Terrifically fun kart racer. More of a Crash Team Racing clone than a Mario Kart clone, with even some of the tracks appearing to be direct riffs on what the former had introduced the year prior. And while it never truly reaches the heights of those games, it comes surprisingly close. Kind of a bummer that the last track is by far the weakest, but they're all tons of fun to race on - requiring complete and total mastery of its mechanics if you want to stand a chance. Because if you thought Mario Kart 64 had devious rubber-banding, you ain't seen nothing yet - and that's not even taking into account how aggressive the A.I. already are on their own. If you can get past its nightmare-fuel opening cutscene, the art style here is really self-assured - with tremendous graphics and music for its day. Not quite on the level of something like Jet Moto 3, but still a great time and highly overlooked.