Indeed, though I found Devilia to be increasingly annoying, especially against Tigron, but some point-to-point should be brought back for proper racing in the next wipE'out".

Also eLhabib mentioned another feature I really liked - the underground pits and those bizarre contraptions that come up above the craft just like in the wipE'out" 1 intro back in '95, I was really disappointed when that wasn't in the (original) game, then they kind of forgot about it in 2097 and w3o, was nice to see it finally implemented in Fusion. Shame that SL have basically done a complete U-turn on everything in Fusion, giving us a lame w3o-esque soundtrack (there are 1 or 2 gems amongst the dreck), lame w3o-esque craft design (too rounded and integrated, I was VERY disappointed with the new FEISAR ).

It's an expected reaction I suppose given the mass bashing the fans gave Fusion for several years. To me however, it's like saying vegetarianism is evil because Hitler was a vegetarian. Utterly non-sensical to discard the good things Fusion brought to the table, while seemingly preserving the bad (excessive weapons use and power and bizarre handling of the craft which doesn't go well with the old-skool 'floatiness').