Mario Kart: Pistas - Tier List & Versus
(1992–2025)
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This list has 205 characters from Mario Kart: Pistas.
Mario Kart: Pistas - Official Tier
Editorial placements for Mario Kart: Pistas, with the reasoning behind each list.
Every Rainbow Road, Ranked
Every Mario Kart ends on a road with nothing between the track and the stars. The SNES layout is still the blueprint and has been rebuilt for four later games; the Wii version stretches the finale to a long, fast run and the Wii U course adds anti-gravity to the idea. The DS and GBA editions keep their own twists, and the two RMX remixes from Tour plus the arcade Rainbow courses close the family.
Rainbow Road Snes
Rainbow Road Wii
Rainbow Road Wii U
N64 Rainbow Road
Rainbow Road Gcn
Rainbow Road 3ds
Rainbow Road Ds
Rainbow Road Gba
Rainbow Road Ns2
Rmx Rainbow Road 1
Rmx Rainbow Road 2
Rainbow Coaster
Rainbow Downhill
Super Mario Kart (1992): All 20 Courses, Ranked
The 1992 course list set the template every Mario Kart still follows. Mario Circuit 3 has been reused more than any other layout in the series, with six games to its name, and six more of these courses have each returned in five. The ranking below weighs that staying power against how the flat turns of the original hold up today.
Mario Circuit 3
Ghost Valley 2
Koopa Beach 2
Choco Island 2
Mario Circuit 1
Mario Circuit 2
Rainbow Road Snes
Choco Island 1
Donut Plains 1
Donut Plains 3
Ghost Valley 1
Snes Bowser Castle 3
Vanilla Lake 1
Donut Plains 2
Ghost Valley 3
Koopa Beach 1
Vanilla Lake 2
Mario Circuit 4
Snes Bowser Castle 1
Snes Bowser Castle 2
Booster Course Pass: Every Retro Course, Ranked
The Booster Course Pass added 48 courses to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe across six waves, pulling retro tracks from Super Mario Kart through Tour, including the fourteen real-world city circuits. Coconut Mall, Waluigi Pinball, Maple Treeway and Koopa Cape headline the set, while the city courses and the Tour-exclusive picks give the pass its own identity.
Coconut Mall
Waluigi Pinball
Maple Treeway
Koopa Cape
Dk Mountain
Rainbow Road Wii
Rainbow Road 3ds
Choco Mountain
Mushroom Gorge
Dk Summit
Kalimari Desert
Peach Gardens
Daisy Cruiser
Moonview Highway
Snes Bowser Castle 3
Rosalinas Ice World
Squeaky Clean Sprint
Waluigi Stadium Gcn
Mario Circuit 3
Snow Land
Sky Garden
Sunset Wilds
Shroom Ridge
Yoshis Island
Rock Rock Mountain
Piranha Plant Cove
Riverside Park
Boo Lake
Daisy Circuit
Mario Circuit Ds
Merry Mountain
Paris Promenade
Tokyo Blur
New York Minute
London Loop
Vancouver Velocity
Los Angeles Laps
Berlin Byways
Sydney Sprint
Singapore Speedway
Amsterdam Drift
Bangkok Rush
Athens Dash
Rome Avanti
Madrid Drive
Toad Circuit
Sky High Sundae
Ninja Hideaway
Mario Kart World's Courses, Ranked
Mario Kart World splits its line-up between brand-new routes and returning layouts: fifteen courses make their debut in the open-world engine, while twenty-three courses come back rebuilt for it. The new courses carry the ranking, with the returning ones slotted in by how much the open roads and wall-riding add to them.
Rainbow Road Ns2
Bowsers Castle Sw2
Salty Salty Speedway
Crown City
Dk Spaceport
Great Block Ruins
Mario Bros Circuit
Acorn Heights
Dandelion Depths
Dry Bones Burnout
Faraway Oasis
Starview Peak
Whistlestop Summit
Peach Stadium
Cheep Cheep Falls
Boo Cinema
Mario Circuit 3
Choco Mountain
Ghost Valley 2
Koopa Beach 2
Dino Dino Jungle
Dk Pass
Airship Fortress
Wario Shipyard
Mario Circuit 1
Mario Circuit 2
Choco Island 2
Choco Island 1
Ghost Valley 1
Ghost Valley 3
Koopa Beach 1
Vanilla Lake 1
Desert Hills
Moo Moo Meadows
Peach Beach
N64 Wario Stadium
Toads Factory
Sky High Sundae
The Best Courses in the Series, Ranked
Three decades of Mario Kart, from the Mode 7 turns of 1992 to the open roads of Mario Kart World, and a handful of courses that outlived every console they were built for. The picks here mix the Rainbow Roads that close every game, the fan-favourite retro picks such as Coconut Mall and Waluigi Pinball, and the modern set pieces of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Rainbow Road Snes
Rainbow Road Wii U
Coconut Mall
Waluigi Pinball
Mount Wario
Big Blue
Bowsers Castle Wii U
N64 Rainbow Road
Dk Mountain
Maple Treeway
Koopa Cape
Mushroom Gorge
Warios Gold Mine
Airship Fortress
Delfino Square
Toads Factory
Bowsers Castle Wii
Mario Circuit 3
Baby Park
Choco Mountain
Kalimari Desert
Dk Summit
Waluigi Stadium Gcn
Rosalinas Ice World
Sunshine Airport
Cloudtop Cruise
Electrodrome
Grumble Volcano
Music Park
Wild Woods
Shy Guy Falls
Water Park
Tick Tock Clock
Dry Dry Ruins
Royal Raceway
Yoshi Valley
Sherbet Land N64
N64 Wario Stadium
Wario Colosseum
Mushroom City
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Characters (205)
Mario Kart: Pistas - Blind Rank
The next character from Mario Kart: Pistas is drawn for you, so you never pick who comes next. Top 5 holds one per slot. The Tier List works like the regular board, with several characters in each row.
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