What's the least popular Mario Kart TRACK?

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  • Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
  • With the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass finally complete, there are now 96 tracks in the game! But not every track is as good as Coconut Mall, or Rainbow Road... So in this video we're ranking all 96 tracks from LEAST POPULAR to MOST POPULAR!
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  • @ThomasGameDocs
    @ThomasGameDocs  6 місяців тому +332

    I said it would only take a week to get the results video out, and this time I delivered on my promise!! Hope you enjoy the video - this one was a mammoth video to edit, so I'm gonna go relax for a day or two before starting my next video, but I'll see you in 1 or 2 weeks!! Thanks as always for supporting my channel by watching my silly little Nintendo videos, I feel so lucky that this is my job! :)
    - Thomas

    • @TheRealBeany
      @TheRealBeany 6 місяців тому +5

      And that promise was kept well :D

    • @imMittensKitten
      @imMittensKitten 6 місяців тому +3

      go relax, you earned it :D

    • @Mikemegabyte
      @Mikemegabyte 6 місяців тому +1

      I voted

    • @BeretBay
      @BeretBay 6 місяців тому +2

      I really enjoy these poll based videos, Thomas!

    • @imMittensKitten
      @imMittensKitten 6 місяців тому

      @@Mikemegabyte Same! :D

  • @ODISeth
    @ODISeth 6 місяців тому +2480

    Part of me wonders how much of these results come from community nostalgia over thoughts on each course’s actual quality. I mean, when more than half of the top 10 tracks were in Mario Kart Wii, it makes you start to wonder if people just have a Wii bias

    • @-Teague-
      @-Teague- 6 місяців тому +464

      Wii was just built different

    • @Obbels
      @Obbels 6 місяців тому +464

      Counter argument: Wii has good tracks
      Counter-Counter argument: GCN, DS, 7 & 8 have good tracks
      You might have a point

    • @ODISeth
      @ODISeth 6 місяців тому +97

      @@-Teague- I mean yeah the game itself was built different, but personally I think that’s more due to how the controls felt and the (lack of) item balance, not the courses themselves being superior. Obviously Coconut Mall and Rainbow Road deserve their top spots, but I’m just surprised so many Wii tracks (and Grumble Volcano which tbh is more recognized for Wii than Double Dash at this point) got ranked so highly

    • @mrjack3855
      @mrjack3855 6 місяців тому +42

      Wii is great but even Nintendo has wii bias

    • @pul5egaming367
      @pul5egaming367 6 місяців тому +40

      ​@@DoMorrMusicthat's because it's just a better rainbow road than 3ds

  • @egel7736
    @egel7736 6 місяців тому +1141

    Strong MK Wii nostalgia and a sense of “tired” familiarity with MK 8DX have definitely influenced this list. Still, an interesting analysis, but some absolute bangers were paid total dust here.

    • @IHitTheWater
      @IHitTheWater 6 місяців тому +16

      Keep crying lol

    • @Vegeta654
      @Vegeta654 6 місяців тому +190

      @@IHitTheWaterit’s true tho lol

    • @Tragboys
      @Tragboys 6 місяців тому +7

      I love mario kart wii

    • @dznutskong
      @dznutskong 6 місяців тому +32

      I mean, popular opinion is never the end-all be-all to me. It gets which tracks are the most popular right now across the people who voted, but there's so many demographics here and so many different reasons to like or hate a track that a list like this will never satisfy everyone.

    • @Subarubdub
      @Subarubdub 6 місяців тому +34

      Literally how did baby park get 70TH Im shaking and crying rn 😭

  • @EtheRenard
    @EtheRenard 6 місяців тому +758

    You know it's a great game when even the tracks I really like are low ranked

    • @lorelaimorace-kk1xz
      @lorelaimorace-kk1xz 6 місяців тому +45

      there has to be a last place they all can't be 1st place

    • @dfunnyitc2
      @dfunnyitc2 6 місяців тому +5

      no it probably just means the tracks yous like are not good

    • @altdynkzi
      @altdynkzi 6 місяців тому +81

      ​@@dfunnyitc2probably not. Maybe it's just that the subscribers opinions are wrong 😂

    • @dfunnyitc2
      @dfunnyitc2 6 місяців тому +5

      @@altdynkzi well you never know, maybe ole' thomas rigged everything and this is all his opinions

    • @rando1734
      @rando1734 6 місяців тому +5

      @@dfunnyitc2It means they aren’t as good as the best tracks in the game.

  • @ScreamingAllTheTime
    @ScreamingAllTheTime 6 місяців тому +110

    I can’t believe neo bowser city got in the bottom half. It’s one of my friends and I’d fave tracks in vibes alone.

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому +13

      YES!!!!!! In every ranking video I see for MK8, it's ranked ridiculously low. Some people straight up hate it and I can't even begin to imagine why. It's in my personal top 10, maybe even top 5. It slaps majorly

    • @justanormalaccountnothingt1571
      @justanormalaccountnothingt1571 6 місяців тому +15

      @@buttercuup02skill issues, that’s why

    • @PikaPhantom_
      @PikaPhantom_ 6 місяців тому +7

      It's because it's the epitome of a love it or hate it track, so it being in the middle checks out

    • @solarityaj
      @solarityaj 5 місяців тому +1

      That's what I'm saying! Unfortunately this ranking would be very biased though just because of the lack of judging based on track layout, visuals, music, etc. For example neo bowser would probably be a top 10 track for me. The fact that it is 50th is most likely because of the hate for the tight ass turns which I understand makes the track hell, but also more interesting and complex! Otherwise yeah if we were judge neo bowser off of track layout which is interesting, good music, and the visuals of the city with the lights and the rain, it would easily be a track up there in at least top 20.

  • @Ricardo57492
    @Ricardo57492 6 місяців тому +653

    There is a *LOT* of recency bias in this results... all the way to giving the first place to Wii Rainbow Road. But I guess it is natural that anyone disagrees since there are so many courses.
    I am kind of intrigued to see how this results would look by taking into account what courses are voted the most frequently in online races. Nintendo probably has a more objective view of peoples opinions just by that method, that takes into account recency and all that.

    • @HimekoIzayoi
      @HimekoIzayoi 6 місяців тому +27

      So excited for Excitebike to come back as a retro track in the next Mario Kart due to it's online popularity.

    • @broshi1752
      @broshi1752 6 місяців тому +19

      Royal Raceway would be top 10 if we went by online
      (And I wouldn’t be against that)

    • @Findingusernamesishard
      @Findingusernamesishard 6 місяців тому +10

      wii rainbow road isnt biass its the best track in all of mario kart along with coconut mall i swear they should just remake wii its such a banger

    • @zozim211
      @zozim211 6 місяців тому +6

      I actually did something somewhat like this for a while a couple months ago! I kept track of how many times every track got selected to race on and the most frequent one ended up being GBA Ribbon Road, being selected 16 of the 28 times it appeared (57.14%). Not exactly the same but still pretty interesting I think.

    • @sebbie_gonzo
      @sebbie_gonzo 6 місяців тому +18

      ​@@broshi1752You are correct! Royal Raceway is the number 1 track online. I know this because I keep track of my stats and have nearly 6000 races logged.

  • @O.I.S21
    @O.I.S21 6 місяців тому +39

    Mariokart 7 is so underrated. It had so much influence on MK8 in terms of how to remake retro tracks and in general the physics and lots of other things.

  • @alexw0310
    @alexw0310 6 місяців тому +307

    Although this list is mostly accurate in my opinion, recency bias and nostalgia, especially MKWii nostalgia, are definitely at play. As someone studying statistics, I feel a need to mention this.

    • @nito6133
      @nito6133 6 місяців тому +17

      Also another facet that occurred to me here is there isn’t anything to account for 150 as opposed to 200cc here. I understand that the vast majority of players prefer 150 but as someone who plays almost exclusively 200 and has friends who also do some of these picks absolutely baffled me, but upon further inspection is a direct result on the 200vs 150 split (the easiest example I can give is in this list Rome avanti being above Madrid drive, Rome is not very smooth on 200)
      It makes me wonder what a survey that takes this split into account would be like

    • @joshevans3421
      @joshevans3421 6 місяців тому +6

      @@nito6133 I can imagine tracks like big blue being much closer to the top of that were the case

    • @nito6133
      @nito6133 6 місяців тому +12

      @@joshevans3421 yeah both the F0 tracks immediately sprang to mind as shockingly low for this list, along with Piranha Plant Side. What mainly caught my eye is the tracks that would be much lower as a result, namely Wario Stadium, Ninja Hideaway, ect. Those 2 are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head that strike me as just kinda not working very well in 200 (obviously no track is made for 200 but those 2 seem poorly adjusted and thought out to the point that they just aren’t very fun on 200)

    • @IsaacHND
      @IsaacHND 6 місяців тому

      can't believe Roy studies statistics ☠☠

    • @williamperkins1399
      @williamperkins1399 6 місяців тому +1

      It would also be interesting to see which tracks were more divisive. I suspect there were a lot of people that voted 1 on MK8 rainbow road.

  • @jomaq9233
    @jomaq9233 6 місяців тому +197

    You probably should’ve waited much longer after wave 6 released to make this to mitigate any possible “ooh, shiny new wave” bias

    • @justingolden21
      @justingolden21 6 місяців тому +7

      True but video views lol

    • @berkansahin2390
      @berkansahin2390 6 місяців тому +11

      Overall there are only 3 Wave 6 maps which are rated higher than 48th place. And two of them are complete fan favourites and one just delivered very good.

    • @friendlyghost9766
      @friendlyghost9766 6 місяців тому +4

      There are only 3 tracks from Wave 6 that made it in the top half. 2 of those are fan favorites from a long time, and the other is a brand new track that is well done. It might've played a role but I don't think it was very noticeable

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому

      felt with Rosalina's Ice World 😬

  • @ArendAlphaEagle
    @ArendAlphaEagle 6 місяців тому +219

    This list may portray everything below position 48 as "bad", but technically speaking, everything that has a score lower than the average of 2.5 would probably be considered as actually "bad". And sure enough, Number 96, 3DS Toad Circuit, is actually the only course in the game that did score lower than 2.5, having a score of 2.45, making it barely lower than average. Number 95, Bone-Dry Dunes actually managed to score slightly above average with a 2.53.
    For those who'd want to only consider those with a score of 3 or higher as "good", I've got you covered there as well: Number 81, Ice Ice Outpost scored with 3.01, barely passing it, whilst Number 82, GBA Sky Garden, barely didn't with a score of 2.99.

    • @nonmagicalwitch
      @nonmagicalwitch 6 місяців тому +14

      There are only a handful of tracks in that game I'd actively consider to be "bad tracks". Probably only excitebike and some of the city tracks. MK8 really has a lot of really good tracks.

    • @LL-ej2im
      @LL-ej2im 6 місяців тому +35

      The average is 3, the options were 1-5. The average would be 2.5 if the options were 0-5

    • @goofyfish17
      @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому

      He said the bottom 25 are the worst

  • @HavingFunTimes
    @HavingFunTimes 6 місяців тому +111

    I am SHOCKED how many Booster Course Pass tracks were in the top 10!

    • @FrankieTravale
      @FrankieTravale 6 місяців тому +15

      yeah, especially after wave 1 but 100% agree
      The Rainbow Roads, Bowser Castle 3, and Pretty much all of the Wii, GameCube and GBA Tracks are complete masterpieces

    • @goofyfish17
      @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому +1

      Mount Wario is the only base game track in the top 10

    • @MooseKINGstudios
      @MooseKINGstudios 6 місяців тому +7

      A lot of banger tracks, but recently bias could also influence the results.

    • @goofyfish17
      @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому +8

      @@MooseKINGstudios and also Wii nostalgia, considering 4 of its tracks are in the top 10

    • @DinoRunner
      @DinoRunner 6 місяців тому +1

      @@goofyfish17 yeah i thought that too. i think the wii rainbow road is a really great track but i think most of the votes on this one is rooted in nostalgia

  • @TheRealRidley12
    @TheRealRidley12 6 місяців тому +70

    9:46 It's great to see Mount Wario place so high! It's a really unique track, and it's one of my favorites.
    10:54 Waluigi's Pinball is another one of my favorites, mainly because I'm a bit of a pinball fan.
    Rip Twisted Mansion and Neo Bowser City...

    • @jasonblalock4429
      @jasonblalock4429 6 місяців тому +15

      I'm guessing Neo Bowser City scored so low because it's such a goddamn nightmare on 200cc. It was one of the best tracks in MK7, but it just wasn't intended for high speed.

    • @TheRealRidley12
      @TheRealRidley12 6 місяців тому +4

      @@jasonblalock4429 Guess it's not a problem for me since I max out at 150cc. 😆

    • @noahstanczak5866
      @noahstanczak5866 6 місяців тому +2

      Twisted mansion was at 60

    • @TheRealRidley12
      @TheRealRidley12 6 місяців тому

      @@noahstanczak5866 Yeah, it's a shame.

    • @EmperorPenguin1217
      @EmperorPenguin1217 6 місяців тому +2

      @@jasonblalock4429 It's very easy on 200cc, it's just bland and boring

  • @philipp_mn
    @philipp_mn 6 місяців тому +26

    So many tracks from the bottom are tracks I love. Dolphin Shoals, Switch RR, Shroom Ridge, Berlin. I actually like Bone Dry Dunes aswell

  • @Plumtopia
    @Plumtopia 6 місяців тому +25

    I'm surprised Vancouver velocity wasn't the most popular city course, given how anticipated it was online

    • @jesse422
      @jesse422 6 місяців тому +3

      Arguably it was better in Tour when it was split into three routes as their own standalone tracks, as the route with the suspension bridge is easily the most popular of them. But in MK8 the track peaks too early in the first lap and it gets progressively worse as it goes on. Still would say it's a good one though, it just has bad pacing issues

    • @Plumtopia
      @Plumtopia 6 місяців тому +1

      @@jesse422 that makes me think, it would be interesting to see a video going over all of the multi section tracks and have people rank the laps in each, I'm sure TGD is tired of Mario kart at this point but it'd be neat to see 😅

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Plumtopia agreed. I'm not a huge fan of Amsterdam Drift, but the third lap with the tulip meadow as one entire course would be a favorite of mine

    • @jermx487
      @jermx487 6 місяців тому

      @@jesse422I’m glad someone else mentioned this. If the laps were reversed (Lap 3 first; Lap 1 last), the track would’ve been so much better.

    • @Rubin82
      @Rubin82 6 місяців тому

      A big part of why I love it is the music. That shit slaps

  • @Pickle312
    @Pickle312 6 місяців тому +58

    Would have been interesting to see how the results changed based on age of the person or which game was their first Mario kart

    • @ninmar9931
      @ninmar9931 6 місяців тому +9

      I think it would be better to have done a survey, but for a more general public, and not just for the most Mario Kart fans, because you can see a lot of preference for Mario Kart Wii tracks (which is not bad, but there is almost no diversity

  • @Slenderquil
    @Slenderquil 6 місяців тому +40

    Waluigi pinball is such a unique stage with awesome music, and I'm glad most people also seem to enjoy it

    • @artimist0315
      @artimist0315 6 місяців тому +8

      I was honestly surprised it scored this high, as well as coconut mall, both are good tracks but are such poor quality remakes, both visually and in term of gameplay. Like Waluigi pinball really lost a lot of its magic in this super out of place art style and coconut mall just look bad

    • @joemomma6317
      @joemomma6317 6 місяців тому +3

      It’s top tier

    • @joemomma6317
      @joemomma6317 6 місяців тому

      @@artimist0315cap asf lol they look better than ever stop glazing

    • @SweetMelaninn
      @SweetMelaninn 6 місяців тому +2

      It's crap

    • @SweetMelaninn
      @SweetMelaninn 6 місяців тому

      ​@@artimist0315Coconut Mall remake is amazing

  • @kingdanett4043
    @kingdanett4043 6 місяців тому +57

    Hearing these rankings I realize that most of my favorites on my tier list comes from how much I enjoy racing on the tracks and not looks like a lot of other people's. I had Mario Circut 3 and Donut Plains pretty high up in my tier list because I just loved driving on those tracks. That's also why I put New York Minute below Toad Circut because TC is just bland and a poor update but NYM is just not fun to race on and irritates me

    • @artimist0315
      @artimist0315 6 місяців тому +1

      I agree with you, and even then I find donut plain 3 very pleasing visually, I just think people don't like flat tracks with no set pieces. It's also very notable that gimmicky/themed track score extremely high on the list, best demonstrated by Yoshi Valley and Hyrule circuit, both being quite bland visually and not that interesting in term of layout but score very high purely based on concept. While I overall agree with the top rankings (outside of the wave 6 tracks which are all heavily boosted in the ranking) I find the upper middle of the ranking significantly worse than the lower part of it.

    • @geo_chronick209
      @geo_chronick209 6 місяців тому

      Yesss those tracks are a ton of fun to play on imo, and DEFINITELY agree on new York minute that track is very lame to play

    • @lucomc32607
      @lucomc32607 6 місяців тому +1

      The thing with New York is that it looks amazing, the song SLAPS, but my word, it is just way, WAY too slippery. The entire thing is an ice stage with an American coat of paint

    • @jomaq9233
      @jomaq9233 6 місяців тому +1

      @@artimist0315 how are Yoshi Valley and Hyrule Circuit more bland visually and less interesting in layout than SNES Mario Circuit 3? Maybe these tracks may not be the best in those departments, but certainly better than SNES Mario Circuit 3, and I get the value in having a mostly faithful recreation of an SNES track to stand out from the more gimmicky newer tracks, but Donut Plains 3 already served that purpose well, Mario Circuit 3 just doesn’t offer that much as a track in general

    • @jomaq9233
      @jomaq9233 6 місяців тому +1

      Also… SNES Mario Circuit 3 is way too easy of a track when put into a modern game imo

  • @kingsnailius173
    @kingsnailius173 6 місяців тому +18

    I will never understand the hate that bone dry dunes gets, especially considering that there are other tracks that deserve it more

    • @lugiamastero13
      @lugiamastero13 6 місяців тому +5

      Me neither I don't get what makes this course bad plus it's got a banger for a course song and ots super unique among desert themed tracks

    • @TwigTheFerret
      @TwigTheFerret 6 місяців тому +1

      it doesn't look astounding, but it's very fun to race on

    • @hutt1936
      @hutt1936 6 місяців тому +3

      In my opinion the track doesn't flow nicely as most turns feel like you're in the wrong position and it feels like there's too many obstacles in the way but not enough space to move past them. There's no exiciting part of the track and every section feels so crammed together that it tries to mix in a lot of ideas of different turns but the turns don't feel satisfying. It feels like a tour track ported to mario kart 8 where it feels designed for a different games racing mechanics. The turns don't feel designed for karts or bikes, there's not interesting shorcuts and you feels funneled down areas that not only players get in the way but so do the walls and edges of the track like it's trying to make it a struggle to move. It's what cp_junction is to team fortress 2.

  • @Dilmi.AOUKLI
    @Dilmi.AOUKLI 6 місяців тому +31

    2:41 imo, I think that Bone Dry Dunes is a pretty good track while being very janky to play

    • @achooe
      @achooe 6 місяців тому +3

      the music in it also goes so hard

    • @SwagLord4444
      @SwagLord4444 2 місяці тому

      Same

  • @thierrys85
    @thierrys85 6 місяців тому +5

    Cheese Land at 74th is surely a crime. 😢

  • @christianglas1584
    @christianglas1584 6 місяців тому +23

    3ds Rainbow is by far the best course in the game, SO beautiful! I'm quite sad it didn't win.
    Btw what is wrong with the city tracks? Most of them look magnificent and are pretty fun to drive.

    • @KoopaTroopaBeachFan4879
      @KoopaTroopaBeachFan4879 6 місяців тому +4

      City tracks are my favorite part of 8dx 😢

    • @TheQuackinator
      @TheQuackinator 6 місяців тому +4

      I think a major part has to just do with how poorly Tour was handled, especially the monetization of it. Since cities were like the major "advertisement point" of these games, I guess people connect the two closely.
      Though the small amount I've played them at a friend's place, as I don't have the DLC nor do I play MK8 very often, I feel like some of them are quite easy to get lost in, especially with the track changing with the lap. They were fine in Tour due to forced smart steering, but that's usually not used in MK8.

    • @Dudeman23rd
      @Dudeman23rd 6 місяців тому +3

      @@TheQuackinator I agree; having played the MK8 city tracks frequently, a few of them suffer from confusing layouts where branching paths are concerned. The giant glowing red arrows aren't the most effective guides, it turns out, and the very realistic materials for the roads and surrounding objects can sometimes make it difficult to parse from a distance what part of the track is track and what part is a sidewalk or out of bounds.

    • @v4n1ty92
      @v4n1ty92 6 місяців тому +2

      the city tracks can be confusing even after playing on them multiple times, and the first few that released were very bland, so their low standing makes sense to me

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 6 місяців тому

      I feel the city tracks are ranked because people hated Mario Kart Tour for being a gacha game until 2022 when they removed the loot boxes

  • @RufusWhite
    @RufusWhite 6 місяців тому +40

    I’d like to see if these rankings would change if this data collection was done not from a poll of people just watching this channel, but from within the game itself: Across x games played online globally/regionally, make a note of the tracks that were offered up (3 tracks + random), and then measure how many people voted for each track (perhaps de-weighting them dependant on how many people voted random). From here it should be possible to work out the rankings from actual players online, across a large enough sample size, and weighted dependant on how many times each track was thrown into the vote from Nintendo’s end.

  • @BeanKally
    @BeanKally 6 місяців тому +16

    I’m kinda shocked how low on the list Sweet Sweet Canyon was, it’s one of my favorites personally

  • @shuriflwrs
    @shuriflwrs 6 місяців тому +77

    Bone Dry Dunes is my personal favorite track so I was shocked to see it be so unpopular

    • @WahRizz
      @WahRizz 6 місяців тому +9

      Yeah bone dry dunes is pretty fun

    • @omelie420
      @omelie420 6 місяців тому +18

      Same, unique desert track with banger music

    • @TheQuackinator
      @TheQuackinator 6 місяців тому +4

      It's one of my favourite MK8 tracks as well

    • @BeretBay
      @BeretBay 6 місяців тому +6

      It is pretty wack for me, but not bad. It was far lower than my 3 I gave.

    • @jomaq9233
      @jomaq9233 6 місяців тому +6

      It’s a desert with no train or explorable temple with lots of obstacles, that’s why (desert environments tend to rub people the wrong way)
      I don’t exactly hate it as much as some people do, but it kinda falls under a similar boat to GCN Dry Dry Desert, it’s an okay desert-themed track, and nothing else

  • @NoquitinNewYork91
    @NoquitinNewYork91 6 місяців тому +18

    I’m sensing some wii bias in the top 10 😂😂

    • @omegablack_
      @omegablack_ 2 місяці тому

      Wii reallz has the best base tracks in all of mario kart

  • @michaelnelson1127
    @michaelnelson1127 6 місяців тому +12

    It feels like I’m one of the only people who loves Sky-High Sundae. Not only is it a beautiful course, but the constant tricks and jumps make it feel almost exhilarating. I straight up called it “delightful” after my first run of it. Also I’m shocked that Baby Park was ranked so low considering it’s typically one of the most popular tracks.

    • @EmperorPenguin1217
      @EmperorPenguin1217 6 місяців тому +1

      I don't love it but I really like it

    • @friendlyghost9766
      @friendlyghost9766 6 місяців тому +4

      I agree on Sky-High Sundae being way too low. Better than a lot of tracks that placed just right above it

    • @linhaaa
      @linhaaa 6 місяців тому +6

      I think baby park got either 0/5 or 5/5, no in between lol. I'm one of the haters to this course tbh, even if it's crazy popular

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому +2

      @@linhaaa same. it is the only course across all MK games that I actually hate with a fiery burning passion. Tho i can see why others would like it. I don't hate it for being poorly designed or bad, I just hate it to a comical extent and I have a very strong personal vendetta against it. Death to Baby Park

    • @ssigeon
      @ssigeon 6 місяців тому +3

      @@linhaaababy park on DD was good, because it was MKDD
      on DS and 8/dx, it’s awful

  • @Ericake
    @Ericake 6 місяців тому +40

    it seems like a lot of the best tracks are ranked low because they either have high difficulty or no gimmicks

    • @h3ck774
      @h3ck774 4 місяці тому

      its like the opposite to me rainbow road on wii ranked 1 lol

  • @NAFEDUDE
    @NAFEDUDE 6 місяців тому +6

    Rosalina's Ice World being above every city track is insane.

    • @zjackshot
      @zjackshot 4 місяці тому

      As much as i don't like the city tracks outside of singapore i gotta agree first time I saw it i thought cool fire and ice world track but the actual track is so bland

    • @Zzsillykitty_Vi
      @Zzsillykitty_Vi Місяць тому

      🥰⭐️

  • @emilydivis6369
    @emilydivis6369 6 місяців тому +9

    I'd be curious to see the most "controversial" scores - the ones with the highest variances, or the ones that received a lot of both 1's and 5's in their votes compared to the rest.

  • @TableSalt_
    @TableSalt_ 6 місяців тому +78

    I've waited for this! TGD never fails to deliver!

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  6 місяців тому +16

      Hope you enjoy the vid!!!! :)

    • @IVR101
      @IVR101 6 місяців тому +1

      @@ThomasGameDocs i did!

    • @TheRealBeany
      @TheRealBeany 6 місяців тому +2

      @ThomasGameDocs I Certainly Did!

  • @Miniduck9013
    @Miniduck9013 6 місяців тому +7

    Twisted Mansion and Dolphins Shoals being so low is wild to me I gave them both a 5 lol
    I think they are both top 15 tracks tbh along with wild woods

  • @goofyfish17
    @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому +6

    The cities deserved better

  • @steviemeeks
    @steviemeeks 6 місяців тому +10

    MK8 Rainbow road at 54th is CRIMINAL YALL that track slaps

    • @bingbongjoel6581
      @bingbongjoel6581 6 місяців тому +2

      I think most people just find that track too hard, while Wii Rainbow Road is clouded by nostalgia.

    • @mariajimenafigueroa233
      @mariajimenafigueroa233 6 місяців тому +1

      How in the rainbow hell was ranked LOWER then SNES Rainbow Road?

    • @jomaq9233
      @jomaq9233 6 місяців тому

      @@mariajimenafigueroa233probably because of the theme

    • @steviemeeks
      @steviemeeks 6 місяців тому

      @@jomaq9233 I guess im biased because i think its one of the best themes lol

    • @93ImagineBreaker
      @93ImagineBreaker 6 місяців тому

      can be other reasons like its theme doesn't fit@@bingbongjoel6581

  • @saber_the_sad
    @saber_the_sad 6 місяців тому +11

    My first mariokart game was 7. So happy to see some of my favorite tracks get so high up!

  • @YoyIeCake
    @YoyIeCake 6 місяців тому +9

    The highest placing Tour track is actually Yoshi's Island. Despite what all the marketing & technicalities will tell you, that track was created for Tour.
    Also while some of the cities certainly deserved to be that low, its a shame that a bunch of the good ones placed alongside them, the bias against Tour really shows.

    • @AverageEggmonEnthusiast
      @AverageEggmonEnthusiast 6 місяців тому

      Squeaky Clean Sprint is also for Tour right? And I was surprised Bangkok did so poorly. I like driving in the water.

    • @grandmasteryoda6717
      @grandmasteryoda6717 6 місяців тому

      But it came out on Mario Kart 8 first.

    • @Amexy-mr6lw
      @Amexy-mr6lw 5 днів тому

      Fr how is singapore the only one in the top half?

  • @ampixxy
    @ampixxy 6 місяців тому +27

    Here's a list of the lowest and highest rated tracks from each game (plus the new tracks in the BCP).
    SNES: Mario Circuit 3 (94th) and Bowser Castle 3 (16th)
    N64: Toad's Turnpike (72nd) and Rainbow Road (13th)
    GBA: Sunset Wilds (89th) and Ribbon Road (25th)
    GCN: Dry Dry Desert (92nd) and DK Mountain (9th)
    DS: Mario Circuit (68th) and Waluigi Pinball (3rd)
    Wii: Moo Moo Meadows (49th) and Rainbow Road (1st)
    3DS: Toad Circuit (96th) and Rainbow Road (2nd)
    Base Game: Bone-Dry Dunes (95th) and Mount Wario (5th)
    Tour: Tokyo Blur (93rd) and Singapore Speedway (47th)
    New BCP Tracks: Sky-High Sundae (77th) and Yoshi's Island (4th)

    • @goofyfish17
      @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому +9

      The fact that Wii Moo Moo Meadows is just below the top 48 just goes to show how many people love Wii. Also, if 3DS Rainbow Road was first, it would mean that MK7 has the best and worst track in MK8DX.

    • @goofyfish17
      @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому +2

      Also the highest ranked Tour track is Ninja Hideaway

    • @ampixxy
      @ampixxy 6 місяців тому +2

      @@goofyfish17 in the booster course pass its not labeled as a tour track, so im not counting it as one, and im counting it as a new track.

    • @goofyfish17
      @goofyfish17 6 місяців тому

      @@ampixxy ok so the tracks that debuted in Tour and aren't cities...debuted in the BCP

    • @ampixxy
      @ampixxy 6 місяців тому +2

      @@goofyfish17 no, ninja hideaway debuted in tour, but im going of the official dlc, and it has no retro label on the track unlike the city tracks which have Tour on the track name.

  • @rebirthphoenix5646
    @rebirthphoenix5646 6 місяців тому +5

    Yoshi’s Island is technically the true best Tour track in 8 Deluxe since it was developed for Tour first but ported to 8 Deluxe before its Tour release. Still happy with how it turned out even if most city tracks imo are a little too low.

  • @Aaxolotl.
    @Aaxolotl. 6 місяців тому +8

    It would be fun to do one of these based solely on the soundtrack instead of track layout or how hard it is

  • @CaptainDripp
    @CaptainDripp 6 місяців тому +21

    Madrid Drive was rated Criminally low

    • @BassiKun99
      @BassiKun99 6 місяців тому +8

      Most of the cities were in my opinion.
      I don't know if it is because of the bias there is against Tour and its tracks, but they did not deserve to be ranked lower than Baby Park.

    • @WritingCountingOriginal
      @WritingCountingOriginal 6 місяців тому +2

      @@BassiKun99it is bias. These kids literally can’t use critical thinking when deciding their opinions on Tour tracks.
      It takes a lot of stupidity to hate tour tracks simply because you hate tour

    • @sylinmino
      @sylinmino 6 місяців тому

      I feel the same way about New York Minute.

  • @ThePileatedSnagret.
    @ThePileatedSnagret. 6 місяців тому +6

    I'm loving the content like always, Keep up the good work Thomas.

  • @mrjack3855
    @mrjack3855 6 місяців тому +7

    3ds Rainbow road deserves 1st in my opinion but I won't complain about it being 2nd.

  • @The_Dry_Bones_Gamer
    @The_Dry_Bones_Gamer 6 місяців тому +9

    Besides 8 Deluxe, 7 has the best track selection in my opinion with exciting new tracks and remakes of fan favorites

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому

      Agreed. I would say it goes 8-7-Wii-DS. Which is ironically the release order in reverse

  • @annarenfold438
    @annarenfold438 6 місяців тому +5

    I'd suggest a top most popular characters poll just because knowing this is the last DLC this game is extremely popular at the moment.
    Great video and I love, absolutely love the top half of the list, the game's last DLC tracks look amazing and play just as well!

    • @alexandergilles8583
      @alexandergilles8583 6 місяців тому +1

      Funky Kong gonna win that poll

    • @annarenfold438
      @annarenfold438 6 місяців тому

      @@alexandergilles8583 Also funny how this community disliked Peachette so much, yet she's probably the most popular of the bunch when you go online.

  • @christopherborroughs8526
    @christopherborroughs8526 6 місяців тому

    Thomas, this video was extremely entertaining to watch! I think the community's got pretty great taste on most of the top 10! Thanks for all your hard work in editing this video.

  • @diegoanaya
    @diegoanaya 6 місяців тому +5

    i was shocked about cheese land and royal raceway those tracks are always picked online
    my personal top 10 is
    1 gba ribbon road
    2 mount wario
    3 3ds rainbow road
    4 gba cheese land
    5 electrodrome
    6 yoshi’s island
    7 n64 royal raceway
    8 3ds neo bowser city
    9 gcn yoshi’s circuit
    10 super bell subway

    • @callmecharlie4250
      @callmecharlie4250 6 місяців тому

      cheese land was my least favorite before the dlc and because of online it was listed as my favorite for a while in my stats >:(

    • @chillmydudes
      @chillmydudes 6 місяців тому

      cheese land was picked online because people would bag on it

  • @TheMemessiah
    @TheMemessiah 6 місяців тому +5

    I actually think SNES Rainbow Road is one of my favorite tracks. It's just so fun to play.

  • @Cycloon16
    @Cycloon16 6 місяців тому +2

    that transition from n64 choco mountain to sydney sprint was clean

  • @iimuffinsaur
    @iimuffinsaur 6 місяців тому +3

    I know Tour is unpopular due to its monitization practices but I love the tracks that came from it on 8. I love that its based on cities its so cool to drive through!

  • @NoquitinNewYork91
    @NoquitinNewYork91 6 місяців тому +6

    I feel like a lot of people ranked with huge recency bias

  • @BunnyOnASnuman
    @BunnyOnASnuman 6 місяців тому +5

    Great list!
    I don't know how long it took you to make it, but it would've been nice to see each track's variance, which would highlight the most polarizing tracks. Idk if that's interesting enough but I'd assume there's some interesting results (for example, people either love of HATE Baby Park)

  • @OctagonalSquare
    @OctagonalSquare 6 місяців тому +2

    I’ve gotta say, I’m surprised and sad by how low Dolphin Shoals is! I love that track! And the jazz soundtrack for it slaps!

  • @GIANTPENGUINZ
    @GIANTPENGUINZ 6 місяців тому +15

    This guys commitment is crazy. Defiantly one of my favorite youtubers.

  • @Allen1350
    @Allen1350 6 місяців тому +4

    Mushroom Gorge getting rated 4.20 made me laugh.

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому

      LMAO I JUST NOTICED THAT🤣

  • @F7jin
    @F7jin 6 місяців тому +3

    I still don't understand the hype around Waluigi Pinball, I have so many problems with the track that it's honestly surprising, specifically in 8 Deluxe

  • @Yoshinom1
    @Yoshinom1 6 місяців тому +1

    Good job for putting all this work in ❤

  • @Kezsora
    @Kezsora 6 місяців тому +2

    Only a few mins into the video but Cheese Land at 74th is absolutely criminal, that map clears top 20 easily.

  • @TheTrueXaver
    @TheTrueXaver 6 місяців тому +5

    i have HUGE gripes with this ranking

  • @JustinRoKStar
    @JustinRoKStar 6 місяців тому +6

    I’m happy to say I’m one of those folks that took part in the survey, I did that while trying out every course at the same time to better give my opinions out. It was fun!

    • @ThomasGameDocs
      @ThomasGameDocs  6 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for your dedication!!

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому

      love this!!! I sadly was not aware of the survey while it lasted but I DID make my own ranking a week or 2 ago and played each course to have a fresh opinion. Such a fun time!!!

  • @Crazeworld
    @Crazeworld 6 місяців тому +1

    Love your vids man 👍👍

  • @katrinawoods8979
    @katrinawoods8979 6 місяців тому +2

    Out of all of these, these are my favorites:
    1. N64 rainbow road
    2. Toad's turnpike
    3. Cheep cheep beach
    4. Sherbert land
    5. Mount Wario
    6. Moon view highway
    7. Animal crossing
    That's all! :)

  • @DespicableGru469
    @DespicableGru469 6 місяців тому +7

    I'm impressed how Thomas Game Docs was able to confine all this info in less than 15 minutes. Kudos to him.

  • @Trixilii
    @Trixilii 6 місяців тому +4

    i'm in shock that ice ice outpost is so low, that course is so fun!! also wow i'm surprised this came out so fast after the poll :0 nice job
    edit: also yeah, i think coconut mall and the other courses ported from tour probably would've been higher if they were graphically redone. i certainly would've put them higher lol

    • @oinkitysploink2213
      @oinkitysploink2213 6 місяців тому +2

      not many people like slippery tracks, myself included. I think thats why it underperformed. Also the music and aesthetic are a bit unmemorable

  • @koi9438
    @koi9438 6 місяців тому +1

    Seeing wii rainbow road in the trailer actually made me cry, I was so happy.

  • @sscu26
    @sscu26 6 місяців тому +4

    Took part on this survey. I can't say I agree with these results lol, some great tracks that are at the bottom...

  • @Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi
    @Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi 6 місяців тому +4

    Surprised we didn't get more battle tracks in the dlc

  • @Upsetti-Spaghetti
    @Upsetti-Spaghetti 6 місяців тому +3

    Rainbow Road looks like it would taste delicious

  • @aerialapexgamer3121
    @aerialapexgamer3121 6 місяців тому +8

    Wild Woods is SUCH an enigma to me.
    It is genuinely a good track.
    But If I were suddenly asked to name as many Mario Kart 8 + DLC/BCP tracks as I could, I 100% guarantee I will not remember Wild Woods. It's a good track that is somehow just so super forgettable for me

  • @InfinityCuberRS3M
    @InfinityCuberRS3M 6 місяців тому

    great video! first survey i have been a part of ,and it did not dissapoint

  • @TheRealBeany
    @TheRealBeany 6 місяців тому +3

    You never fail to cure my boredom!

  • @konch7567
    @konch7567 6 місяців тому +14

    It was funny to see the first DLC track at the bottom of the list and the last one at the top 😂. Goes to show how much the DLC improved, I think.

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому

      FR. Perhaps Nintendo KNEW Toad circuit was ass thus putting it in early so as not to disappoint fans when putting it in much later in the DLC

    • @lucomc32607
      @lucomc32607 6 місяців тому +1

      *2nd

  • @logusbogus76
    @logusbogus76 6 місяців тому +1

    I get chills every time I play Wii Rainbow Road. It truly is the best track, or at least the track with the best music.

  • @MaybeImSkittleMaybeImNot
    @MaybeImSkittleMaybeImNot 6 місяців тому

    Im so glad I was finally able to vote on one of these forums, it's was really fun!

  • @AtomicTheCherry
    @AtomicTheCherry 6 місяців тому +4

    Now rank every Mario kart character ever

  • @RakoonCD
    @RakoonCD 6 місяців тому +3

    People sleep on the snes tracks, they're the most fun to race on.

  • @Sabagegah
    @Sabagegah 6 місяців тому +1

    I’d like to see these responses grouped by first Mario Kart game, and maybe also favourite Mario Kart game. I think there would be correlations between those and preferences for those games’ tracks.

  • @FarekWad
    @FarekWad 6 місяців тому +1

    Part 3 video where you ask your community what retro tracks (still missing) they want to see return/reimagined for the next mario kart?

  • @smellieellie5212
    @smellieellie5212 6 місяців тому +3

    I can't believe how low GBA Cheese Land is... that's probably one of my favs

  • @Buddy_Duck
    @Buddy_Duck 6 місяців тому +4

    This video gave some very interesting insight on the average casual player’s perspective on the game.

  • @pableitor2009
    @pableitor2009 6 місяців тому +2

    It would be interesting to see what's the total score of each individual "era" in the game (snes circuits, wii circuits, gamecube circuits...)

  • @bluepolar4565
    @bluepolar4565 6 місяців тому +1

    Ice Ice Outpost and Bone Dry Dunes are INSANELY underrated! CHANGE MY MIND

  • @sweeteaandjess
    @sweeteaandjess 6 місяців тому +3

    It would be cool to rank all the characters next, I’m curious if Funky kong is still meta or if someone else took the crown

    • @buttercuup02
      @buttercuup02 6 місяців тому

      I'm just imagining the idea of pink gold peach or peachette being the #1 highest rated😂

  • @robinrenner8665
    @robinrenner8665 6 місяців тому +3

    Bone dry dunes are best because you actually need skill also in 200

  • @GreenJelly_64
    @GreenJelly_64 6 місяців тому +2

    Royal Raceway being 56th is criminal!

  • @aratherbritishdinosaur
    @aratherbritishdinosaur 6 місяців тому +21

    This was so biased towards Wii it's insane. As a fellow MK7 fan, I'm also happy to see the _real_ best Rainbow Road make it so high up the list.

  • @pandy9049
    @pandy9049 6 місяців тому +3

    i never understood why bone dry dunes is so disliked. the music is really good and it has the one of most unique aesthetics out of all of the desert tracks. it's quite fun in my opinion too

  • @cobleb
    @cobleb 6 місяців тому

    Yes I was so excited for this video!

  • @Iliketoeatbutter_1
    @Iliketoeatbutter_1 6 місяців тому

    I was so glad to be apart of taking the survey!

  • @Tuxedo_Cam
    @Tuxedo_Cam 6 місяців тому +3

    RIP to the fellow SNES Rainbow Road fans 😔

    • @Ericake
      @Ericake 6 місяців тому +4

      right? Seems like a lot of good tracks are unpopular because they're either hard or don't have a bunch of gimmicks

    • @Gwoofus
      @Gwoofus 16 днів тому

      ☹☹☹

  • @MudakTheMultiplier
    @MudakTheMultiplier 6 місяців тому +3

    Im so sad GCN rainbow road didn't make it to the game.

  • @plushbuster
    @plushbuster 6 місяців тому

    Glad I was able to finally take part in a TGD survey!

  • @PubOfChub
    @PubOfChub 6 місяців тому +2

    Guys I swear Ribbon Road should be up there, it’s so fun, and it’s intended short cuts are supper fun to do

  • @Kamifox1
    @Kamifox1 6 місяців тому +3

    I actually really like most of the Tour city ones, they're really creative spins on real locations. I get that there are better 100% original courses and the fact they're so low doesn't entirely reflect quality overall though, it's more just "Not as good as" than "These suck" I guess.
    I do agree with the Tokyo one however, it unfortunately suffered as the first city course they made.
    Actually, a good chunk of my favourites are near the bottom somehow, lol. Why Merry Mountain?! Come on!

  • @middlephalange
    @middlephalange 6 місяців тому +11

    A lot of my favorites were pretty low. Cheese Land rocks, and I'm sad to see it's so low on the list. The new tracks are not nearly as quality as the old tracks.

  • @pinzap
    @pinzap 6 місяців тому

    Amazing video! The fact all my top 4 made top 5 shows that my picks aren’t special lmao, tho Waluigi Pinball is far down so maybe…
    Also, as someone with huge bias to Mario Kart Wii, I was really hoping 3DS Rainbow Road could edge it out at the end, but I saw it coming the way it did!
    Just a thought I had, I wonder how the list would change after some time has passed? I feel Wave 6 may have gotten a recency boost, so 3DS RR may be the most liked again in a few months.
    Really interesting video, I do love stats and collective opinions!

  • @Lugmillord
    @Lugmillord 6 місяців тому +1

    Very pleased to see SNES BC3 so high. Fantastic redesign.

  • @the_zeldario
    @the_zeldario 6 місяців тому +7

    the tour tracks are just too underrated. i get some people not liking the first ones, but some of these can be quite fun, particularly the newer ones

    • @linhaaa
      @linhaaa 6 місяців тому

      I think it's just because they don't know these courses in details as much as the regular tracks. I agree it's a shame! Rome for instance is absolutely amazing, yet ranked way too low.

    • @nikitashaitan9984
      @nikitashaitan9984 6 місяців тому +2

      Nuh
      These tracks are mostly too busy: too many details, too many different ways, always changing through laps
      And usually very narrow
      For me personally this tracks are absolutely not fun to play. It’s not that i don’t know the layouts. I’m not even invested in learning the layouts. Cause racing there is no fun

    • @WritingCountingOriginal
      @WritingCountingOriginal 6 місяців тому

      ⁠@@nikitashaitan9984Skill issue! And you absolutely don’t know the layouts. Stop whining and get good like the rest of us.

    • @BlaximilianD00d
      @BlaximilianD00d 6 місяців тому +1

      Dude tour tracks are some of the most popular tracks online. I wouldn't call them underrated. People love picking them.

  • @liambegin7330
    @liambegin7330 6 місяців тому +4

    What did bone dry dunes do 😭

  • @v4n1ty92
    @v4n1ty92 6 місяців тому

    It was cool to actually get to participate in this one!

  • @luisrosado7050
    @luisrosado7050 6 місяців тому +1

    i was sad to see any rainbow road at the bottom half, but im happy to see my favorite rainbow road as the best one!

  • @Angninjin22
    @Angninjin22 6 місяців тому +5

    The fact that Yoshi Island( is from Tour, but for some reason appeared in 8 first) is among the ten places shows that it is special in my opinion.