This. One of the many reasons I love CTR and even CNK much more than Mario Kart.
I also think the weapons are more balanced, except those stupid N.Throphy Clocks when fully charged. Those are kinda broken... unless you can jump off a cliff right as someone activates one (yes, you actually save time by doing that).
They soooooooo need to do a remake with online play.
Back on topic, another thing that bugs me is quests or whatever in RPGs related to finding a specific rare monster... combined with random encounters. It sucks to run around in circles for hours, hoping for that stupid 4% chance monster to show up during the next random encounter etc.