the snow looks fake! will probably return to this for sick momentum superjumps and the endless fun that comes from crashing headfirst into the northeastern side of the matterhorn; but the frustration that comes with losing races due to a supremely unnatural camera control and bad tracing for obstacle clearance makes the satisfaction that it ought to achieve illusory and ineffective. its glistening 'realism' an affront to the superimposed images of prescribed locational interest, what if i just want a vibe?

also mountain stories? playing this game for the plot places it in a dilemma of total misapprehension of its whole exploratory objective, wld almost be cooler as a death stranding-type vehicle but with realistic placements and an actually usable travel system that doesn't feel like a tourist office's 1,001 ski slopes you must see before you die (1,001 times).