You want to race tonight. Here is your 30-minute plan:
Official RayCity was infamous for its brutal RNG and pay-to-win cash shop. Most private servers tweak the rates. You get more EXP, more currency, and the "boss drops" (like the elusive Sportsman parts) actually feel achievable without spending real money.
When the lights went out in 2014 (for NA/EU), fans refused to let the game fade into vaporware. They ripped the client files, analyzed the packet structure, and began the herculean task of emulating the server architecture.