with using unproficient runner strategies in single player
>S-Rank in the Distance of a particular race will give you a 1.05x boost to your target speed, while G-Rank will drop you to 10% of your regular
>When it comes to Acceleration, your Terrain proficiency will give you a 1.05x increase at S-Rank, and a reduction to 10% of the regular at G-Rank
>However, your Distance proficiency when it comes to mattering for Acceleration will remain 1x whether it's S-Rank or D-Rank, only tanking at E-Rank and below
>Pacers have the worst Stamina-to-HP conversion ratio at 89%, while Lates have the best at 100%
>In the Last Spurt, your stamina consumption will be 1.5x at 200 Guts, and 1.3x at 600 Guts
>300 Wits will give you a 70% skill activation chance, 600 will give you 85%, and 900 will give you 90%
>300 Wits will give you a 19% chance to get Rushed, 600 will give you 13%, and 900 will give you 11%
>Wits does not affect your chance for late starts; it's solely bad luck