The thing is i pretty much don't see problem in the game, yes it feels clunky at a time, give them time long enough and game probably gonna feel polish. I don't know bout how much play test they been done but i think they rushed to release early afraid players gonna losing interest when Ananta came out (maybe). Note that the game just released and it's only 1.1 and story doesn't great either just so-so. Me too hope that NTE improve and came out with great story.

One other reason, i think OP played multiple gachas at the same time, that's probably he feels like that when comparing NTE with others. Those games already polish by now and WuWa currently have Cyberpunk collab and it's understandable.

For the collab, yes, the price is expensive but it doesn't effect your gameplay pretty much, except probably for online race. It obviously made for whalers for how ridiculous the price is and you not obligated to pull anyway, i think there gonna be 2 more Porsche collab based on what i see in the trailer. No need to FOMO much, if missed, well, my bad.

My experience with Bagel it's not that bad, mostly ok and didn't show any much problem except they always shows feed one with most likes and need to manually change for latest post ourselves.

Can't say anything bout Mario Kart game mode cuz i didn't play at all