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Worst Mario Kart tracks?
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momshotdad
Member
I hate the dragon temple DLC MK8 one. Anything above 100cc, it takes all the control out of it.
mrmickfran
Member
Kalamari Desert
Fuck that train
Fuck that train
xochipiltontli
Member
Everything in MK7 that wasn't that Piranha Plant stage.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
It's amazing how people get very defensive when people shared their opinions on the tracks they don't like.
Guys pls. No johns and git gud.
baby park and animal crossing winter
Mrmickfran pls. I like that track.
Greatest Ever
Member
Wario Colosseum. To be honest I don't like a lot of Double Dash's courses in general, and I know that it's definitely challenging, but it feels overdesigned at points.
mrmickfran
Member
I still suffer from trauma from constantly attempting to beat the train as a child.Mrmickfran pls. I like that track.
Man, GAF has bad taste in Mario Kart tracks. Neo Bowser City? Dragon Driftway? Any of the original MKWii tracks? Really, guys?
I'll nominate Toad's Turnpike from MK64, which returns in MK8. It's just a lame figure-8 with slow, easily avoided obstacles in the form of "real" vehicles. Just straightaways and a couple of curves. Practically puts me to sleep, especially with the music.
I'll nominate Toad's Turnpike from MK64, which returns in MK8. It's just a lame figure-8 with slow, easily avoided obstacles in the form of "real" vehicles. Just straightaways and a couple of curves. Practically puts me to sleep, especially with the music.
This. Baby Park is great.
I've never seen so many of my favourite things in a worst of thread.. Toad's Turnpike, Coconut Mall, Neo Bowser City, Grumble Volcano, Wario Goldmine. I'm relieved there's no mention of Maple Treeway so far. Once I got the hang of them, the "harder" tracks have always became my favourite very quickly. It seems there's a pattern here where people are picking a lot of the tracks where you're consistently forced to make a lot of sharp turns in succession. For some that can be annoying, but I love them
ivanthebearable
Member
Grumble Volcano. Just a shit design that's super unclear about where to drive, AND it changes as the race goes on. Throw it in the trash.
Neo Bowser City in MK8. Fucking garbage level. Took a good level and managed to make it completely unfun to play on.
A lot of the levels from MK64 honestly. They're so boring.
Edit: How could I forget Excitebike Arena? Oh wait, it's because it's an insanely boring and forgettable level with one of my least favorite songs in the series. Awful.
Neo Bowser City in MK8. Fucking garbage level. Took a good level and managed to make it completely unfun to play on.
A lot of the levels from MK64 honestly. They're so boring.
Edit: How could I forget Excitebike Arena? Oh wait, it's because it's an insanely boring and forgettable level with one of my least favorite songs in the series. Awful.
How do the originals feel like recycles? SNES tracks were amazing.
decoyplatypus
Member
Kalimari Desert (MK64) = flat and boring.
Rainbow Road (MK64) = long and boring - outside of the high-risk shortcut off the starting line, there's basically nothing going on here.
Baby Park (DD) = you know why
EDIT: Oh, and Bowser's Castle in MK8. It's not the worst on its own, but Bowser tracks are usually among the most fun/challenging, so this might have been the biggest let down of any MK track.
Rainbow Road (MK64) = long and boring - outside of the high-risk shortcut off the starting line, there's basically nothing going on here.
Baby Park (DD) = you know why
EDIT: Oh, and Bowser's Castle in MK8. It's not the worst on its own, but Bowser tracks are usually among the most fun/challenging, so this might have been the biggest let down of any MK track.
I've never seen so many of my favourite things in a worst of thread.. Toad's Turnpike, Coconut Mall, Neo Bowser City, Grumble Volcano, Wario Goldmine. I'm relieved there's no mention of Maple Treeway so far. Once I got the hang of them, the "harder" tracks have always became my favourite very quickly. It seems there's a pattern here where people are picking a lot of the tracks where you're consistently forced to make a lot of sharp turns in succession. For some that can be annoying, but I love them
I love almost all of those tracks you mentioned, too. I like Mario Kart when the tracks get zany and wacky and require you to demonstrate your mastery of them to win.
But Toad's Turnpike? Doesn't require that, doesn't fit in. Hence my nomination of it.
Calamari41
41 > 38
A lot of the Mario Kart 64 tracks don't hold up well because they're so much wider than those in the rest of the series. Makes them pretty boring in comparison. They were awesome at the time though.
Alright, reviving this thread to vent my frustration on... Excitebike.
What a garbage track. No excitement or skill at all. Just go forward, turn at the corners avoiding the mud and take jumps. Just hope you get first, get far enough, and not get hit by any items or else you're fucked and probably no way of catching up unless some oter person has an item to screw the person in front of you.
And the worst thing is that this map is so popular online that it almost gets chosen all the time. It somehow got into my favourite track stats so you know it gets chosen a lot.
What a garbage track. No excitement or skill at all. Just go forward, turn at the corners avoiding the mud and take jumps. Just hope you get first, get far enough, and not get hit by any items or else you're fucked and probably no way of catching up unless some oter person has an item to screw the person in front of you.
And the worst thing is that this map is so popular online that it almost gets chosen all the time. It somehow got into my favourite track stats so you know it gets chosen a lot.
The Xtortionist
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Excitebike, Baby Park, Dry Dry Desert, Grumble Volcano
Dry Dry Desert in particular elicits some irrational hatred from me. Yeah, it has some fun curves, but it looks so goddamn boring.
Dry Dry Desert in particular elicits some irrational hatred from me. Yeah, it has some fun curves, but it looks so goddamn boring.
Frankenstrat
Member
Naw bruh, pump up that super eurobeat and brake while drifting.
On topic, I can't particularly think of any aside from one or two in 64, but even that's mostly because I don't like how the karts handle in 64.
Edit: ooh! Dry Dry Desert! Most boring track possibly in the entire franchise. Super disappointed when they brought it back for MK8.
PeakPointMatrix
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The fuck is this bull.
I'd go as far as to say that Coconut Mall is the single glaring omission in MK8D.
You just described Mario Kart.
In MK8, the only tracks I don't like are Bone Dry Dunes and Music Park. They're well-made, but Bone Dry Dunes is a bit dull-looking, lacking the vibrant colors of other courses, while Music Park ironically has the least catchy music, and the tedious stretch near the end where you have to time your hops in sync with the bouncing music notes.
Some of the other courses listed here are great, though, IMO. I personally love Dolphin Shoals, Baby Park and Wario's Gold Mine, for example. Wario's Gold Mine is like a wooden rollercoaster at a theme park, Baby Park literally -is- a theme park (at least, thematically
), and Dolphin Shoals is gorgeous. Bonus nostalgia points in Dolphin Shoals for featuring the dolphins from Mario World and the giant eel from Mario 64!
Some of the other courses listed here are great, though, IMO. I personally love Dolphin Shoals, Baby Park and Wario's Gold Mine, for example. Wario's Gold Mine is like a wooden rollercoaster at a theme park, Baby Park literally -is- a theme park (at least, thematically
pun intended
The Xtortionist
Member
Waluigi Pinball?
Haha well, I mean, the track is just a boring oval. No skill whatsoever in that track
B button.
Peach Beach. Maybe Rosalina's Ice World.
Probably a whole bunch of MKD, I paid full price for it and played it so little I don't really remember much of it anymore.
Probably a whole bunch of MK
D, I paid full price for it and played it so little I don't really remember much of it anymore.I like the idea of the dragon but there's no variety to it.
Lumination
'enry 'ollins
Gliding towards the end and syncing up two hops is like, one of my favorite 10 second bits of MK8
.ForkNetwork
Banned
Rainbow Road Wii, so bland and boring
It's just as insane in online multiplayer with 11 other people.
They were banned for this opinion, right?!
Acerac
Banned
It's overplayed and not really that fun. I won't call it the worst but I will say I'm never happy to see it.
I'd have to say the dragon course is my least favorite. For whatever reason it never feels fun to me.
The Xtortionist
Member
let's go around in a circle seven times while all hell breaks loose
edit - oval, whatever