this is really true. it doesn't feel nearly as chaotic as it looks. When I played against the cpu the pace was just fine. I still feel that without any sense of "turbo" that I can't really "go fast".
Jano is right tho, if the overall look of the animations deter you from playing it's not gonna work at all for you. Some of that will not obviously change.
Props to dre for posting all these vids. If I had not been able to go I would've been really eager to see them. I would probably be over reactin too! lol.