Worst Mario Kart Track EVER?

The stupid Japanese-style traffic also means the turns are kind of blind, and you might end up crashing headfirst into that car in the first hairpin turn, especially on the first lap.

I still like the course, though.
 
Easiest choice of my life, Baby Park on the DS. The Double Dash version's fun, it's got the special items and that's really it! But here's every gripe I have with the DS version.

- It's got 5 laps instead of 7.
- Most if not all of the special items are gone.
- The track was made wider than the OG.
- Made Mario Kart 8's and Tour's more horrible than they shoulda been!

If I had to go outside of the retro category, then Figure-8 Circuit for sure.
 
I don't HATE any particular course, but recently I don't care for Rosalina's Ice World. It seems like every time I play MK8 Deluxe online I play it multiple times. Some fun elements but I am just bored with it :/
 
Bone Dry Dunes. I hate it because I'm so bad at it.
 
Of the courses I've played, probably GCN Baby Park. It's super short, but there're 7 laps to make up for this. This course becomes super chaotic because of the small space and length and everyone just spams items the entire time.
 
I'd say the worst track for me is Rainbow Road. It's so hard to make those turns without falling off. Frustration...anger......despair.
 
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Easy. Wario's Gold Mine (original Wii version). I'm glad they significantly improved this track along with Toad's Turnpike in Mario Kart 8, but here's why I hate the Wii version of this track so much, making some MandJTV references along the way.

-At least with Toad's Turnpike (in the original N64 version), you can restart the race if you're getting bodied hard, and it's only the first track of that game's Flower Cup. This track is the last track in Wii's Flower Cup, and it almost singlehandedly ruins the Flower Cup in Wii. If you get screwed over on this track, you have to quit the game or hit the reset button and restart the entire Flower Cup.
-The track feels uncomfortable to drive on, as you feel like you will be knocked off the course. This problem is made even worse if you're using an slow and light vehicle like the Booster Seat (slowest kart in the game) or a nearly impossible to control vehicle like the Phantom (outside drifting bike that has the worst drift in the game).
-Because Mario Kart Wii has twelve racers on the track instead of eight like in previous games, this just exacerbates the previous problem I mentioned and significantly increases your chances of being screwed over by items (though this applies to any track in Mario Kart Wii, but it's especially problematic on Wario's Gold Mine).
-On the topic of items, the new items introduced in this game that I consider to be the worst items in the series (the Mega Mushroom, POW Block, and Thunder Cloud) only serve to make this already atrocious track even worse. The POW Block is at its ABSOLUTE WORST on this track. Can't you tell I have a SERIOUS AND PERSONAL VENDETTA against the POW Block in particular? Oh, need I mention that the Thunder Cloud is even worse than the POW Block by nature? The fact that the Thunder Cloud is the worst item in the series due to it being designed to harm the user alone is already unacceptable, but combining this with the fact that other races are likely push you off the track due to nature of its extremely uncomfortable feeling, especially if you're using a lightweight, makes it SO MUCH WORSE.
-The minecarts. Oh, don't even get me STARTED on these abominations. They block off the shortcut half the time, and Arkoos (Arceus) help you if you run into just one of them, because then your race is over. Kiss your chances of winning a race on this track, let alone getting a one Star rank or higher on the Flower Cup, goodbye.

I absolutely despise Wario's Gold Mine in Wii specifically, and I would just like to see the Wii version of this track get Land's Wrathed by Zygarde and Oblivion Winged by Yahvultal (Yveltal), god of DEATH, alongside the original N64 version of Toad's Turnpike.
 
Worst would be a majority of SNES tracks, with the Vanilla Lakes and Bowser Castles jostling on the throne. (Bowser Castle 3's MK8D rendition is an immense improvement though)

The most boring for me is Rosalina's Ice World. never cared about it and Piranha Plant Pipeline should have had its spot in the booster course pass
 
Honestly I cannot name one that I hate. I have my preferences but overall I don't think there's a single track that I outright dislike. I guess I don't like the desert ones that much? Just cause I don't generally like desert levels in games.
 
I hate MK8DX's remake of N64 Rainbow Road. First, they made it a segmented track, taking away the long flair of the OG. Second, RAILS RUIN RAINBOW ROAD (the four Rainbow Road ruining R's) Finally, Wii's Rainbow Road got to keep its OG length instead of becoming segmented, so why did the N64 one get the opposite, when it is shorter and (in my opinion) easier?
 
For some honesty completely inexplicable reason I really do not like Cheep Cheep beach.
I don't know what it is but for some reason every time Cheep Cheep beach appears I just stop having fun
It might also be because the only mario kart games I've played are 8 deluxe, wii and tour
 
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FizzletheMovieTheatre said:
I hate MK8DX's remake of N64 Rainbow Road. First, they made it a segmented track, taking away the long flair of the OG. Second, RAILS RUIN RAINBOW ROAD (the four Rainbow Road ruining R's) Finally, Wii's Rainbow Road got to keep its OG length instead of becoming segmented, so why did the N64 one get the opposite, when it is shorter and (in my opinion) easier?
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Imo both N64 Rainbow Roads are bad tracks. N64 was too long (it takes five minutes iirc to complete it which is insanely long by Mario Kart standards) and boring while 8 is way too short. 8 also got rid of the neon lights and just replaced that art with stock art, also getting rid of Wario, Boo, Donkey Kong, and that Mushroom (I guess).
 
@Ray Trace Rainbow Road is in Mario Kart Wii too, and it's just as bad there. Thing I hate about Rainbow Road most is the tight turns that make you keep falling off. I wonder if most other Mario Kart players hate that? Like, they should have put some railings or something so players wouldn't keep constantly falling off.
 
Wii Rainbow Road isn't actually all that bad, tbh, I can manage the turns there. Nothing there is as brutal as doing the 8 curve turn at the start and end of 8's Rainbow Road on 200cc with an inside drift bike.
 
Ray Trace said:
Imo both N64 Rainbow Roads are bad tracks. N64 was too long (it takes five minutes iirc to complete it which is insanely long by Mario Kart standards) and boring while 8 is way too short. 8 also got rid of the neon lights and just replaced that art with stock art, also getting rid of Wario, Boo, Donkey Kong, and that Mushroom (I guess).
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Not as bad as SNES Bowser Castle 2, which is the worst Bowser Castle track and the third worst Super Mario Kart track behind the Vanilla Lake tracks, and while it's not the worst track in the series, it comes really, REALLY close. This track features way too many sharp turns and Thwomps everywhere. You'll be lucky to go ten seconds without slamming into something and losing all of your speed, and as the cherry on top, there is a literal dead end turn. That's right: this track features so many split paths, and one of them leads you directly to lava. Nintendo literally made a troll level, and it's anything but funny when you're actually trying to win the race.
 
Yeah. Sounds about as bad as playing SNES Bowser's Castle 3 with 16 racers in SRB2 Kart. I recall not liking this level very much either in Super Circuit.
 
I wonder if there are any other courses besides Rainbow Road on Mariokart Wii that are notorious in both earlier and later versions for being bad-and being bad on all consoles and handhelds in general.
 
I hate Choco Island 2 in both Super Circuit and DS.
 
I was never much a fan of the long stretches of Luigi Circuit N64.. fits his long jumps I suppose
 
FirePuppy said:
Baby Park (from Double Dash). You have to go around in a circle seven times, rather than go around a real race track for three laps.
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I remember they had that on Mario Kart Wii as well. My issue with it was that there wasn't much to it-it was way too short, and there wasn't much stuff to see so it was kind of boring. I think all I remember about it was mostly just the track being made up of these boring little metal grates and not much else. I don't think there was much scenery on the sides of the track either.
 
Like it or not, Baby Park is one of the most uniquely designed tracks where it's deliberately so short and simple that the real hazards are the characters you will overlap very shortly. It's always chaotic and I do like it, but some people may find it too chaotic to try to win, but I guess don't race this track to win.

Baby Park and boring don't really belong in the same sentence (Fig. A)
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unless you're talking about the Mario Kart DS one, that one is a disgrace (baby park is not in Mario Kart Wii)
 
My opinion of Baby Park differs depending on the game.

I dislke it in Double Dash because it's a bit too chaotic, though I understand that that's why people like it. The music is also obnoxiously childish and one of my least favorite soundtracks in the Mario series.

It's not great in DS either...

The CTGP version in Mario Kart Wii is fine if only because of Item Rain and the fact that I have my custom music playing here. Here I've replaced the music with Keep It Steady from Mario Party 10, and let me tell you, it's way better than listening to Baby Park's original music.
MP10 bias aside though, don't you think that Keep It Steady is a good fit for this track???

I like the Mario Kart 8 version. It has the right amount of chaos and is just more fun to race on than the past versions. Aesthetically, this version is also amazing to look at all the rides in the background. Kind of makes me wish this was a level in a 3D Mario game that you could explore...
Also in the Wii U version I replaced the music with Keep It Steady, and it's fun hearing that song getting pitched up and speedier with every lap...

I also don't mind Baby Park in Mario Kart Tour either, although I'm not a fan of the Trick version. Just that variant though, the other three are fine.

Oh, and I of course like the pink gold Baby Peach statue in the newer versions. (No it's not baby pink gold Peach)
As for what the worst Mario Kart track actually is, well, I don't think that any of the official tracks are. The worst Mario Kart track ever is probably some poorly made CTGP track, like early versions of Desert Mushroom Ruins or Mr. Bean5000vr's Mushroom Peaks. I'm not sorry Mr. Bean...
 
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