History YMMV / SonicRoboBlast2Kart

** The random, screaming Toads that you can run over in Arids Sands. They never respawn.
** The "Battal Bowl", a stage that looks like something straight out of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. In fact, the titular duo's faces appear as the walls of the stage.

* ThatOneLevel: Even outside of Map Hell, some of the tracks in this game get a little insane.

** The majority of the ports come from consoles that weren't able to provide much variety in layout, sticking to a single flat elevation. While some ports take creative liberties to alleviate this somewhat (with [[VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit MKSC Sky Garden]] slanting one part of the track upward, and [[VideoGame/SonicDrift SD2 Balloon Panic]] turning the off-roads into steep hills), the tracks otherwise feel bland when placed next to the more varied layouts of the original tracks (with [[VideoGame/KonamiKrazyRacers KKR Ganbare Dochu 2]] being especially infamous for this).
** Several ports are cramped or filled with obstacles that are hard to avoid. [[VideoGame/SuperMarioKart SMK Ghost Valley 2 and SMK Bowser Castle 3]] are prime examples of this thanks to coming from much slower racing games, with [[VideoGame/MarioKartDS MKDS Peach Gardens]] not too far behind even when one of its obstacles was ''removed'' in the port.
** Even with their wider roads, [=SD2=] Balloon Panic and [=SMK=] Vanilla Lake 2 can easily send a player off-track, slowing them down in the process (Balloon Panic with its bouncy balloons, Vanilla Lake 2 with its icy road), which can drag out the race and become very draining.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is no stranger to this trope. A few standout examples include:

* BreatherLevel: 3 Color Drive is a smooth, nearly-flat track with no hazards to worry about, making for a less chaotic race than usual. But here's the catch: [[spoiler:This level is found in the [[BrutalBonusLevel notoriously difficult Map Hell cup]], which features plenty of tracks that have hazards and tricky turns.]][[note]]According to WordOfGod, the reason 3 Color Drive is in the Map Hell cup is because the stage is actually unfinished.[[/note]]

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: If most of the game's custom characters being gravitated towards such stat spread is any indication, most players prefer racers that lean into either being balanced or being fast and/or lightweight. Despite this, players using slower and heavier racers became slightly more common thanks to v1.0.2.
* HilariousInHindsight: This game was in development long before the announcement of an official [[Videogame/TeamSonicRacing Sonic-Universe racing game]].

* MostAnnoyingSound / SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Each character has a callout for powerful items, making them either of these depending on whether or not it was you who got the item.

* TheScrappy: The player base tends to view any track from the ''Videogame/MarioKart'' series [[note]]Sky Garden, Peach Gardens, Rainbow Road [[spoiler:(both of them)]], Donut Plains 1, Mario Circuit 2, Ghost Valley 2, Bowser Castle 3, and Vanilla Lake[[/note]] as this due to their potential to dominate the majority vote in net games and as a result, get picked the most often.

* NauseaFuel: Kodachrome Void's walls and floors are made up of pulsating black and white patterns, making for an extremely disorienting experience. It ended up being toned down in 1.0.2, but the original disorienting color still remains [[spoiler:as its Encore palette.]]

** Being locked from the start, the Egg Cup in general is difficult, but it's most noticeable with Kodachrome Void (narrow corridors, awkward turns, and a disorienting aesthetic) and Eggman's Nightclub (lots of tight turns, easy-to-miss shortcuts, and another gold medal time that offers next to no room for error).

* TierInducedScrappy: Eggman, Chaos, and Gamma tend to get the short end of the stick due to their gameplay style, which relies around bullying lighter racers and abusing their fast drift spark rates to get huge speeds on turns (unlike Metal Sonic, Vector, and Omega who are also heavy but fast as well). This makes them harder to master compared to the likes of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles and gives them a disadvantage on tracks with not a lot of turns and no wide straightaways to abuse snaking on.

** The "Battal Bowl", a stage that looks like something straight out of ''Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff''. In fact, the titular duos faces appear as the walls of the stage.

* TierInducedScrappy: Eggman and Gamma tend to get the short end of the stick due to their gameplay style, which relies around bullying lighter racers and abusing their fast drift spark rates to get huge speeds on turns (unlike Metal Sonic and Omega who are also heavy but fast as well). This makes them harder to master compared to the likes of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles and gives them a disadvantage on tracks with not a lot of turns and no wide straightaways to abuse snaking on.

* TierInducedScrappy: Eggman and Omega tend to get the short end of the stick due to their gameplay style, which relies around bullying lighter racers and abusing their fast drift spark rates to get huge speeds on turns (unlike Metal Sonic and Omega who are also heavy but fast as well). This makes them harder to master compared to the likes of Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles and gives them a disadvantage on tracks with not a lot of turns and no wide straightaways to abuse snaking on.

* ScrappyMechanic: When the game first released, Battle Mode was not as well-liked by the community as Race mode was. Unlike modern ''Mario Kart'' titles which have a timer and multiple game modes, the only available mode on offer is a simple survival-to-the-end mode, the same one used in earlier ''Mario Kart'' games (styled directly after ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit''), which means no time limit. While matches in those games contained only two to four players, ''[=SRB2Kart=]''[='s=] can contain many more players- up to 16. Additionally, the resurrection mechanic (dubbed "Attack or Protect") can drag matches on for much longer as players fight for a chance of returning to the action while the currently active players attempt to defeat each other- which can take up to eight minutes tops on a server with lots of players.

* ThatOneSidequest: As mentioned above, getting all of the gold medals is a tedious affair. At least part of the difficulty comes from the fact that the times for the medals are based off of staff ghosts, although it's very clear that some staff members were better at the game than others. This results in some SchizophrenicDifficulty; whereas some gold medal times can be accomplished just by racing relatively well, some require you to drive a near-flawless racing line and cut almost every corner to even come close to beating the target time.

* ScrappyMechanic: When the game first released, Battle Mode was not as well-liked by the community as Race mode was. Unlike modern ''Mario Kart'' titles which have a timer and multiple game modes, The only available mode on offer is a simple survival-to-the-end mode, the same one used in earlier ''Mario Kart'' games (styled directly after ''VideoGame/MarioKart64'' and ''VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit''), which means no time limit. While matches in those games contained only two to four players, ''[=SRB2Kart=]''[='s=] can contain many more players- up to 16. Additionally, the resurrection mechanic (dubbed "Attack or Protect") can drag matches on for much longer as players fight for a chance of returning to the action while the currently active players attempt to defeat each other- which can take up to eight minutes tops on a server with lots of players.

* ScrappyMechanic: Battle Mode has no time limit unless it is set manually, causing battles to often drag on for minutes on end, especially in larger, open-ended stages.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: If most of the game's custom characters being gravitated towards such stat spread is any indication, most players prefer racers that lean into either being balanced or being fast and lightweight. Despite this, players using slower and heavier racers became slightly more common thanks to v1.0.2.

** The "Battal Bowl", a stage that looks like something straight out of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff. In fact, the titular duos faces appear as the walls of the stage.
* BreatherLevel: 3 Color Drive is a smooth, nearly-flat track with no hazards to worry about, making for a less chaotic race than usual. But here's the catch: [[spoiler:This level is found in the [[BrutalBonusLevel notoriously difficult Map Hell cup]], which features plenty of tracks that have hazards and tricky turns.]][[note]]According to the developer, the reason 3 Color Drive is in the Map Hell cup is because the stage is actually unfinished.[[/note]]

* NauseaFuel: Kodachrome Void's walls and floors are made up of pulsating black and white patterns, making for an extremely disorienting experience.

* ThatOneSidequest: As mentioned above, getting all of the gold medals is a tedious affair. At least part of the difficulty comes from the fact that the times for the medals are based off of staff ghosts, although it's very clear that some staff members were better at the game than others. This results in some SchizophrenicDifficulty; whereas some gold medal times can be accomplished just by racing relatively well, some require you to drive a near-flawless racing line and cut almost every corner to even come close to beating the target time.
* VideogameCrueltyPotential:
** You can run into Toads standing in the middle of the track in Arid Sands, causing them to get launched and self-destruct as a result. They provide no penalty for doing so and running them over has no impact on the overall race, but the explosion can spin out racers that drive into it.
** A more intentionally implemented example is with the battle mode. After running out of Bumpers, you can drive your kart into other racers still in the game to destroy one of their bumpers. Destroying a certain amount will award you with an extra one of your own and put you back in the game.

** You can run over Toad (or if you’d prefer, multiple Toads) in Arid Sands. They provide no penalty for doing so and running them over has no impact on the overall race.

* BiglippedAlligatorMoment: Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart is no stranger to this trope. A few standout examples include:

* Hilarious in Hindsight: This game was in development long before the announcement of an official [[Videogame/TeamSonicRacing Sonic-Universe racing game]].

* Videogame Cruelty Potential:

* BreatherLevel: 3 Color Drive is a smooth, nearly-flat track with no hazards to worry about, making for a less chaotic race than usual. But here's the catch: [[spoiler:This level is found in the [[BrutalBonusLevel notoriously difficult Map Hell cup]], which features plenty of tracks that have hazards and tricky turns.]]

* SurpriseDifficulty: Record Attack might seem simple, but some of the silver medals can be pretty tough to earn. And then you usually have to shave about another 20 seconds for the gold medal.