Turbo: the game based on the movie about racing that is not a racing game

You know that Turbo movie about the snail who gets all super fast and eventually races in the Indy 500? Well, they made a game about that movie because, you know, that's what the all-encompassing they does. And do you know what kind of game it is? You don't? Want to guess? Don't worry, I'll wait...

Ok, you have taken some time and have your guess all hot and ready to serve, right? Great! A racing game, you say? You are absolutely, one-hundred percent wrong! "But why would anyone take a movie all about racing and not make a racing game about it?!" I wish I knew, but I cannot answer that question; however,  I can tell you what the Turbo game--titled, Turbo: Super Stunt Squad--is: a skateboarding game!

Now, before you point it out, I know, you don't actually ride around on a skateboard, but you do drive around different small areas, pulling off tricks, collecting letters to spell the word T-U-R-B-O, and other such nonsense just like you did in old Tony Hawk games. I heard Super Stunt Squad wasn't a racing game before I played it and probably should have put two and two together based off the name alone, but I never expected to find myself playing an old-school Tony Hawk game skinned with Turbo assets after putting the game disc in my Xbox 360. Is it a bad game? No, it just isn't what I expected and has left me wondering how this game came to be.