Been playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online (Switch emulator on PC), and this has been happening a lot.

In a way it’s my fault for selecting frantic items, though it does make the races more chaotically fun.

I like to disable the blue turtle shell, coins, and the lightning bolt.
Disabling coins must make first so much more enjoyable.
So you don’t like to play Mario Kart.
IMO coins are a punishment for being first, the lightning bolt penalizes everyone and takes you out of your race groove, the blue turtle shell I can take or leave.