Timesplitters 2 bots were great. Almost felt like I was online gaming.

Bots are better, don't have to wait for match making and they don't quite halfway through, nor do they turn around to drive against traffic nor purposefully ram you in the corners. Bots haven't gone anywhere in racing games.

I dont exactly miss them, since Im not a multiplayer guy, but I wont lie saying that they werent cool.The few ones that I did play, they were good for practice like you said, and also could be used to fill up a room when it wasnt full when plaing local multiplayer.

Desperately.

I wish every competitive multiplayer game supported bots.

Because it'd be crazy as heck to sell a racing game without bots to play against. I think that kind of genre demands having bots.

Yeah, you could put all kind of crazy skins on them and cause some havoc!

Same with fighters and other sports games. Why did they disappear for fps? Quake 3 Arena had a nice progression system with bots, why couldn't Titanfall have that. It even has bots build in already.
It's been a long time since I played against bots in fps all the way back to unreal tournament. The auto skill adjustment worked pretty well, kept it interesting instead of shooting lame ducks or being the lame duck while playing online. Why not have the equivalent of drivatars for fps, or hire out your character as team mate Dragon's dogma style. I guess the market is big enough to stick to simple player vs player, no need to risk innovation.

I only play mario kart 8 against bots or splitscreen with a friend and bots. Also ever tried playing against bots on COD ghosts for wii u on hard difficulty or higher? They are godlike, They can see you through walls and the scenery and even on normal they are a real challenge.

That'd make for an interesting match!

I do. I loved fighting them in ps2's Killzone.