I’m fine with either track type in Mario Kart World myself so that update doesn’t bother me.

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travo said:

People seem really pissed off at the Mario Kart World updates claiming that if you choose random in online racing you're less likely to get a classic three lap race track in favor of tracks that transition from one track to another. Its crazy how riled up some people are over this. Should Nintendo patch in a classic track mode?

I didn't even know you could do 'classic' tracks in VS mode.  We never bothered much with VS mode in MK8 so didn't pay it any attention in World.  I tried some this morning, and for me, it's more enjoyable.  The way they've handled the Cups make little sense to me.  It mimmicks knockout mode, but it's just divided into 4 'chapters'.

I tried a few of the tracks and while they were enjoyable, they seem shorter than the tracks in MK8?  So far there's also nothing that matches something like Shy Guy Falls in terms of spectacle.  I guess that's the flip side of the coin of having created a full interlinked world to traverse.

I don't mind the wider track design per se, it's clearly designed to accomodate the pure chaos of 24-player mayhem.  I do feel that World is a very different game from MK8, where the developers clearly focused on magnifying the chaos element in favor of the actual racing.  Both are valid, but I feel that outside of Knockout mode, I would have prefered tighter track design.