This is... my favorite racing game ever. The sense of speed is on the level of F-Zero, as you blast through the surprisingly beautiful tracks using your liberally available boost, jettison off of a ledge and get 10 seconds of air time. The tracks become little more than a suggestion as you soar above them and perform tricks, with a sense of fluidity and momentum unmatched by other racing games. The variety offered by the in-race mini games constantly keeps things fresh, and is a bending of the genre like I've never seen. One moment you'll be gliding through the air collecting butterflies, rail grinding like Sonic, shooting darts, throwing pies, or scoring goals, all of which flow with the momentum of the race.

It runs and looks great, has a ton of content, brings fresh ideas to the genre and offers a sense of spectacle that few games have. A true blooded Wii classic here that goes IMPRESSIVELY overlooked, probably because it's successor, Excite Truck, is the worst launch game.