I think the general opinion of the internet right now is that IGN always sucked. I don't share that opinion - during the PS2/Gamecube/XBox era, IGN was actually pretty great.
"Look, if you are upset that your favorite character has been swapped out of the franchise for some other character that you don't give a shit about, maybe you don't like games."
Waiting for this to hit the podcast circuit...
Without seeing a bunch of charred corpses (like Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru) littering the racetrack, I don't believe anyone actually died in the Boonta Eve Classic.
Ratts Tyerell went home to his wife and kids (probably in traction), retired from the sport, and took up gardening.