Super Mario Kart was good all the way up until Mario Kart 64 came out.
There's 2 things that MAJORLY drag SMK down for me. It easily has some of the worst feeling controls ever in a Kart game, and the Tracks are incredibly barebones and simple. Both of these issues are products of this being the first attempt, but it doesn't really excuse how bad the controls really felt to me.
I love Mario Kart, I wanted to 100% every title in the series, and while that isn't very time consuming with SMK, its also the last one I will touch for sure. Lots of older folks who grew up with SMK will tell you how much better it was then future titles, or how the D-PAD controls are the only thing dragging it down, but in my opinion MKDS controls 10X better with D-Pad controls.
The controls feel overly sensitive to each small adjustment you need to make. The off-road parts of the track are so punishing sometimes you can drop 5-6 placements in 2 seconds being off-road
There's 2 things that MAJORLY drag SMK down for me. It easily has some of the worst feeling controls ever in a Kart game, and the Tracks are incredibly barebones and simple. Both of these issues are products of this being the first attempt, but it doesn't really excuse how bad the controls really felt to me.
I love Mario Kart, I wanted to 100% every title in the series, and while that isn't very time consuming with SMK, its also the last one I will touch for sure. Lots of older folks who grew up with SMK will tell you how much better it was then future titles, or how the D-PAD controls are the only thing dragging it down, but in my opinion MKDS controls 10X better with D-Pad controls.
The controls feel overly sensitive to each small adjustment you need to make. The off-road parts of the track are so punishing sometimes you can drop 5-6 placements in 2 seconds being off-road