Exactly! I find the mid pack to back of the pack racers much more interesting than the fast fit minimalists.
Beardog (Dave Goldberg) used to say 99% of the red line is good enough (especially through towns)
When I did the AZTR there were off-highway bonus routes between Queen Valley and Apache Junction that were off the red line. For these you got extra style points and were not relegated for attempting.
For Long Ranger's epic, all the judges across the board were awarding him 10 points each for Artistic Impression.
We dot stalkers could just mellow out and let individual bike pack racers make adjustments to the route to create their own best experience/story (to win the overall race, racers would still have to be 100% for technical merit)