>>714498330 (OP)It has the exact same racing dynamics as MKWii, MK7 and MK8. It's 2½ laps of victory and ½ a lap of getting hit by a single BlueShell that can't be avoided, and watching 5 other racers enter the goal.
Mario Kart DS was still good because it was usually a private race between front-runners good at snaking, and trading places for who gets the Blue Shell. But it was even better before, where you could outsmart Red Shells and outright destroy BlueShells before getting hit.