This game is gorgeous and fun to play during races, however, the load times affect and detract from the overall enjoyment of the game.  The ratio of race time to load time in online play is painful and lessens the desire to play for large lengths of time, unlike Mario Kart 8. 

We are looking for the following changes to CTR Nitro Fueled for a better gaming experience, especially for online matches:

Decreased load times.  The load time from the main menu to the online menu takes about 30 seconds.  For just loading a new menu, this is absurd.  The load time for courses is also too high and cuts into the enjoyment of the game.  For a private match with friends, it takes 125 seconds, on average, in between races due to loading the awards screen, loading the matchmaking screen, then loading the next course.  This takes even longer in the public online matchmaking.

Remove the awards screen.  It takes extra loading time to load this screen and it's annoying to see this screen after every race.  It also requires a certain amount of time to sit on the screen.  We would much rather be in the next race more quickly than being forced to load and watch this award ceremony.

Allow multiple races in private matches.  Every time we play we can only play one match at a time, which requires lots of load time in menus and the award screen.  Add an option to play multiple races before returning to the main online menu.

Overall, there is much opportunity for optimization to reduce load times.  Players would be grateful for an update of this nature.