Spoiler Alert (although I'll try to avoid talking about which track) No, I wasn't acting to play up a showdown in the finale, I was genuinely kind of shaken and I'll definitely be playing the top 4 in the finale to determine the true king of tracks. I *suspect* part of my excitement may have been that I hadn't played a track that good in a while and maybe overhyped it but the science shall reveal the truth in the finale. Speaking of which, the finale might take a while, my throat is actually kind of sore from how much talking I've done over the past week for this project and my work and I'm trying to give it a bit of a rest so I'm not shot for Thanksgiving.

I was the 3DS Piranha Plant Slide lover you mentioned from the first video! I actually agreed with everything in your analysis here, though. I adore that track, but my perspective may be different because I very rarely play 150cc anymore, just 200 nowadays, and that underwater section doesn't feel particularly sluggish to me on 200. It feels like an eternity on 150, though. It feels like a gratuitous "showing off" of MK8's antigravity and underwater mechanics, which I remember felt pretty novel back when I first got the game in 2014... but it does so at the expense of the fast-paced and heavily technical gameplay that makes 3DS-PPS one of my personal top 3 tracks in the game. Really, this has been such a fun series to follow - and my personal favorite track ranking on KZfaq! I really enjoyed the amount of insight, thought, and explanation you gave to every track. Gotta say I agree with the vast majority of these, and even when I don't 100% agree, I can still appreciate exactly why you placed every single track where you did, which I can't say with every track listing. I can also say that your analysis has helped me to better appreciate some tracks I've somewhat overlooked, especially Sunshine Airport, Wii U Rainbow Road, and Wii Koopa Cape. I was also stoked to see your enthusiasm for 3DS Neo Bowser City a few episodes ago, but even more so your enthusiasm for GCN Yoshi Circuit, a track that I have loved since I was a little kid playing it in Double Dash; the MK8 iteration is the definitive one to me, just wildly fun with the game's mechanics. I'm not sure anything could ever beat the chilling epic nature of Mount Wario, but I'm very excited to see what the finale looks like!

I feel like it really says something when you finish a course and go “Wait. The items just made my one problem with the course worse…*replays*” Anyways, the GCN Yoshi Circuit showdown is so damn exciting, fuck yeeeeeeah! I’m with you on the fact that Mario Kart’s mechanics have only made that course better with every iteration. A lot of the original DLC felt like one big test of skill, which is something I really enjoy about it. I can’t wait for the finale when it uploads! I honestly just tried out the cup of Koopa Cape, Wario Stadium, Yoshi Circuit, and Mount Wario for fun, and that was hella good. It’ll also be fun seeing which courses you’ll give a second chance compared to your original opinion on them. If you don’t upload in the next few days, then I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!