Every Mario Kart 8 DLC Wave 1 Track, Ranked Worst To Best
The life cycle of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been extended even further with the Booster Course Pass, an expansion pack that will add 48 new tracks to the game by the end of 2023. The first wave has recently landed on Nintendo Switch, bringing two new cups for a total of eight courses. The MK8 DLC is a lazy but genius addition to the game, being comprised entirely of existing tracks from previous Mario Kart games, intended to provide some content while fans await the series' ninth entry. The upgrades and changes made to each course in the first wave of the Booster Course Pass make each locale a bonafide Mario Kart 8 course, but some are still more impressive than others.
Bringing back classic tracks is not a new feature for Mario Kart, but this DLC has the novelty of transferring tracks from Mario Kart Tour, the series' mobile game that released in 2019. The platform requires simplicity in its courses, and many were worried that those from Tour wouldn't translate well to a traditional console Mario Kart. These have actually turned out quite well, are some of the better tracks offered in the Booster Course Pass' first wave, and are interesting enough additions to MK8 Deluxe until the supposedly still-in-development Mario Kart 9 eventually comes.
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Overall, there is a noticeable lack of detail and atmosphere in the DLC courses when compared to those from the base game. This isn't necessarily detrimental, and points more toward the uniform quality seen in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The major difference between the base game and DLC courses is that the latter don't have MK8's signature feature — the anti-gravity segments. As post-launch courses remastered from
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