Best MK ever for me, from the looks to the tracks to the driving. Returning to 7 after a year spent on 8, 7 just felt like the worst thing ever and to the local Gamestop it went the day after.
But. The AI is still as obnoxious as ever on 150cc. 150cc was the last I got all the gold trophies in because the scummy, cheating, rubberband AI held me in check for months. And it was still by pure miracle that I finally snatched that 1st place in Big Blue to win the last gold cup - the CPU looked like it was going to get it again until the last curve.
200cc is intense, but seeing the CPU racers slam straight into walls and pits makes it worth it. Not even Nintendo managed to make the CPU cheat there, and that’s saying something.
I just wish there was a way to deactivate single items like in Smash. That fucking lightning bolt is the bane of all good people who just want to have a multiplayer MK race or two without finding themselves screaming freshly-coined profanities at the game. Every. Single. Time. Big reason my friends and I never returned to MK8 after Smash Ultimate came out - which is a shame, ‘cuz I’m much better at MK than Smash.