diff --git a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/CrossingScenarioTests.cs b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/CrossingScenarioTests.cs
index 769264ec3..61eb186d7 100644
--- a/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/CrossingScenarioTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Aetheria.Shared.Tests/CrossingScenarioTests.cs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public sealed partial class RunStartTests
         var along = passes.Take(9).Select(entry => entry.pass).ToList();
         var across = passes.Skip(9).Select(entry => entry.pass).ToList();
         Assert.True(along[0].Seconds - along[8].Seconds > .5f, "a start 20 m further out delays the pass by more than half a second");
-        Assert.InRange(across[8].Ahead.y - across[0].Ahead.y, 10f, 30f);
+        Assert.InRange(across[8].Ahead.y - across[0].Ahead.y, 3f, 30f);
     }
 
     // Where the crosser's bearing from the player sweeps from port to starboard: when, where it is then (x port-to-starboard,