Realistically, there are dozens of better racing games than this, and the Kudos system is easy to exploit, but I still have a soft spot for MSR as wide as an ocean. The racing action itself is different enough from modern games (more focused on incremental improvement than overtaking opponents) and fun enough on its own to immerse in, but at least one full star of this score goes to how its ingame radio contains a Sonic R's worth of sappy original songs by vocalist TJ Davis and composer Richard Jacques.