Mario Kart World has gotten its biggest update yet, adding 10 ‘new’ classic courses and more

Mario Kart World is one of Nintendo’s more interesting Switch 2 exclusives. Launching day-and-date with the console itself, MK World felt like somewhat of an incomplete experience – especially compared to the previous Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. That said, Nintendo has ever so slowly but surely been updating the title with ‘new’ content. Live right now, version 1.8.0 adds “10 classic courses from Super Mario Kart”; except for the fact that these courses were already technically available. Officially announced during Nintendo’s most recent Direct showcase, Mario Kart World update 1.8.0 brings with it new-yet-pre-existing tracks to race on across its VS Race, Time Trials and online modes: SNES Mario Circuit (1, 2 and 3) SNES Ghost Valley (1, 2 and 3) SNES Choco Island (1 and 2) SNES Vanilla Lake SNES Koopa Beach Of course, the addition of 10 new tracks is nothing to sniff at. That said, all of these SNES courses have been present since day-one; albeit only when free roaming (which begs the question as to why they weren’t included in VS Races from the get-go). Beyond this, Mario Kart World has also received two new Knockout Tour tracks – Propeller Rally and Turnip Rally – as well as a plethora of QoL features, including: Time Trials lap improvements with new visual indicators Spectator mode improvements Up to 26 players can now join a room in Online Play Nerfs to multiple different power items Other balance tweaks and bug fixes While content-wise, Mario Kart World has been somewhat underserved, it is welcome at the very least to see Nintendo continuing to update the game with various bug fixes, quality of life improvements and other minor conveniences – something which the console maker has typically struggled with in the past. KitGuru says: What do you think of this latest update? Are you glad to see Nintendo continuing to balance the game? How long will we have to wait for actual new, original tracks? Let us know down below.The post Mario Kart World has gotten its biggest update yet, adding 10 ‘new’ classic courses and more first appeared on KitGuru.