Just got back from Karting with my company.

[Dragon]

The way I saw it, if I had to brake more than I normally would in every single turn to avoid hitting the guy in front of me

If you have to do that for more than one lap then you need to learn how to better take advantage of that speed you have and make a pass.

As far as passing went on that track, yeah it was pretty much impossible unless the guy in front of you spun out or wasn't purposely boxing you out.

I can pass pretty much anywhere on that track, you just have to know how to do it. This comes from experience in the kart though so for someone who's rarely in one it's perfectly understandable to have that issue. You just need more seat time to better understand it.

The "wedge" shape of those things fuckin sucks too, it really seemed to prevent you from making inside passes during the few opportunities you had to do it.

Nope, it's to prevent you from sticking your nose where it doesn't belong, meaning you can't complete the pass in time. There's many times people will stick their nose in on someone in a turn thinking they can make the pass, but they can't and it causes an issue. The wedge shape of the karts allow you to find this out much sooner than you would in a typical box shape.

*see Maeng's comments about being punted*


What it all boils down to is that karting is really there for honing your driving skills and competing with people on a level playing field (or as level as we can make it), not about how fast you can go.