It seems if you start a new episode but stop after the first or second game then quit playing for awhile then come back ,the episode race apparently goes on without you and then when you trigger the race prompt you are already behind. Seems like a glitch in the game. Has happened to me many times. So not sure there is…
Mine went to portrait mode on my PC. Really awful.Sounds like almost no-one likes it. Hope it goes back to landscape. If it ain't broke, don't fix it!!!!