I see what you're saying, however, I don't think this is what's happening. I believe the early design we saw with crafts looking like futuristic F1 cars was before ex-wipEout devs got involved, and most definitely before tDR came on board. From what they are communicating, they want to create something that feels like good old wipEout in every possible way but the name. That's what their design says, that's what their Kickstarter pitch video says, and that's what I want to put my money into. They know very well which crowd they are attracting, and I think - I hope - they wouldn't call it the spiritual successor to wipEout if they didn't plan on recreating the feel.