Yes, that’s honestly what got me here. Mass start XC racing seemed less likely for the season. Enduro racing with single rider starts and 1 minute gaps seemed much more likely to occur. Where I live the XC races for the most part were canceled, I think 3/12 ended up happening whereas I am not aware of any enduro cancellations.
I have PR’d so many trails just jacking around going down on the big bike which definitely makes things a lot of fun. And I have been really surprised with how these things pedal up so to your point other than the weight differential and the lower BB making for the occasional unexpected chainring/pedal strike, I don’t feel the desire to grab the XC bike off the rack unless I’m racing or want to do some uphill KOM hunting. The big bike is just more fun.