Topic: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

@WoomyNNYes I once had all 3 tracks in the selection be from the DLC and someone picking random got selected which revealed a 4th DLC track.

@Grumblevolcano Oh, wow. Amazing. All tracks + the Random were new DLC tracks. That's wild. Good news to know that's possible.

@WoomyNNYes
I don't know in which lobby your example has taken place. I encounter such lags more often in the global lobby than in the regional.

@ophone On rare occasion, I've seen that online-lobby-lag before too. Yeah, I just thought it was funny how it looked when the suspenseful-looking lag happened before finally revealing the track from the new dlc.

For some reason, since I downloaded the Booster Course Pass update to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on 17th March a day before the official release, I haven’t been able to get my game working since then. Shortly after the update finished installing, I opened the game and I got a Corrupted Data Found error (code 2002-4517). And since then, every time I try and reinstall the game, it has given me a ‘An error has occurred’ (code 2005-0003) message.

Someone on Twitter suggested deleting the software and reinstalling it, so I did that, but that didn’t solve the problem as every time the software finishes re-installing, I get the corrupted data error again. I don’t know what to do to fix it, so if somebody could help me out here, that would be greatly appreciated.

The next Mario Kart Tour track is one that has been in Mario Kart 8 for nearly 8 years, N64 Yoshi Valley:

@JBacon28 Nintendo support is a very good resource. If you search the support page, and can't solve something with their support troubleshooting, then it's very likely you have hardware failure somewhere. You can plug error codes in the search bar too, and it usually can tell you what the code means. The one entry for your error code seems to imply your issue lies with the micro sd card. (which would be better an a problem with the switch) So, I'm crossing my figures that reformatting your card can solve it. If reformatting your card, or using another card, can't solve it, then you may have a failed card reader that needs replacing. (sometimes micro sd cards die. That happened to me for the first time circa 2019; The card could do little jobs, but would freeze/fail for larger video files.)

Anyway, go through this troubleshooting page for your error code. Note, reformatting your card wipes the card, and you'll have to redownload your games. Since you can redownload in sleep mode over night, don't get too stressed if you have to do that. (disregard if you know any of this already)

Error code 2005-0003
https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a...

@WoomyNNYes I have a hard time with the stairs at the beginning too. The timing is insanely precise. It's not impossible, I've done it before, but yeah half the time I don't do the trick.

Some comparison shots of Tour & MK8D. Keep in mind the track variant I was playing in Tour was reversed, so while the shots show the same areas, they're from different directions.

Sky Garden (Tour)

Sky Garden (MK8D)

@RR529 I think I like the velvety, moving texture on the clouds in Sky Garden MK8.

@RR529 I'm glad they changed the road pavement. Bright browny orange tiling with bits of grass and foliage through the cracks is much better than literally just a road. No theming, no nothing, it's literally just a road.

I like watching this guy, discovered him a few weeks ago. I learned a couple things from him that I didn't know, like steering a drift slows you down a bit. So, "neutral drifting" (drifting without steering) is faster; There's a speed advantage to steering as little as possible while drifting. If you've ever raced a record time trial ghost and noticed they were drifting faster than you, and it wasn't because of a boost, it's because they were neutral drifting.

He has previous videos for 150cc, and the original 48 MK8 tracks.

I'm surprised they make phone games so low textured these days.
Aren't like the flagship phones way more powerful than a Switch? lol

@TommyTendo Phones are like PCs in the sense that there's a gigantic gap between most powerful supported hardware and the least powerful. For example on the Apple side, Mario Kart Tour runs on any device that runs iOS 10 or later (that's what the App Store says). That means all the way from devices like the 2012 iPhone 5 to the 5th generation iPad Air which launched last week.

@Grumblevolcano Was Yoshi Valley ever datamined for MKT Tour?

@Grumblevolcano I see. That makes sense, I guess.
I assume they want as many people as possible to play/buy the games.

Next Mario Kart Tour track is a new city track based on what seems to be Amsterdam:

@Grumblevolcano
I don't see any British stag dos in that picture!

That could be a lot of fun bouncing around windmills and canals

Ah Holland, the land of windmills, tulips and a **** ton of BIKES.

Also, I can't believe I'm actually excited for Tour tracks getting revealed since it gives them a chance of appearing in MK8D which is honestly pretty damn cool. If the other Tour-specific tracks are as good as the ones we already have in MK8, I'll be pretty damn excited for the rest of the pass.

There's a trailer: