The menus and art is extremely clean, especially the menu transition etc. I was a bit confused (after skipping through the tutorials a bit tbf... haha) for a bit, how does the turning boost work? I did really like how the slave and trader synergized, was quite satisfying! Although I didn't realize I could squish my coworkers until it was too late!! Overall, I think the movement could have been tuned up a bit to be more immediately satisfying, but the meta loop is well done!
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There's a lot of ways you could go with it, but IMO adding diagonals and some more momentum and overall speed would do a ton. Maybe imitate some very old arcade racing games? Maybe look to old arcade games and make it a bit slower to fit the game better. Maybe something like Hot Rod?
On the boost turning, I think some sort of flash of your character or of your exhaust to indicate you can boost would help a lot for those who tend to gloss over tutorials (😅)