Quote Originally Posted by Ragsus Maxima View Post
It only changed the handling. When you turn, the ship will lose more speed, decreasing your turning radius and thus, the chances to take the turn cleanly increases.
^ This. Overall less twitchy, so free perfect laps.
The change is quite dramatic in my opinion, certainly at higher zones. I've side-by-side tested pre (unbroken) and post 2.51 and not sure which I prefer. Zone feels much more involving pre 2.51, and much prefer the way the ship feels, but on the other hand, with 2.51 you can go around 20-40 zones higher (varies from track to track obviously), so you get to feel higher speeds around the tracks, zone mode lasts longer, all good stuff. Bah I don't know. At least it's still playable unlike the rest of the game -_-