I'm so distraught with how mixed my feelings are for this game. There is so much effort and time put into this kart racer that is very visibly there; However there are certain big decisions in how it presents itself to the player and the track design that I DO NOT BLAME people for steering clear after the first few cups.

For some ODD reason, Ring Racers' tracks bounce from good to genuinely appalling. Me and some buddies have been doing Grand Prix for a good while and let me tell you, for every good designed track that actually feels like it accommodates for the controls, there is a slap in the face track that is either narrow, steep sloped, or a nightmare to face the CPUs on.

Oh yeah, the CPUs, you know that Rival that the game has for you? They always have access to frantic items, they get a bigger boost from rings than you do, their top speed is higher then yours, crazy rubberbanding, etc. If you were wondering if you were going crazy and bots always seemed to catch up to you at the worst possible moments, that is why.

I want to love this game. I really do, but this needed so much more PUBLIC testing. It is insane to me that they want folks to unlock and go after emeralds when some of these tracks make it their mission to stop you in your tracks and crit hit you into positions you will not come back from.