Nah, Mario Kart 8 is great. You don't _need_ to min/max every stat. Actually, you specifically have to press a specific button to even see the stats at all. Otherwise, everything just appears to be cosmetic.
For the most part, once you've got your kart dialed it. It is still "pick your character and go". It's one of my goto games for "I want to do something for a few minutes to unwind" (which usually ends up with me more frustrated and on edge than unwound haha).
yeah but the new go-kart dynamics are all strange to me with the glider sails and other new gameplay stuff it makes it feel way different then the simplistic N64 version
For the most part, once you've got your kart dialed it. It is still "pick your character and go". It's one of my goto games for "I want to do something for a few minutes to unwind" (which usually ends up with me more frustrated and on edge than unwound haha).