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If you are offline for the first few levels of a new race you will not see the episode race for the entire episode. Maybe you had lost your connection at the start of that episode you are playing. This can happen because of a fault at King's server even if you have an internet connection. Always check after the first level of each episode that you are in the race, click on the flag to check. If it is grey then wait to play the second level. Close the game and reopen it until you have good connection and see the flag. You have two or three levels to start the race. If you play more without a connection to the server then you won't be part of this race, but get the message that the race starts at the beginning of the next episode.