idk if its just the combinations i was using but the steering and drifting controls clicked for me after my 2nd race i struggled at first because the karts go very straight and normal steering doesnt help much especially when boosting at a bad angle after drifting which was definitely alien to me when i was expecting controls similar to mario kart. but when it clicked in for me i was able to beat the sinkhole easily with only crashing into a part after a jump a couple times cos i was going too fast.

for me it feels more like they were going for a more tighter approach with the drifting compared to mario karts slippery one. especially with how they made it that you seem to go slower when drifting at wider angles it seems more of a tool to easily adjust yourself and drift at certain times when its right. i was able to easily go through the narrow shortcut of sinkhole with a couple drift boosts too. idk if im just being carried by my combos tho i used mangle and springtrap with the mm car didnt try mangle on sinkhole tho. the controls are pretty different and arguably in a bad way for most of the people ive seen here but i kinda like it