I'm surprised by the love for this game on the site. I do admire it for being so weird: a racing game that is also a shooter, with a pretty long platformer aspect as well.

I would have to play it again at some point to see how the racing compares to the other kart games of the franchise. I hate that they give the driver advantage over the shooter (If the driver decides to abandon the shooter, they can easily get ahead of them), that doesn't make any sense and it's one of the main things I remember about the racing.