>>712429047 (OP)I initially thought connecting the courses was interesting, but really... why? It's just a bunch of forgettable mashup level sections flying by without leaving an impression, and worse, you give up multi-lap races for it.
The open world doesn't even look good. I think they just wanted to see if shoehorning in an open world would make it the new BotW.
It's not even a good open world, it's shitty in just about every way. It's big but mediocre, and despite the size it makes the world feel more finite than just having the levels existing on their own.
But, these connecting roads work really well for knockout mode, I'll say that about them.