Mariokart 8- What do you think of the new Rainbow Road?

[xaszatm]

Honestly, I don't like it. I find the course is honestly too short, and I don't like the music for it either really. Not to mention I'm about to rage quit because of f*cking Toadette just appearing out of nowhere and hitting me at the last second. At first I thought it was a coincidence, but she's always either right behind me or in front of me in every race I've done and it's seriously getting annoying.

Are you using the same character? I believe Mario Kart 8 uses the Rival system that previous Mario Kart uses, meaning that the characters will have the same person at their backs at all times. Also, the item system in the Grand Prix is annoying. After unlocking all the characters, I've switched to VS race because I can choose item setup. You should try Frantic Mode in the VS matches. Coins hardly show up there. Although expect multiple blue shells a race.

OT: I LOVE IT! I love the track designs and the music. I love playing as the Koopalings and surprisingly Pink Gold Peach. I think the short tracks were done on purpose for online purposes.

 

[xaszatm]

Looks like someone didn't sacrifice enough souls to the hax Gods yet.

I know it's painful to do. But trust me, it's oh so worth it in the end.

(Besides there was one time on the Wii Mario kart where every race I joined just before I hit the finish line on the final lap I got hit by 2 shell varieties and rammed to the side of the road by douche bag COM's)

Well her rubber band AI is damn terrible. This is giving me Double Dash flashbacks because she did the same damn thing to me in that game too on Mirror Mode...
Also, the items are screwy in this game I think. I should have recorded the last race I did on my Elgato because for the entire last lap on Yoshi Valley I had ten coins, only to get a single coin in the items 3 times in a row...

Yeah, I've heard many people state that the items system in this game is trash. But I can't tell you for sure. Maybe when the competition starts we can see if it truly balances itself out?

Still having trouble wrapping my head around how it works though. But I guess I have to play it to really know.

Eh, it depends. (I'm assuming everyones talking about regular item mode here). The chances of getting screwed seems to be proportional to how far you are from the rest of the pack. If you are miles ahead of the second place person, expect Red Shells, Blue Shells, and Lightning Bolts at an increased frequency with only coins to protect you. If the racers are extremely close, however, it's a bit more fair. I've gone entire Grand Prix without a single Blue Shell because the race was really close. 1st Place seems to actually get items that close as well. I hardly get coins if 2nd place is attempting to get a speed boost of my back. I think people say it's lousy because the game tries to make it hard for someone far ahead to keep their lead. I think it's quite fair in online mode, where the "randomness" keeps most of the racers close. Though with the various ways to change which items appear, I think complaining about the item system is silly.

 

[WeepingAngels]

I prefer the updated N64 Rainbow Road. I also think that hovering adds nothing to the game.

 

[Roxas1359]

Are you using the same character? I believe Mario Kart 8 uses the Rival system that previous Mario Kart uses, meaning that the characters will have the same person at their backs at all times. Also, the item system in the Grand Prix is annoying. After unlocking all the characters, I've switched to VS race because I can choose item setup. You should try Frantic Mode in the VS matches. Coins hardly show up there. Although expect multiple blue shells a race.

Few problems with that, I've switched to multiple characters and it's still been Toadette. Not to mention, I checked the rivals and Waluigi's are Donkey Kong and Luigi, with Wendy Koopa taking the 4th place slot. :/
As for the items, I've been miles ahead and have still never gotten blue shells, as well as behind the first place and still gotten coins. Having the coin as an item is an utter waste, especially since the coins on the track respawn in about 3-4 seconds after being picked up making them more useless. They should have just brought back the Boo item, seeing as King Boo isn't in the game, or even the Pow Block. I'm also upset at the remove of the wheelie move...>.>

 

[Hero of Lime]

I am loving the game so much overall. However, I actually didn't really enjoy the new Rainbow Road as much as I wanted to. It looks amazing, but racing on it isn't as much fun. Maybe I need to play more races on it, I've only been on it twice.

On the flip side, I love the updated N64 Rainbow Road a lot, especially since it is just one big lap instead of three long ones.