As of now, the Kudo stat & mechanic as a whole is pretty much just there. I believe a solid way to make it a decent part of the game & introduce a system that’ll let you know who in your lobby races clean or rams, is changing it to allow the player to give/take a kudo at the end of each race.
Once you complete a trial or co-op race or tours, you’ll have the ability to give a Kudo, ex. thumbs up, or take a Kudo, ex. thumbs down, to the 5 teammates you had. at the beginning loading into a race they could show everyone’s total amount of Kudo’s.. kinda so you get an idea who may try to ruin the fun.
I feel like this could be a nice way to encourage friendly competition and re use an in-game mechanic thats been overlooked for the past few years.