Colin Berry quotes: "....yes barrel rolls now take twice as much energy as before and the boost is not as severe"

Thank you so much Colin! You see, all I needed was a good reason to go out there and collect a pretty black WipEout box, and the idea of racing along, blowing weak-shielded barrel-rollers out of the race is a really good reason. (Assuming I can catch up to them of course.)

"Time Trials, your energy replenishes so you are going to need to barrel roll to get the top times (there are pros and cons for either way (replensihing or not)"

Oh well, TT was never my favourite part of the game (except maybe in original WipEout, because it was perfectly trancelike...), so yay! Good news!