I'll have to check out Final Fantasy X Chocobo Racing, to see how bad it is. Especially if it was so good in Final Fantasy VII (and its own game, in my opinion).

And hey, despite complaining earlier, only one of the moments I enjoyed made it to the finals (I just like Wutai's design, and find the Materia steal scene fun).

Also, while Quistis halting an important mission was dumb, and clearly the only way the otherwise good writers (in my opinion) could complicate things enough to stall for time and/or give the players more to do - Rinoa still deserved that apology.