Well, it appears that the review embargo is up on ModNation Racers, as IGN has reviewed it 3 weeks ahead of time 
. Apparently, it’s a definite contender in kart racers, and the creativity and sharing aspects are great. The only real negative they had with the game (that barred anything above the given 9/10) is the extensive loading times, which take a few seconds short of a minute to load a race.
Given the apparent quality of the title and the praise it is receiving, it still sounds good enough to, at the very least, rent it. You can read the full written review here.
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Written by: Jay
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#1 by genbatzu on May 4th, 2010 [ 3798 Points ]
really sounds interesting, but with all this powerfull weapons i think it will sometimes be really, really frustrating
#2 by Gibb on May 5th, 2010 [ 2930 Points ]
I’m gonna get this.. hopefully they’ll patch up the loading times later.
#3 by Royalty2132 on May 5th, 2010
Looks very fun. They gave it a great score as well but its just not my type of game. I think ill pass and on this one and just wait for RDR.
#4 by Blackstaffer on May 5th, 2010
I was in the beta and the load times were VERY painful. I was hoping that they’d have fixed it in the real release. Doesn’t look like it.
#5 by EdEN on May 5th, 2010 [ 48622 Points ]
A minute to load each race? Who wrote the online code? That’s just not acceptable in a game that relies on the community being happy…
#6 by Royalty32 on May 5th, 2010
If not fixed by launch, im sure there will be a patch later.
#7 by Pc on May 5th, 2010 [ 1935 Points ]
Day one purchase for me! I wonder if the game installs any data to your hdd? If it doesn’t and still takes a minute to load in-between races, then that’s pretty sad for todays standards. If it foesn’t install to the hdd and takes that long, then we have hope for the future and not waiting so long. Anyways, this games is going to rock and i cant wait to try out other peoples tracks/make my own, and also create some crazy rides to race with my friends!
#8 by Pc on May 5th, 2010 [ 1935 Points ]
I said that wrong
If it doesn’t install to the hdd and takes a minute, then we have hope through an update in the future. Now, if it does install to the hdd and still takes a minute for loading in-between races, then it might get anoying after a while. Hopefully the races will be nice and long 
#9 by jerry on May 5th, 2010
Thats a long load time but I am sure my GF will love this game. Play Share Create!
#10 by Emrah on May 5th, 2010 [ 7049 Points ]
I hated the long load times.. I’m sad they didn’t fix it..
#11 by EdEN on May 6th, 2010 [ 48622 Points ]
Maybe a patch will do so in a couple of months? Seems to be how it works nowadays…
#12 by hobbes on May 6th, 2010 [ 515 Points ]
i preordered, the load times are going to be major disappointing.. really hope they fix that or allow HD install to rectify.
#13 by Jay on May 7th, 2010 [ 69353 Points ]
well, look on the bright side, the long load times will be universal, so the issues you deal with, everyone else will be, too
surely, if they get enough complaints, load times will be fixed via a patch though.