I can tell this game is going to have the type of relationship with people where you either love it, or hate it. With me I absolutely love this creativity orgasm. If you're reading this thread you probably already love this game as well. We need to get the word out to all kart racing aficionados the world over. I can not remember another time when I had as much fun with a kart racer. There is an incredible amount of combination that can go into each racer as well as each kart. My biggest fear is that this game will be chalked off as a kid's kart racer and that development for it will cease. I say we hype this game up until we see some loop-de-loops and a 1,000,000 mark onthe NPDs! The skill, creativity, and replay-ability in this game is enough for everyone to try it at least once. I beg you to give this game a try if you are on the fence. Thank you for reading.

I think this is a very love it type of game. A lot of people who have actually played it seem to like it. I've already spent over 20 hours in the career mode alone, and I only just started creating something today. I'm not much of a creator, but both aspects of the game are a lot of fun. The load times turn out to be inconsequential for someone like me who will keep restarting races to get all the challenges since it takes hours to beat some of them (they are fricking ridiculous at times). While the AI does get frustrating sometimes, the fun racing mechanics make up for it. I haven't even got into the online races yet, but I'm sure there's a lot more fun to be had (though I hear there are problems with XP races right now). I'm eagerly awaiting the patch that will fix the load times, but it's not really bothering me right now.

I agree, the load times are atrocious, but the career mode is really a step forward for kart racers. With grudge matches, pseudo boss battles, and Nightcrawler (for me anyways), it really is fun. It god me to take a break from Red Dead Redemption for goodness sakes, lol. I even have to share it with my GF, which is a rare occasion. She hasn't been this into a game since Uncharted 2.

The only thing I hate is that I don't have a PS3 to play this on. I do have a PSP, but I have a feeling it's just not the same.

" The only thing I hate is that I don't have a PS3 to play this on. I do have a PSP, but I have a feeling it's just not the same. "

The PSP version comes REALLY close

nowhere near the PS3  

Yeah the quick look, full of almost exclusively copyritten material, really gave me a solid glimpse of this creativity orgasm.

It's a massive shame about all the stolen IP in the creations, it means people with original content get pushed to the back =(

Not necessarily. I normally look for 'newest' first. And, I am sure there are others who do the same. It won't be downloaded 1,000 times, but it will be noticed and appreciated by some. That's better than one. =D

If they could reduce the loading times by even half, I would love it even more.

Well the demo version of MNR PSP is... not that close to the PS3 experience. 
 
Mostly the details with the item pickups, picking up a second item does not upgrade your weapon, instead the weapons are completly random like in most kart racers, and you cannot hold Square to drop the pickup as a mine wither, instead they made it a random weapon aswell, Sideswiping is something that seems to be removed due to the limited ammounts of buttons, or I'm missing something....