Interesting that the M3, which is supposedly faster and with more go-kart-ish handling was a second slower (out of 42-43 sec) than the P*2 on a go kart track. Given that the M3P's main advantage over the M3LR is high battery-->motor output yielding higher speed, I doubt that would have made the difference given the go kart track is more about the twists and turns.
Also interesting that the EV skeptic liked the P*2 while the EV aficionado liked the M3.
My psychoanalysis is that if you've spent the last few years evangelizing EVs, then it probably feels like sacrilege to go against Tesla and the M3. They've already rationalized away all the little things that have kept EV skeptics from jumping into EVs because of Tesla's choices (no driver dash panel??? no analog door handles?? no window wiper buttons/switches on the M3??). And instead they've focused on the great 0->60, range, etc - which is what Tesla does well.
So, when cars come that do the little things well, like the Taycan, IPace, and now P*2, they can only analyze on the basis of what Tesla does well: range/charging, 0->60, etc. - and they minimize all the other features. Meanwhile the rest of us are happy with the other features, because range and 0->60 isn't the end all be all.
I think the P*2 (and Taycan, IPace, Niro/Kona, MachE, ID3/ID4 i4/iX3,...) is for all the folks who have found Tesla to be insufficient - which I think is the vast majority of folks out there.