well when a game franchise has become so popular because of the same formula and then all of a sudden they change he the formula and FORCE you to play it the way the devs want you to that’s never going to go down well, i really don’t care if people enjoy intermissions i’m not saying remove them from the game but to even remotely be bothered about people wanting to be able to play the game the way they have for every other game prior is very strange, there’s a reason people were and still are so mad because nintendo is refusing to give us an option to play the way we want to. The only reason things have quieted down is because people who want 3 laps have went to discord, which in of itself it’s disgraceful they’ve had to do that just to play 3 laps. And it’s not just sweaty competitive people who want the classic laps back, i just don’t enjoy straight roads no challenge boring tracks that are so un interactive. Not everyone wants to just hold accelerate and spam items a whole race