> new funk mod everyone is hyping up in my recommended
> look inside
> EXE mod

nah i'm kidding. The music and visuals are pretty nice, the main song in particular has some stunning art and animation, the likes of which I hadn't seen before in other mods, though that could just be me not delving all that deep into the modding community to begin with. Of course, knowing the full story behind it, I can also recognize how fantastic of a rendition and tribute this is to one of Divide's older concepts. I'd even call it a little poetic, seeing as how this is pretty much the "end of an era" as I've seen so many others call it.

also one of the freeplay songs is literally just SDVX what the FUCK how did they do that

Alright Crash fans, you've officially lost me again. I'm not seeing what others do in this one. I guess the devs really wanted to add more variety, but instead of expanding on Crash's gameplay and levels, we get a bunch of nonsense. Underwater Crash levels? Boring. Jet ski stages? Why. Motorcycle races? Kinda annoying. A bi-plane dogfight??? I can't fuckin' stand it anymore!

There is one big addition to Crash's gameplay. Actually, it's more like five additions. Every time you beat a boss, you get a new powerup. They're a little superfluous, but I did notice that the level design going forward accounted for whatever new powerup you just earned. It's minor things, like occasional chasms that require the super tornado spin to glide across, but they're there. The game also introduces time trial relics for every stage, and I will come clean right now, I couldn't give a shit about these if I tried. The level design in this game feels weaker in general, and I have to wonder if Naughty Dog designed the stages with the expectation that you'd come back for the relic races. For me personally, gaining access to a couple more levels by earning relics isn't nearly as fun as seeking out cryptic hidden exits like in Crash 2.

Presentation's about as good as the last game. Being taunted by your enemies before stages begin is a really nice touch. Cortex sounds so dejected for most of this game, it's genuinely kind of hilarious, and a bit sad. They take full advantage of the time warp theming with the enemy and area designs too. Shoutouts to the water during the jet ski stages. I honestly have no idea how the geniuses at Naughty Dog got the water looking that good. MARIO WiiU would be proud.

Yeah I got nothing else. Cortex and his gang can keep their gems. I've had enough, personally.

An interesting take on the "kart racer" type game. Is full of a lot of interesting mechanics that work surprisingly well with each other. And although the game's difficulty is more in the head-hurtingly hard territory, it's so much fun that I will keep coming back to it the next day if I rage quit it, no matter what.

Something unique to this game that I think is interesting is the ring system. Having to use ring's that you've collected on each course to maintain your speed adds a very fun dynamic to the races and can make for some interesting track designs.

Before any of the updates, one of the main problems I had with the game is how many of the courses would require impossibly precise turns that the physics of your kart would just not allow for to pull off smoothly. But after the changes made to certain classes' handling, just getting better at the game, and certain changes to the courses (one cup specifically had all of their tracks sized up by 25% WHICH MADE ME THANK GOD FOR LETTING ME LIVE ANOTHER DAY), the issue has become kinda non-existent at this point.

One day I will become cracked at this game but for now I'm okay with just being mediocre at it skill wise lol.