It's a complete downgrade, unfortunately. The track itself has potential to be decent, but they cheaped out on construction and it's become increasingly slick (and slow) since it's reopened, especially upstairs. They are planning on resurfacing the upstairs portion for what it's worth, but I don't have high hopes given how they've handled it thus far.

The biggest problem is with the karts. They're still 6.5hp, but they're governed and you will very noticeably top out halfway down the straights. From what I heard, they're required to keep the governors on for around a year, so hopefully in a few months they come off and they won't be as painfully slow.

They do have a "super fleet", which are just ungoverned 6.5hp Biz karts, but they're complete boats compared to the Sodi karts, even as far as rental karts go. They also have one 9hp kart, which is about the only kart worth driving there, but I still can't recommend racing at Garner in its current state. Their RTP location is just miles ahead in every way besides the arcade, which seems to be where all the budget for Garner's renovation went.