Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-98.159.30.145-20131230215231/@comment-5792287-20140331085204

Ugh, let me direct you to a video proving that bloons speed up in freeplay.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfWo1lydBuY

There, it's Round 8k, in a blimpless DC. The bloons are so fast that not only does he lose lives every round (he makes up for that with Healthy Bananas Prem), you rarely get to see the bloons.