Typically, the sort of player who can harness this type of advanced play would have an easier time taking on NPC racers, where set programming cannot evolve alongside the changing human understanding of the meta. Instead, many of these hardcore players are reporting that Mario Kart World is unlike anything in the series they’ve ever experienced.

There’s an exciting new endurance race that combines several tracks and eliminates drivers after each checkpoint. But it’s a racing world without any oil drips or skid marks.

As expected, not all 50 characters are available right from the start. Players will need to win races and conquer various Cups to unlock the full roster gradual

Mario Kart World is still Mario Kart, and so still brilliant fun - but so far the new features are a tad underwhelming.