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As said already, in a CTR online matchmaking race, even with all the items that exist, you pretty much have no chance of catching up with the top players if you get screwed up very early; even losing the blue fire at certain tracks will very likely result in you losing the whole race. And you pretty much have to use the Speed or Drift styles, because Turn and Balanced lack the speed to catch up, and the advanced techniques negate every weakness that Speed and Drift have.
 
I still don't get why you think balancing is an issue, it's not like in a fighting game where your locked off from using movesets, every vehicle shares the same abilities. It's also doesn't affect character or vehicle choice, as the stats are determined a separate switch that isn't cosmetic. At the skill level that you aren't going to be using the Speed style, the skill gap between players is far larger and matters far more then vehicle stats, at the skill level where they do matter, you should understand enough about the game to prefer it over the others. It just seems like you're finding things to complain about for the sake of complaining about them.
 
I still don't get why you think balancing is an issue, it's not like in a fighting game where your locked off from using movesets, every vehicle shares the same abilities. It's also doesn't affect character or vehicle choice, as the stats are determined a separate switch that isn't cosmetic. At the skill level that you aren't going to be using the Speed style, the skill gap between players is far larger and matters far more then vehicle stats, at the skill level where they do matter, you should understand enough about the game to prefer it over the others. It just seems like you're finding things to complain about for the sake of complaining about them.

I'm not the only person bringing up this issue though. In fact, I've seen some people on Twitter who want to see the Turn and Balanced styles get buffed; this likely won't be happening.
 
Why can you choose Yoshi for your file in Super Mario Galaxy when he's nowhere in the game outside of a cameo in Space Junk Galaxy(?)
 
It's for players who want an ugly, mold-colored, bowling ball-nosed floating abomination soulessly staring at the player every time they start up the game.
 
What, a cameo from someone who isn't physically in the game?

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