My second favorite 2D Sonic game next to Rush Adventure. This has a lot of fantastic qualities as it's sequel like the amazing trick system, boost design, level themes and great stage design for the most part. Mirage Road Zone was pretty iffy though as it had a bunch of pointless enemy rooms and autoscrolling areas. But other than that I loved the level design. I think I prefer Rush Adventure a little more due to the Windwakerish setting and I actually loved the boating mini game that broke up the pacing nicely. But this game is fantastic too. Highly recommended for sure