When I first played the wave race inspired demo for Kinect Sports Rivals I was pretty skeptical. As a beta tester of the original Kinect , I knew all to well that racing games using motion control neither work well, nor feel fun to play.  And the first time I played this demo I didn’t bother looking at the tutorial. I embarrassingly finished in last place and hit just about everything I could. Not watching the tutorial was a big mistake, because the tutorial shows you how to precisely control your vehicle, how to use the speed boost, and how to land without crashing. The second time around I was prepared and things were much more fun. I hit jumps, did stunts, preformed speed boost , landed well and finished the race a close 2nd place.  I think that they should have used a more simple sport, for the sake of “selling” the demo, and that using a controller is still better for racing games. That said, I had fun with it and Rare has proven that racing games using Kinect 2.0 can actually work well.