diff --git a/src/k_hud.cpp b/src/k_hud.cpp
index 44e8ab312..11c3d44b7 100644
--- a/src/k_hud.cpp
+++ b/src/k_hud.cpp
@@ -7456,6 +7456,7 @@ static void K_DrawBotDebugger(void)
 
 	V_DrawSmallString(8, 76, 0, va("Prediction error: %.2fdeg", FIXED_TO_FLOAT(FixedDiv(bot->botvars.predictionError, ANG1))));
 	V_DrawSmallString(8, 80, 0, va("Recent deflection: %.2fdeg", FIXED_TO_FLOAT(FixedDiv(bot->botvars.recentDeflection, ANG1))));
+	V_DrawSmallString(8, 84, 0, va("Bumpslow: %d", bot->botvars.bumpslow));
 }
 
 static void K_DrawGPRankDebugger(void)
diff --git a/src/k_kart.c b/src/k_kart.c
index 80b773a49..a7a0e2c89 100644
--- a/src/k_kart.c
+++ b/src/k_kart.c
@@ -10501,8 +10501,22 @@ void K_KartPlayerThink(player_t *player, ticcmd_t *cmd)
 	if (player->trickboost)
 		player->trickboost--;
 
-	if (K_PlayerUsesBotMovement(players) && player->botvars.bumpslow && player->incontrol)
+	/*
+	if (K_PlayerUsesBotMovement(player) && player->botvars.bumpslow && player->incontrol)
 		player->botvars.bumpslow--;
+	*/
+
+	// WHOOPS! 2.4 bots were tuned around a bugged version of bumpslow that NEVER decayed
+	// if the player in slot 0 was a human. People seem to like this tuning, but the dampened
+	// rubberbanding only started applying after a bot wallbonked or got hit, which is
+	// probably why people report weird runaways.
+	//
+	// I'd like to retune this later, but for now, just set bumpslow on every bot, as if they all
+	// contact a wall instantly—consistently giving them the softer rubberband advancement.
+	// What the fuck making games is hard.
+	if (K_PlayerUsesBotMovement(player))
+		player->botvars.bumpslow = TICRATE*2;
+
 
 	if (player->flamedash)
 	{