I'm vaguely curious...
Since the game has to load various voice clips, are there benefits to playing the game with a specific language/version?
What about the character choice? Are they just cosmetic?
Hey there @Meerkov, welcome on in!
The language/version consideration is an interesting one since I don't think anyone has bothered to test it, although considering we skip/spam through all of the dialogue I can't imagine it would make very much of a difference. If you do decide to experiment I would be curious as to the results.
I'm no expert by any means, but from the handful of hours I've put into the game, the racers seem to be exclusively cosmetic with no stat differences whatsoever. I tried a few of them and I couldn't feel any noticeable changes in speed or handling.
I hope you do end up running this, I'd love to see another runner on the boards!