IMO this game really excels in 200cc. The high speeds are thrilling on nearly every track, and it sparks this desire to master the way it moves and nail every turn perfectly. Short of 200, while there's a lot to love in the visuals, music, courses, etc., it mostly feels so slow to the point of boredom. The A.I. even on 150 is so incompetent that you will have a monstrous lead 95% of the time.
And while I'd never slander this game on amount of content, especially with the Booster Course, shockingly few of the nitro courses feel like series defining staples to me. I jam with Mount Wario, Toad Harbor, Wild Woods and Animal Crossing, but most of the rest all hover around an equal level of good that it's hard to get attached to them like with many courses from games past.
And while I'd never slander this game on amount of content, especially with the Booster Course, shockingly few of the nitro courses feel like series defining staples to me. I jam with Mount Wario, Toad Harbor, Wild Woods and Animal Crossing, but most of the rest all hover around an equal level of good that it's hard to get attached to them like with many courses from games past.