It did want a word, back in 2005, & to me personally it was nonsense (tbf I don’t even remember what the problems were - but I’m not into arcade racing, I only liked the first NFSs & Trackmania … maybe a few more demos, but the length of the demos was already enough for me).
But I know it had a notable community at the time, and it seems it’s remembered, which is nice nostalgia stuff.