The game lacks the originality of Rare's Blast Corps, and is deep down, a Mario Kart 64 clone. That said, it's the best kart game we've ever seen. Diddy Kong Racing is its consistent, organized, strategic gameplay. For a start, there are boss characters. These are accessed by winning straight races.
Success reveals a boss, who is then raced against.
Here, you collect the eight silver coins dotted around the track and take first place. And as if that isn't enough, once you've beaten all the bosses, you go back and race them a second time to win pieces of an amulet. This time, the bosses are much, much harder. This is certainly a big challenge. What's more, you have the brilliant addition of two new vehicles, the plane and the hovercraft, each of which are easy to learn, but hard to master.