I can see a lot of potential in this one. The art looks really stylish and the idea is original. Loved the twist! Once you get the momentum going, it's a ton of fun. I came up with a few ideas that could help with maintaining that momentum through the whole experience. You could try how the game works without the ability to go backwards, since that's something you rarely want to do anyways. You could just constantly accelerate forwards. Would also make the game more mobile friendly. Second thing I thought about is a small "recovery dash" (with a cooldown) that you could use after you lose your momentum to get back into the groove faster. I enjoyed this a lot and I hope you actually continue working on this!