Aaaaah my paaaain. I actually want to goooo faaaaast.
No disrespect intended but. I think the stages' design feel wrong, I just don't understand it.
If I go slow (by which I mean at the default max speed) I tend to fall into gaps too wide to clear - and sometimes get respawned on humourously thin cliffs so I fall without being able to react. Yeah that's fun alright.
And going fast feels straight-up forbidden. Cirnos, cliffs, conveniently-placed gaps...... Player's bound to bump into these within the next second.
Even going just 2 MPH above the default max feels like I'm being reprimanded - there's "platforming" to do and it's too tight to accomplish at a whopping 7 MPH. (Doesn't help that you can't really control your jumps neither despite of the "platforming")
Again, I hope this doesn't discourage you too much. The mechanics themselves are actually good. Stylin' to gain boost? That sounded like a real racing quirk to me, but the maps are just severely unfriendly and don't allow to exploit the mechanics to their fullest.