I was curious about this character pack, because I saw the Demon Core trailer and I thought it was extremely funny to see joke characters in Ring Racers, so I wanted to give it (and the rest of the Lua characters) a try.
The artstyle of the characters in general is really cute and I dig it.
Demon Core is funny, it's a proper joke character indeed. I actually didn't know that it also came with a 33% boost in boost power though, so before I realised, I was getting SPBs thrown at me in Master difficulty as soon as I got a lead. The ability to die at any time also bugs out Sealed Stars - you will not respawn, but the game will not restart either. Finally, using the Garden Top can still subject you to dying by bumping, despite common sense dictating that you're not being bumped yourself, which is a little silly.
Lysander is neat, having a character whose stats change in times other than crossing the finish line is a cool concept. Although, more often than not, it seemed to change to very similar stats than it does change to wildly different ones, so more often than not the gimmick can be inperceptible, but still neat.
Akuii is another neat concept - 20 rings practically has you move sideways while drifting, but it's possible to still have control over your weight by spending rings or by simply turning. It feels like playing a class C, relying mostly on turning but also abusing the sideways drifting and amazing drift spark rate to get a lot of speed. It can be frustrating sometimes though, because elements such as ring boxes and trick panel rewards can keep you at 20 rings for a long time, and it's a killer in some levels, but it's nothing unmanageable.
Hope you keep cooking, chief.