Just wanted to add to this.
I agree with everything you've posted; Race to the marked zones is absolutely cursed, I always prioritise this task yet we fail minimum 50% of the time, especially when there are more than, say, 8 players in a linkup. Smashing objects whilst drifting is my personal hell. I can do it, but the amount of players I see driving directly into these objects is infuriating, I really wish there was a "DRIFT, DRIFT, DRIFT" quickphrase. And the Porsche emblems... I really think that the Kennedy test track linkup is easily the worst linkup location in the game, solely because of this challenge. We probably fail 75% or more of this linkup location because of this challenge.
Give me matchmaking where smart people are able to complete these challenges regularly, and I'd be a happy man.
