Choose.

>>3845551
Super

Mario Kart 64

Diddy Kong Racing

>Flat tracks, objectively bad physics, awful coin gimmick, AI plays by its own rules, 5 laps to compensate short courses.
Was SMK even good? Or people just didn't know better?

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Stop making this thread.

>>3845574
Thanks for the bump, friend.

>>3845551
Mario Kart: Super Circuit

Mario Kart 64 is probably the worst MK ever made. I dont know why so many people wet their pants over it.

>terrible track design
>unremarkable music
>the worst rainbow road ever
>terrible early 64 graphics

SMK looks like much more appealing and everything in general is better. Probably the only improvement in the 64 version is the controls, but not much.

>>3845551
Super has FAR better tracks, 64 has better multiplayer and Battle Mode.

>>3845643

The multiplayer in 64 is what kept me coming back. SMK can't compete at all with split screen 4 player and dat battle mode. >>3845593 is my answer though, it's all the good parts of both games merged into one.

Diddy Kong racing

Crash Team Racing

>>3845643
I am curious, what is bad about the track design? i think it's pretty ok

>>3845648
perhaps, i for one really don't like how super controls

>>3845976
Beat me to it.

For good story mode: Diddy Kong Racing

For great multiplayer and skill ceiling: Crash Team Racing

For a decent yet not espetacular racing game: Super Mario Kart

For plebs with garbage taste: Mario Kart 64

The Mario Kart games gets better later though, Mario Kart 7 has a nice gameplay imo.

>>3846018
I'd agree that the proper 3D games in the series have better controls.

>>3845643
Ebin b8

SMK is dog sht, it has zero redeeming qualities for all of the reasons >>3845571 pointed out.

There's a reason MK64 is fondly remembered and even replayed often while SMK is just an "also ran" for most people of taste.

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Mario Kart 64.

Best circuits that actually resemble real life karting circuits (Mario, Luigi and Peach ones), best mini-turbo mechanic, best music, and best battle mode.

>>3846023
The two sonic racing games are a lot better than anything Mario Kart has put out. Apart from maybe double dash.

>>3846135
The only /vr/ Sonic racing games are Sonic R and the Sonic Drift games.

>>3845551
64

Why can't people here never enjoy more than two things?

>>3847793
Coming from someone who played almost all mario karts, I think the only one I hard a legitimately hard time liking was SMK. People went through the reasons but it's just not engaging at all. It's just like they thought of a gimmick for the SNES.

>>3845551
The one you can pick Toadstool. Back off millenial gamers.

>>3848182
As opposed to what, Peach?

>>3845551
Not worth playing when I have CTR

>>3845976
>>3846020
>>3846023
Crash Team Racing is way too slow. After playing MK64, and then switching to CTR, it feels slow as fuck. Also, the power-ups aren't as creative/fun.

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>>3848678

>>3845551

Double Dash was vastly superior to both.

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>>3848678
CTR is mor similar to DKR, with more open ended tracks.
MK64 has more tight circuits that actually resemble real karting ones.

>>3845551
I actually liked most of the courses in MK64, and the courses in SMK got really repetitive, so I'll go with 64.

Neither aged well, though. DKR holds up much better today.

SMK was awesome for its time, but MK64 did practically everything so much better that SMK became obsolete. There is no reason to play SMK anymore.
An epic, tarnished by time.

>>3848697
>Also, the power-ups aren't as creative/fun.
Yah. Literally what is the point if u can't make some fag slip off the track with a banana peel.

>>3849794

not /vr/

>>3845551 oh shit..whew, I'd have to say mk64, but the aesthetics are great (for the SNES)

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>>3845574
Maybe you should look at yourself first

>>3845551
64

>>3845551
64 has the most evil rubber band AI to ever exist

>>3852974
You're allowed to compare retro games to non retro games as long as you're still talking about the retro game.

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MK64. It has the greatest item of them all.

>>3845551
64. no contest.

super mario kart has competent track design that supports its controls. mario kart 64 comparatively is an absolute mess with wonky controls that do not complement the track layouts at all, which are also largely basic, empty and featureless

>>3845551
64 by a fucking mile. There's only so much you can do with mode 7 to create interesting tracks, and it didn't even have the decency to take up the entire screen like f-zero

>>3845567
fuckin' hated that game. i thought it was too kiddish.

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>>3845551
>ctrl+f
>no Lego Racers
the fuck is wrong with you guys?

64 motherfuckers

>>3845551
MK64 by default for the same reasons as >>3845571

I grew up with SMK and got it that not long after launch and it was alright, mainly because it stood out from other SNES racers but MK64 is a much better game in every aspect asides the rubber band AI.

>>3845574
>>3853050
both are mistakes

>>3848697
Try playing turbo drifting and not just holding X, the turbo drifting in this game is more smart and you have far more control and possibilities.

If you don't know, just press R1 to drift, when the lower right bar becomes red then press L1 for a mini-turbo, 3 consecutives mini-turbos becomes a full turbo if timed right, the more the bar reaches the limit the better.

>>3845643
you should really fucking go away its the first fucking game.

>>3859268
Yeayeayeayeayeayeayeayeayea 64 was awesome

>>3845551
SNES was ok, but 64 was a lot better overall. 4 player battles were fun.

I liked Diddy Kong Racing too, but having to get 1st in every race along with collecting all that shit was super annoying. Especially in mirror mode.