I played with the keyboard and then with the controller and noticed that it felt way more intuitive with controller although I don't know if that was just me, however it is still not very intuitive to grasp since the breaks are just to punishing and getting the hang of the drifting is kind of a steep learning curve at the beginning but once you start figuring it out my overview of the game changed quite a bit.
I viewed more as a driving demo and having fun hitting the walls and hearing the horrible scratches, which where quite hilarious at the begging but ended being more of background noise on the long run, and the same goes for the Eurobeat which is should be like a match in heave (just some slight modifications would fix it really). However, I ended up hooked trying to beat the time trials and a definitively would love to try the game if it was more polished since it is very addictive.
I'm seeing in the comments that you can compete against Mokou in the story battle, however, I beated the time trial 2 twice and nothing happened, so that is quite a shame. I don't know what I did wrong there.
My favorite part: Finding out that enjoy drifting. never being very fond of racing games so this sparked a new interest in me n.n