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Muss Shiny Shuckle
Posts : 2557 Points : 2575 Join date : 2015-04-03 Location : The 5th Dimension
| Subject: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 12:12 | |
| How can we have gone all this time without having a dedicated tier list thread? If you don't know, there's a tier list making website which pretty much as any tier list you could think of on it I'm happy for this thread to be a free for all, but I thought for the first go around we might want to rank the MK8:D tracks - pre-booster wave, since that's something we've all played and will definitely agree on. I've spoilered my list below. I decided to limit S tier to a top 5 but haven't made any rules for anything else. If you want to make your own list, the link is here: - MK8: :
S: Tier is the only tier I really made an effort to rank from best to rest. Moo Moo Meadows is obviously top of the pops, and I love the speed of the Mute City track so that came second. Mount Wario is a belting track that's always a joy to play. I love the way Electrodome looks and sounds, and the track is a banger too with loads of very satisfying drift spots. Hyrule Circuit rounds out the top 5 thanks to its special touches, technical sections, and that fountain. A: The position of tracks doesn't really matter here. Big Blue and Dolphin Shoals were probably the closest to my top 5. Generally these tracks are characterised by having either some fun drifting technical sections or a sense of speed. Exceptions to that rule are Animal Crossing and Sunshine Airport, both of which just have a genuinely clean and pleasing feel. B: These tracks are all still amazing, but they're generally characterised by being a bit less technical, a bit more chaotic, or a bit less visually pleasing. Piranha Plant Slide is a pretty fun fast track, but it's not as good as Wild Woods for example. The Mario tracks are great too but they're just not quite as satisfying to get right as Royal Raceway or Yoshi Circuit. Neo Bowser City is a bit too technical, Sweet Sweet Canyon has that section where you drive through piss, and I just don't like the flow of Cloudtop Cruise as much as a Shy Guy Falls or a Toad Harbour. On a different day though, a lot of these tracks are pushing A tier. C: With the exception of Rainbow Road (the new one, which I could put in B) I don't think I'd ever move any of these. They're all ok but I feel like we've had better Bowser's Castles, you glide over all the cogs in Tick-Tock, Twisted Mansion and Cheap Cheap are just kind of there, and Yoshi Valley's divergent paths just aren't that interesting. D: If I'd made an E tier, then Grumble and Dry Dry and Sherbert Land would probably be alone here. All those tracks are fine but Grumble isn't all that dynamic and it's a bit too dark, Dry Dry is a largely long and uneventful lap but there are places to cut corners and some fun obstacles to avoid. The spinning sand bit is a unique novelty. Ice stages just aren't my thing but the multiple paths in this track do actually feel like they serve a purpose. Rainbow Road 64 and Toad's Turnpike are the only tracks close to being stinkers in my book. Rainbow Road is way too long, I have no idea how it made the cut into this game, while the Toad's Turnpike traffic doesn't really pose any danger, making the lap dull.
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15040 Points : 15218 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 12:33 | |
| To probably the surprise of nobody, Muss and I have very similar taste in tracks! - MK8 :love:
- Muss wrote:
- I decided to limit S tier to a top 5 but haven't made any rules for anything else
I started out with only Moo Moo in my S but I had too many A and some were clearly a cut above so it wasn't worth ruining my list for a dumb joke!
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15040 Points : 15218 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 12:37 | |
| I was meant to press edit but i hit quote :/ |
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The_Jaster Din
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 19:14 | |
| It won't let me save/download my list, do you need to have a profile for that? ------ EDIT: Never mind I had to put the random track option in Here's my MK8 tier list: - Spoiler:
I also done the rule of 5 for S tier but tbh a lot of my A's could probably be in there as well, oh and just pretend the random track option isn't there.
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6728 Points : 6888 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 19:20 | |
| Same here, it's not letting me save/download mine either.
Sherbet Land is a bawhair away from S tier, and everybody knows it. |
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The_Jaster Din
Posts : 11964 Points : 12056 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 40 Location : Underground Corpse Pile.
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 19:25 | |
| I added the random track option into the bottom tier and it worked for me so I've now edited my above post. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Tue 22 Mar 2022 - 19:55 | |
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Muss Shiny Shuckle
Posts : 2557 Points : 2575 Join date : 2015-04-03 Location : The 5th Dimension
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Wed 23 Mar 2022 - 17:28 | |
| Weird! I didn't sign up for anything and the download button worked even without adding the random track. I guess there's something in the code of the website that's anti-Scotland. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26431 Points : 25266 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Wed 23 Mar 2022 - 21:20 | |
| - Contrarian Rankings:
Wild Woods is probably my favourite track in the game, wonderful. Great atmosphere, great racing line, great music. Shy Guy Falls deserves to be up there for the waterfall alone. I love stunting off the various mechanisms in Tick Tock Clock. Baby Park is pure chaos. Electrodrome was a bawhair away from being S as well. Random is obviously top tier. Excitebike Arena is the one I really don't get. It's a big oval that you can stunt on: it's like a bloated rubbish version of Baby Park. At least we're all agreed on the desert courses. If I was ranking the new courses, Ninja Hideaway would be S or A-tier, Sky Garden might make B-tier, and I don't think any of the others would get above C. Toad Circuit is out-and-out D-tier boredom. |
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Muss Shiny Shuckle
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Thu 24 Mar 2022 - 11:12 | |
| Arguably you've got Electrodome in your top 5, which means your list automatically passes in my book. I made this thread because Andy and Jay were adamant that Electrodome wasn't a top tier track.
I like Excitebike Arena because it's a nice medium between the chaos of Baby Park and the tempo of other tracks. It's still a bit of a destruction derby, but it's not a clusterfuck. I also like that there are different lines to take, you can try pushing your luck with the oil spills, and there's probably always an optimum stunt line to take which is always up to the player to work out.
I do still like Baby Park, it's just that the chaos of it is sometimes a turn off. But that's not the case with Excitebike Arena. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15040 Points : 15218 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Thu 24 Mar 2022 - 14:03 | |
| Muss pretty much nailed my response to the Baby park/ Excitebike arena conundrum. We like playing the racing game of Mario Kart more than you, so it makes sense that BP's level of chaos is a bigger turn-off. |
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Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid
Posts : 4920 Points : 4932 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 32 Location : The South
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Thu 24 Mar 2022 - 16:55 | |
| I've made a rough draft, not ordered within categories. Might do a run through and see how I feel, there's a few I don't remember well. - Spoiler:
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Thu 24 Mar 2022 - 19:39 | |
| - Definitive Non-Negotiable Mario Kart 8 Tier List:
I really like most of Mario Kart 8’s tracks. If I’m playing online or with mates, there’s very few that I groan about when they’re picked. Even then, I’d still regard the stuff I’ve put in my B tier as being very good 8/10-calibre tracks. Sure, there’s the odd duffer – the Rainbow Road is the worst in the series – but the good far, far outweighs the bad.
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Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 9:26 | |
| Wow Cappa, that N64 Rainbow Road placement... |
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Muss Shiny Shuckle
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 10:27 | |
| Andy I knew you'd be taking the piss with Electrodome and Grumble Volcano but what is Super Bell Subway doing in your S tier? I'm surprised a fair few of you don't rate Royal Raceway. It's one of those rare tracks where you can pull off a triple boost slide. It also has a technical section at the end and plenty of boost shortcuts, but the track is narrow enough to catch you off out if you mess up. Can't argue with Cappa's picks. I tried to write something but they're definitive and non-negotiable. |
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Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 11:30 | |
| Ha to be fair on Royal Raceway I think I did put that too low, think I got distracted by the N64 badge on it. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 11:33 | |
| I quite like Royal Raceway. I think at one point I had that, Mario Circuit, Mario Circuit and Mario Stadium in my A tier but they felt too similar and basic, then because I couldn't choose just one to keep up they all went down. |
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Muss Shiny Shuckle
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 12:28 | |
| Yeah I can see that. A lot of the Mario Circuit/Stadium tracks are quite similar. I think that probably caused me to lower a few of them. If we were voting on looks, I'd definitely put Mario Stadium right up the business end of the table though.
It might be a simple track but the anti-gravity part as you turn the hairpin, with the fireworks and a view down towards the stadium; sublime. |
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gjones Disciple of Scullion
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 14:32 | |
| - Crumpy Andy wrote:
- Wow Cappa, that N64 Rainbow Road placement...
Yeah, N64 Rainbow Road is objectively the worst Mario Kart course, proper miserable stuff. |
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The_Jaster Din
Posts : 11964 Points : 12056 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 40 Location : Underground Corpse Pile.
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 14:42 | |
| I should probably have Royal Raceway in my A tier as I do really like that triple boost slide that muss mentioned. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26431 Points : 25266 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 18:37 | |
| People on about Cappa's (admittedly eyebrow-raising) N64 Rainbow Road placing, yet nobody's picked up on Andy putting Baby Park in D-tier. Why do you hate fun? - Muss wrote:
- I'm surprised a fair few of you don't rate Royal Raceway. It's one of those rare tracks where you can pull off a triple boost slide. It also has a technical section at the end and plenty of boost shortcuts, but the track is narrow enough to catch you off out if you mess up.
I think Buska touched on it above when he talked about how you and he love the racing game part more than I do, whereas I'm all aboard the organised chaos train. Royal Raceway has naff-all in the way of organised chaos, or any chaos for that matter. It's a dull loop with a few turns. - Muss wrote:
- If we were voting on looks, I'd definitely put Mario Stadium right up the business end of the table though. It might be a simple track but the anti-gravity part as you turn the hairpin, with the fireworks and a view down towards the stadium; sublime.
Why I put it higher than several of the others of that ilk. Mario Circuit also gets points for being a mobius strip. Seriously cool. |
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Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
Posts : 4195 Points : 4197 Join date : 2013-01-17 Age : 34 Location : Manneh
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 23:00 | |
| - I've timed this very well.:
Now I'll preface this by saying, I really need to refamiliarise myself with some of these tracks, there's many here I can barely remember so may have unfairly been negatively effected by it. S-Tier: Obviously Moo Moo Meadows is the star of the show but if I'm being totally honest Mount Wario is the best track on the game, there's not a weak section in it and the downhill aspect fits the theme perfectly. Dolphin Shoals takes third spot, would it be A-Tier if it weren't for the banging soundtrack? Possibly but here we are. Both the F-Zero tracks are awesome and we need pretty much every possible track from that brought over to Mario Kart if we're not gonna get a new entry in the series. Melody Motorway is another like Mount Wario which totally understands the assignment and Yoshi Circuit is a great way for me to appreciate Yoshi's curves in a non pervy way. A-Tier:You're all mad for hating on N64 Rainbow Road, except of course Cappa, there's a reason the fella is contributer of the year, now I'll admit I'm a bit of an apologist for the original version but I can admit it has its issues, the MK8 version fixes all of those and now it's a rip roaring ride to this finish. Other noteworthy ones in this tier are Electrodome which is cool af, the two Bowser tracks are as imposing as the man himself and the Animal Crossing one gives me all the feels. B-Tier: Royal Raceway is a classic, Excitebike Arena is always a lot fo fun, Hyrule Circuit is incredibly overrated because it's Zelda but still a decent track in it's own right. Wild Woods is one I feel is probably better but I can't remember it well enough, Sherbert Land and Grumble Volcano are two that are criminally underrated. C-Tier:AKA the tracks I really struggle to remember and if that's the case then they're probably not too offensive to be in D, I would argue that a desert track is usually an automatic D-Tier but I do think Dry Dry Desert and Bone-Dry Dunes have redeeming features, the other dessert track in this tier is basic but fine if I remember correctly. D-Tier:The only desert track that does reach D-Tier isn't even a desert track, it's cheese land which should be perfect but it's actually quite a rotten course. Finally we have Baby Park which is absolutely undoubtedly D-Tier, even with 7 laps it's over almost immediately so I feel like I've been cheated out of a track, yet that's probably a good thing, Mario Kart is chaotic enough, this just feels like a mess form start to finish.
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Fri 25 Mar 2022 - 23:19 | |
| - Balladeer wrote:
- Why do you hate fun?
It's a mess, but it's a good mess: the kind where you wake up covered in chocolate and other people and can only vaguely remember what happened. Ironically my issue with N64 Rainbow Road in MK8D is the opposite to my issue with it in the original: it's now a tad too short. Also not enough happens on it, which is exactly the same as in the original. Also: Yoshi Circuit, S-tier? I've always thought Smurf had great taste in games: turns out it's because he channels all his bad taste into Mario Kart tracks. |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Sat 26 Mar 2022 - 6:08 | |
| Getting hit by shells ad nauseum as punishment for winning the previous race is not my idea of fun. |
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Rum Disciple of Greener
Posts : 1490 Points : 1506 Join date : 2013-01-20 Age : 33 Location : Edinburgh
| Subject: Re: Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own Sat 26 Mar 2022 - 8:39 | |
| - Buskalilly wrote:
- Getting hit by shells ad nauseum as punishment for winning the previous race is not my idea of fun.
Kind of the tenet of Mario Kart though, no?! That's the life of someone in pole position. |
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