I doubt it'd be clunky if it was assigned to a L2/R2 + D-Pad command and flowed well into combat, it wouldn't be any different from any other combat...
While I hate racing games, I find the ones in BBS to be really simple to do once you know how to take advantage of the course. And I HATE Fruit Ball...
I think most people should be at least be ready to face the idea that Versus XIII might be PS4. It might not happen, but it does not hurt to prepare...
If you don't know already, you can order the game online and pick the game up at your local Best Buy since they have run out of copies for the online...