Its most evident on cloudtop cruise in my opinion. I had no clue you were curving around in a big C shape, even if it seems obvious in retrospect

@@circumplex9552 Yeah it was really cool there. I also loved the corkscrew in Big Blue. Also something kind of obvious but it doesn't hit you until you see it like that.

@evilstarlegacy theres a corkscrew in big blue? do you mean mute city or?

@@circumplex9552 Lap/Section 3 of Big Blue is kind of a corkscrew :/

I've always thought the anti gravity was underwhelming cause it's really hard to tell it's even happening

No, it’s both.

*cries in parts of big blue*

I haven’t thought about it that way up until now, that’s kinda funny actually, lol…

It’s less like anti gravity and more just gravity in different directions

anti-anti-gravity moment

I used the anti-gravity to destroy the anti-gravity.

* CTGP Revolution.

CTGP*

You mean CTGP?

You mean ctgp?

What does CGDP mean?

There’s still gorillas, turtles, mushroom men, and Italians racing in space, cheese, and theme parks

​@@thinkmin2584 Italians aren't realistic

@@thinkmin2584 most unrealistic part is Italians being able to drive.

@@SharkyAkio and theme parks are pretty unrealistic

@@noot3316 yeah, they just run at speeds up to 200mph

It's literally just Mario Kart 7 in HD

Says the person who watched wheels stick to the ceiling just like in real life

@@micahheyward5342 have played both, you couldn't be more wrong

@@CharmedReally7 ehhh I’ve played both and I kind of agree with them, MK8D is just a deluxe version of MK7 with some different tracks

@@micahheyward5342 No, it's not. Mario Kart 7 is a very different game.

But we saw there that they aren't actually anti-grav I think they were just reusing assets tbh lol

@@adre2194 which there isn't even anything wrong with to be honest. Plus having them be an anti grav feature is nice cause you boost off of other racers when you hit them rather than crashing into them.

@@KeifersIsAwesome yeah I agree. Plus the original design for them would have looked a lot like the glider ramps which may have been confusing. I don't see any issue with vertical ramp pads just being anti-grav vertical ramp pads now.

@@adre2194 Yeah that's the other thing, the the potential glider ramp confusion.

@@adre2194 I think their point was that it serves as diagetic reason for the wonky way half-pipes work, making you curve midair rather than having realistic physics.

anti-gravity change everything, since 1992 if you bump into others karts, you lose momentum, speed, with the anti-gravity now you need to bump into other's karts to gain speed, that's the point

So the anit gravity on the moon and a couple other maps is actually just increased gravity? lol

The problem is that it's not even a new gimmick, it's literally just a basic aspect of almost every early racing game/franchise. (not even just mario kart) Having tracks loop around in gravity-defying ways is as old as 3d racing games themselves, pretty much. The only thing that's technically different is the collision boost, and that really didn't need to be a central aspect of the game. (could've actually made it part of something more, instead of leaving it at that They knew they had nothing, so they took something they already had and pretended it was new. Just being honest, is all.

Well, probably not going to happen with the Booster Course Pass, because it seems like the general track layouts has to be mostly based on the Tour versions with very little changes, and, since Tour doesn’t have antigravity at all, none of the Booster Course Pass antigravity sections can ever actually change the track positions drastically enough to a point where it would be straight-up impossible without antigravity

@@schnek8927 "They knew they had nothing, so they took something they already had and pretended it was new. " It's Mario Kart. Stop being dramatic. Also, the game had tons of new stuff.

@@schnek8927 What do you mean? That's mostly just a staple of futuristic racers that can warrant anti-gravity layouts.

Yeah, I don't get motion sickness very easily but I was feeling a little queasy watching this.

The camera doesn’t track as much when on walls like in whomps ruins or on the walls of the toy shop in toad harbor, but for levels that are completely vertical or upside down have the camera set on the path to avoid motion sickness and confusion I’d assume

@@graysonwells21 ive heard people say that they actually did cut back on the presentation of antigrav bc of concerns of motion sickness but idk if thats 100% true, i wouldn't be surprised tho

@@iwakeupandboomimarat I heard the same, I wouldn’t think it’s too far fetched of a possibility

Would be cool if there was an option to turn on the more dynamic camera angles shown in this video. I love how the dramatic flips and twists of the camera add to the overall thrill of racing along the walls the ceiling, one example: 12:53. Of course each player would have the option to set the camera as is, as to not screw over those with motion sickness. This option could also be switched during the race without having to pause the game.

Yeah! Like, imo most of these tracks would be cooler if they _didn't_ use anti-gravity for their wall-rides, since the wall-rides work without it! The one in Toad Harbour where the jumps on the wall _still_ carry you to back to the wall on higher speeds is actually amazing, legitimately way cooler without the antigrav. Also still waiting for a track that has you wall jump between opposite walls using ramps, without anti-grav.

Actually this is why i feel pretty dissapointing 😢 i wanted more antigravity parts and no just the floor being a little wally

When antigravity is used to present a track in its most boring light for most tracks

I still find it shocking they didn’t abuse the hell out of a translucent roads for rainbow road with racers on both sides at the same time, honestly would have sold the gimmick to me

@@nito6133 I wonder if the next main Mario Kart game’s “new thing” will be to really push the antigravity gimmick to a much greater potential than 8/8 Deluxe did

It also lets you jump from one side of the split path section to the other, which is useful if there’s people with items like triple reds or something on your side

I wouldn't be surprised that this is just a general feature of the road surface. As long as you don't jump/skip/hop by any means, the vehicle seems to stick to the ground fairly well. I wouldn't be surprised if this is the case even before anti-gravity.

Yeah I didn't know about how much it actually changes the playstyle and just thought it was just a blue thing you pass so your wheels change, but no it actually does allow you to stick to walls

I see you a lot

@@APersonThat I do comment a lot on mario kart videos (and my videos are mostly mario kart stuff), so...

Yeah it would be really cool if we had something like 4:57 in the game, but I guess it would be a cause for motion sickness for some people

Oh my god, this is exactly what I’ve been thinking for so long!

They would've sold the immersion more if they made certain characters' hairs and clothing point upwards or sideways on the anti-gravity sections such as Peach's, Daisy's, Rosalina's hair, DK's necktie, etc.

Well ofc, for player is no much difference so players can keep track of what they're doing if they made that 360° part of rainbow road from the DS without it for example, you would have a headache trying to tell where you're going or what you're doing which would make the gameplay experience really bad

@@_Just_Another_Guy I thought hair and clothing was affected by the anti gravity?

- "The only thing it really allows for in my opinion is for the developers to make unique layouts that make better use of the space available to them and occasionally aren't possible otherwise" Thing is, this is in no way a new thing, even by mario kart standards. (not even close) They literally just took an already defined aspect of racing games (including their own franchise) and pretended it was a new thing. Nearly all racing games (that aren't trying to be realistic) have anti-grav, even before the PS2 and Wii era. So even the only positive you could think of is just a concept nearly as old as racing games themselves, being paraded as something new when that couldn't be further from the truth. Even the collision boost mechanic could've just been map-specific, no different from a chain-chomp, the transport cannons (Mario Kart Wii), the occasional ramp or any other such gimmick. - "I've never really understood the love for the anti-gravity mechanic." Same here. This is going to trigger people, but this is why i hate "consoomers" as people call them. Don't ask questions, just consume product and get excited for next product. It's fine if you like the game guys, but stop pretending it's a good or unique game because of your own subjective taste...

the most awesome spelling of "lakitu" I've ever seen

@@Lunar1314_ lol I tried

@@theblazingzombie2988 dw it was funny lol

But it wasn't about how necessary or not was for the road, it was about giving a twist to the old Mario Kart mechanic, now you need to bump into other's karts to gain speed.

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​@@hhaavvvvii lmao

some are very hard to notice too. like in thwomp ruins, in between the cracks in the stone there is a blue glowing light.

I think it adds a lot. Mario Kart 8 tracks will have to be a lot more spread out and less spaghetti

They should have just made better physics

@Leo it's hard to do that without breaking other things, and anti gravity is a way of improving those physics

@@horatiosthebestest No it isn't. Tell me you know absolutely nothing about game-dev without actually telling me... There is absolutely nothing unique about the anti-grav mechanic. It's already been part of nearly every single game from not only the same franchise (mario kart), but nearly *every other non-realistic racing game ever.* (even before the Wii and PS2 eras) Pretending that it's something new just to trick mindless consumers and fanboys does not actually make it something new. He's right, they *should* have just made better physics. (or systems that simulate better physics) That's what past games did, and they had no problem with it. I'd prefer that we actually improved old ideas, instead of re-releasing them in an identical (or worse) state and pretending that they're new...

I think platform stickiness is in general something Nintendo uses in platformers or other collision based games. You can go as far back as super mario world with their steep grade slopes and see mario run down them at near falling speed. But check out the pillars in shifting sand land super mario 64 or the steep paths in the final bowser level, and so long as you keep moving, you stay stuck to them.