Guild Wars 2

Actually, this bug seems to give my account an unfair advantage.

I came across the Drone Race adventure and got a gold in the first attempt facerolling my keyboard. I told my girlfriend it was the easiest thing I ever saw and that anyone could do it blindfolded.

She came and died and died time after time following exactly the same path i took.
She is currently playing from Singapore, so usually when something is spooky we assume its the extra Singapore lag (at very least 300 ping). So I logged into her account in Europe to help her and noticed her experience was very different from mine.

As soon as her car touches one of those poisoned vines, it explodes, while on my account I can take the car without using the shield 1 protective skill and drive straight through them, taking perhaps 20% damage. So for instance, when she jumpes down from the rock between the second and third checkpoint, she must activate the shield and very precisely jump between the two vines. Even a slight touch kills her. While on my account i can just swoop through them.

But the worst thing is the final jump. On my account I just go to the final ramp and press 3 while aiming for the goal. Ive done so probably 15+ time and each time i arrive at the finish with a gold. On her account the car blows up mid air no matter what I do, even if I put on the shield on skill nr 1. It was only after some thinking I noticed you should jump up on the rock to the left and then go down to the ground.

The conclusion i draw is that there is something about my account that changes the experience for me. Is it that i have poison resistance mastery unlocked and she doesnt? We tried this on multiple occasions and the result was always the same.

Yours is the way my race works. I would say your account is fine, and for some reason hers is bugging out. Even the various youtube vids show the race like you described.
I had poison mastery before I raced, so I can’t confirm if that is reason. She could try the repair command to see if there is a problem
https://help.guildwars2.com/entries/28148006-Repairing-the-Game-Client

BTW, I know you were trying to help her, but logging on to her account is against TOS (her giving someone else log in pw etc.to another person)and could cause other problems from Anet for her.

The issue is indeed poison mastery, as confirmed by the wiki. Once she gets that the vines will no longer kill her.

As for the final ramp, I remember people complaining about dying there since release. However, I can’t remember if anyone actually solved it. Maybe searching for previous posts on that issue could help you figure it out.