u/Loud-Drama-1092

I realized too late while I was starting the mission that I forgot to change my engine back from the lv3 v6 that the game forced on me the mission before to the V6 level max (they look too similar, i didn’t realize) and now I’m kinda stuck with a car that can’t possibly reach Stank Gum, and unfortunately the game auto-saved at the start of the race.

What do I do? Is there a way for me to get out of the mission or have I soft locked myself and the only way to win is to re-play the whole game.

I hope it is not the second because if so I just lost all interest for the game.