It seemed obvious that platform speed should come down to thrust to mass ratio. Width mattering never would have occurred to me. So, obviously I'm happy with this change. I guess triangles are in for speed designs now!

I actually liked the speed-based astroid damage. Maybe they could have combined it with health in some way, and not remove the speed-based damage altogether. But I'm also not unhappy with the new system, because it's easy to understand.