I just got W3O yesterday (1c for the game, $10 for shipping!) and played it for the first time.

Wow, they sure ramp up the difficulty level! Vector class is pathetically easy to win -- I won my first tournament without even knowing that hyperthrust existed!

Same with the first challenges -- really easy. Then, suddenly, things get really tough. The second series of tracks at Venom class give me my comeuppance as I struggled to place in the top three in even one of them.

And I love those seagulls! I assumed they were some kind of obstacle and sent them flying with a quake!