Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed

[NICKtendo DS]

i LOVE unlocking characters but i heard many new games now use this DLC instead? I do not like that...

If you're talking about an unlock-all key, then yes, that's pretty lame.
Transformed has a bunch of unlockables. Even if you'll only get a mod exclusively for 1 character when you get all stars in World Tour makes you feel you've worked towards something clearing everything on Expert.

DLC in this case is additional content not on the disc (not including Metal Sonic and OutRun Bay on the WiiU disc). More content is better, right?

Speaking of which, the voting is over in a few hours. Ryo is the big leader with 3000+ votes, which will definitely spark the attention of SEGA. Segata and Miku also passed the 3000 milestone.
In case of licensing issues, Vectorman, Bayonetta and Ristar are the current runner-ups, all of which have passed the 1000 milestone.
Aside from the mentioned characters, only Toejam & Earl has 1000+ votes.

About tracks, Steve Lycett mentioned on the SEGA forums that it takes a lot of time to make just one to be on par with the tracks already in the game. I'd be satisfied with a simple track, but when there are standards, who am I to judge? He told us that if Sumo Digital was to make another track, it wouldn't be available until April. That's a bummer. I'd pay for something as simple as a Sonic Drift track (a SNES Mario Kart track counterpart).