The game uses this (currently not configurable) control scheme.
Use Up and Down arrow keys to highlight the choice you want, then press enter or space to confirm your selection. You may go back with escape or backspace on a submenu. There is currently no way to return to the menu after starting a game.
There is always a keyboard player. These are the controls:
You need to plug in the joysticks you want to use before starting racer. Each joystick is assigned a player, so you should unplug the ones you don't want to use. You can then use the following controls:
If you have a computer with bluetooth, a Wiimote, and cwiid, you may also use wminput to play with a Wii remote. See this page for instructions: http://racer.svn.sourceforge.net/view.../Readme?view=markup