I played a bit of this on Switch, and though it's missing a couple of features that I feel defined the gameplay in Toadstool Tour / World Tour, I was surprised at how fun this outing still was, and how much more punishing this game is for not reading wind, elevation, etc. than its sequels (not a bad thing, necessarily!) The characters are considerably less well-balanced, I'd say, though, with a downright obscene difference in max drive distance from the starter characters to the later unlockables.

The Mario character selections are pretty lacking in this compared to the later titles, but the random human characters' over-the-top voice acting almost completely makes up for that (Sonny, especially). Having alternate costumes is cool, as well.