I dislike this mode not because of the constant barriers, but because it is not actually zone. I get pushed off my line by ppl in regular races where I can pick up weapons to heal, but in zone battle I have to waste the saved up energy to repair, which after you absorb it once basically means you lose if you are playing at least 1 smart person since you are now behind by roughly 7-8 zones. How is that zone? It should just be renamed "who hits the most boost pads and gets lucky enough to zone boost at the right time" although that's a bit long if you ask me. I have no prob doing it on campain but I don't plan on doing many MP zone battles.