Now that I've had more time with this game (and a couple patches have come out to fix some of the stuff people didn't like) I think I can safely say it's a really, really good kart racer. Still not a "pick up and play" game by any means but if you're willing to learn it it can be extremely fun. I just wish the devs would stop dragging their feet on getting the official Addons page up
edit: wow that was quick