I have to agree almost entirely with Greenix's longer post. BRs are nice and I've no problem with them, but it certainly sucks to be in second place, fighting to not only regain energy but also take the person who's in first (and, thus, taking every weapon pad).

Someone suggested a while ago to just leave weapon pads permanently activated in multiplayer as a solution to the weapon pad lag issue. Such a thing would also fix the "balance issue" BRs have with the person who's out front. Of course, this would also effectively turn most multiplayer races into a sort of eliminator mode -- but from what I've been seeing, I don't think people would care too much about that.

Also, how about making it one button? Do we really need a button to change the camera location? How about triangle = barrel roll so I don't have to worry about accidentally doing a barrel roll into a wall or off the track (Sebenco reverse, anyone)?