because the intermission tracks frankly suck for the most part, and are just straight-line roads.
It almost feels like Nintendo are punishing the old meta of high acceleration/very nimble but no speed, using drifting and boosts to keep up speed.
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Clbull@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’ll add some context, as I actually own a Switch 2 and Mario Kart World.
The game is full of “intermission tracks”, where the next race starts at the previous track and you effectively drive to the next track for the first two laps, then complete a single lap of the destination track.
Many people voted Random in online multiplayer instead of picking one of the three interconnecting tracks, because the intermission tracks frankly suck for the most part, and are just straight-line roads. By picking Random, the game would actually pick a completely different course and you’d do a standard 3-lap race, like you would by selecting the course in Time Trial mode.
At least that’s what used to happen, before the latest patch… Now, random actually picks one of the three interconnecting courses, and no longer picks a random course.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Clbull@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yup.
Best kart/racer combination in the game is genuinely one of the Bowser ones, due to having the lowest acceleration and highest top speed in the game.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That was the meta? I just naturally gravitated to it. Guess I’ll stick with MK8 and stay winning.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
8 is the better game in most ways
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Still rocking Diddy Kong Racing. One day I’ll switch to Mario Kart, but they have to make one at least as good as DKR.
JakoJakoJako13@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This explanation helps a lot. I was watching Maxamillion_Dood play online and it seemed like every other track they selected was random. And when it wasn’t he clearly didn’t know what lap they started on. Like the race would be over the first time they crossed the finish line. Everytime that happened Max was confused. Even to me as a viewer that seemed weird. I couldn’t tell what was going on either. First time I ever watched a Mario Kart game and had a hard time telling what was going on.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Perfect explanation.
echodot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I swear to God Nintendo don’t play test their games anymore. It’s always something like this.
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
They’ve been on a sharp downward trajectory since WiiU for the most part. Big F for the sports games and Mario party