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Anyone playing this? It finally went free-to-play today after a year or two of delays and early access or whatever.

It's not bad. The physics feel nice enough and while I'm still figuring out some of the finer points, the boost system seems interesting. You build up the boost gauge by drifting, doing stunts, and attacking other racers. When it's full, press the boost button to expend it until it's empty. While you're in boost mode though, you can keep building it up by drifting or whatever, extending the amount of time before returning to regular speed. It reminds me of the turbo reserve system in CTR, which is the GOAT racer, so that's cool.

The tracks and cast are actually pretty charming (despite the playable characters all being locked into racing suits). The music is hilarious. They're all electronic mixes and samples of songs from the movies and I kind of lose it whenever I realize what the song referenced on any given track is.

It seems like you can unlock a fair bit just through normal play and even in single player. It's full of optional microtransactions and seasonal content of course, but from the couple of hours I've played, it doesn't seem like the pressure to pay up is too bad.

Oddly, you hafta unlock multiplayer and online through doing some of the single player. I've unlocked the option, but haven't tried online yet. Supposedly there's cross play and cross saves, which is neat. I was having connection issues earlier. It gave me the option of continuing offline, but single player was locked off and I hadn't unlocked multi yet and that surely requires a connection, so idk wtf you can actually do if you proceed offline. :|