Completely agree with the point about the car gameplay just being different rather than objectively worse. Obviously a major change like that isn't going to sit right with everybody, but 9 and 10 have taken a lot of flak for simply trying to update a concept that's been growing stale over 8 installments.
I should really get this. I haven't played a Mario Party since 4 and this looks like one of the best in the series.