Especially in the trees and rocky segments, the punishment for hitting obstacles and the amount of pickups required to continue are VERY brutal, so i basically just waited those segments out until i reached a more forgiving one... but this was just beautiful. The music was wonderful, the story was bittersweet (though i do have some questions left unanswered), and the gameplay was spot-on for an old arcade "we still cant actually do 3D yet" racer. Superb.