>>718854438
MKDD's controls are weird because the game has no real drifting and you hop all over the place.
>drifting
When you drift, you don't actually gain any lateral momentum, you don't actually slide at all.
All that happens is that your turning circle becomes much smaller, in other words, you turn faster.
The game makes it look like you're drifitng by lagging the camera behind. When you let go of drifting, the camera catches up to the orientation of the player.
>hopping
Every tiny elevation change sends your kart hopping, which takes control away from you.
You can't steer while mid-air, which is why sometimes a stage can feel very unresponsive when it has many downward slopes.
