How Anti-Gravity Affects Track Design

There is a lot of heated debate regarding the tracks in Mario Kart World. Specifically, the intermission tracks. The actual courses themselves are designed incredibly well, there are genuinely some jaw-dropping moments on these tracks, and it’s clear that a lot of thought and effort were put into them. And honestly, they look stunning–this is beautiful. But the intermission tracks are… not as great, and I think the overall quality of the game suffers because of them. I think this was kind of unavoidable with the whole open-world thing, y’know it’s just not financially sensible or really possible to give every single area the same amount of love. Not to mention that the intermission tracks are designed to get you from one area to another, and the more time you’re not just going straight, the longer the track is going to be. But it’s frustrating, because Nintendo knows the actual tracks are the best part of the game. From reviewing the online data they’ve collected, it should be clear that they’re the things people genuinely want to play on. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe already has so many examples of amazing tracks, tracks that I think most people would consider to be the best in the series. The Mario Kart team has nearly perfected every aspect of track design, and I’ve already talked about a few, mainly height variation, sightlines, how they teach mechanics–but there is still so much left to be said here. So, I'm going to talk about it. /Timestamps/ 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - 8DX & Segmentation 02:40 - Malls, Mountains, & Transitions 07:08 - Foreshadowing in 8DX 11:29 - Mario Circuit & Sightlines 12:37 - Wrapping Up 14:04 - Conclusion /Music/ Bugsnax OST - "Those Darn Bungers" VGMworld24 - "Mario Kart 7 Download Play menu MKDS Style" Mario Kart DS OST - "Waluigi Pinball & Wario Stadium" Mario Kart 8 OST - "Mount Wario" VGMworld24 - "MKDS Beta SEQ_Circuit 2 MKDD Style" Mario Kart DS OST - "Staff Credits 1" VGMworld24 - "Wii DK Summit / DK Snowboard Cross MKDS Style" Mario Kart World OST - "Break Free (Lead the Way)" Mario Kart DS OST - "Rainbow Road" Mario Kart World OST - "DS Rainbow Road" /Second Channel/ ‪@SnesM3ssBeta‬ The second channel which acts as a place to dump miscellaneous videos and resources. /Miscellaneous Resources/ The SnesM3ss Discord Server   / discord   The BetaLand SMP Discord Server   / discord   #mariokart #mariokart8deluxe #mk8dx #mariokartwii #mkwii #mkds #mariokartds #mariokartworld #mkw #gamedesign #mario #gaming #snesm3ss