Mario Kart World update 1.2 seemingly speeds up the Switch 2 racer and finally addresses intermission track complaints, but getting classic 3-lap races online doesn't seem to be much easier

Mario Kart World screenshot showing Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Donkey Kong posing for the camera
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Nintendo has released a new Mario Kart World patch, and has seemingly made the game faster overall, meaning every world record should be beaten in the near future. However, it doesn't appear to have made a massive difference to players' biggest complaint around the controversial intermission tracks.

The Switch 2's big launch title is still proving popular even after seemingly endless complaints about Mario Kart World making three-lap tracks rare and Donkey Kong Bananza arriving on the scene and (blowing it out of the water). But Nintendo has now taken a step in the right direction with a new Mario Kart World update. Knowing Nintendo updates, the patch notes will be something vague like "general stability improvements"... wait, what do you mean there's actual patch notes for once?

What's more – in what is a godsend of an update – the game finally has a way of telling you if you've gotten every one of the collectables like P-Switches and Peach Medallions, which should've really been in there at launch. However, sadly, the gravity defying glitches have been killed.

However, players on the Mario Kart subreddit are reporting that the situation is not much better, with one claiming that "nothing changed really. Just played like [two hours] and 80% of the time I was still getting intermission tracks." Another says: "It seems like it's around 20%-30% of the time that an option for three laps is offered. It doesn’t feel like it was really changed."

Scott McCrae
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Scott has been freelancing for over three years across a number of different gaming publications, first appearing on GamesRadar+ in 2024. He has also written for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, VG247, Play, TechRadar, and others. He's typically rambling about Metal Gear Solid, God Hand, or any other PS2-era titles that rarely (if ever) get sequels.

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