I believe the game experience would be very much enhanced if there was something like a sound-barrier breaking *"CRACKABOOM* explosion sound upon cashing in on a drift boost. There could even be a louder one with crackling sounds for the long drift boost. There's gotta be a satisfying aural pay-off after hearing *screeeeeeeeeeeeeeech* for 10 seconds, ya know? Same with a draft boost... maybe a nice *woooooosh* to give the impression of flying ahead of the competition?
And menu selection sounds could also be more satisfying. So many times I press the button to continue after a good story-mode race, and then I press it a few more times as I'm not sure the button press was even registered. There's no visual flash of the button to show that I activated it, no satisfying zap-ping-chimey sound. It's honestly a bit emotionally draining, or at least, it's not energy boosting. Little things like that can make a big difference towards user experience. Make me feel excited to have made a decision
I've been playing this game since... wow, 2012 maybe? It's a family favorite and It's awesome to see how far it's come (Especially with controller support! All setup with no issues with version 1.0 <3). I still miss the Brad Sucks song ("Out of It") that was taken out of that snowy mountain track...