There's Burnout Paradise (2008) and The Crew (2014) as prior art [0,1]. And to a lesser extent GTA 1 (1997) and Crazy Taxi (1999). I'd be more surprised if the

There's Burnout Paradise (2008) and The Crew (2014) as prior art [0,1]. And to a lesser extent GTA 1 (1997) and Crazy Taxi (1999). I'd be more surprised if the team manages to fuck it up, given Nintendo development's solid litmus test of "what's fun and not." A more detailed interview with the dev team seems to be available here: https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-18-mario-kart-world-part-1/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-1... and https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-18-mario-kart-world-part-2/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-1... and https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-18-mario-kart-world-part-3/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-1... and https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-18-mario-kart-world-part-4/ https://www.nintendo.com/us/whatsnew/ask-the-developer-vol-1... Regardless, verdict will be reached in a couple days! [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_Paradise https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_Paradise [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crew_(video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crew_(video_game)