On the surface this game appears to be after heart of the original game, porting over the same style, feel, and appearance as the original we all remember. This is where the positives end. The game is horrendously balanced with certain racers just flat out being impossible to beat unless you are playing one of them. The matchmaking starts out by placing you in lobbies in which you cannot lose until a certain point where it shifts to putting you in lobbies you cannot win in. Unless you get first or second place you are not rewarded at all so this garbage matchmaking ensures that there is no point in playing the game unless you get put in the rare lobby without over leveled overpowered racers that could beat you without paying attention. The progression system is choppy and stingy, providing very little access to the resources needed to progress yourself and unlock characters that give you just a chance if anything to compete in higher lobbies. Overall it is a sloppy, horrendously balanced, grindy, and inevitably irritating experience that I cannot recommend to anyone attempting to capture the experience of the old game.
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