Patch 1.1.2 for Mario Kart World hit Nintendo Switch 2 consoles recently, and with it came a few minor adjustments to tracks like Boo Cinema and Dino Dino Jungle. However, many players have taken to Reddit and other internet sounding boards to voice their displeasure with the match, as it seems to have made some unwelcome changes to online play.
Multiple users have revealed that Patch 1.1.2 makes it more difficult to have the standard three-lap race when playing online with friends. Matchmaking, it seems, prefers what have been dubbed "intermission races"--or races where drivers must instead ride through the open map from one track to another, and then run a single lap on the new track.
Luigi, did you send that patch?!
However, before each race, players were allowed to choose a track, and it was discovered that the "Random" option would always choose a track for a standard three-lap race--until this patch changed it. Now, while the Random option still sometimes offers a three-lap race, intermission races have become more prevalent since the patch was pushed out.
A ResetEra thread about the change has many players voicing their displeasure, such as user KillstealWolf who simply wrote, "Thanks I hate it." Another user, BlueStarEXSF, said that Nintendo "low key completely ruined online," while a third, Foffy, said that the patch was "ruining the traditional Mario Kart experience for no good reason."
Mario Kart World is available now exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2. The full patch notes for Patch 1.1.2, per the official Nintendo support website, are as follows:
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Multiple users have revealed that Patch 1.1.2 makes it more difficult to have the standard three-lap race when playing online with friends. Matchmaking, it seems, prefers what have been dubbed "intermission races"--or races where drivers must instead ride through the open map from one track to another, and then run a single lap on the new track.
Luigi, did you send that patch?!
However, before each race, players were allowed to choose a track, and it was discovered that the "Random" option would always choose a track for a standard three-lap race--until this patch changed it. Now, while the Random option still sometimes offers a three-lap race, intermission races have become more prevalent since the patch was pushed out.
A ResetEra thread about the change has many players voicing their displeasure, such as user KillstealWolf who simply wrote, "Thanks I hate it." Another user, BlueStarEXSF, said that Nintendo "low key completely ruined online," while a third, Foffy, said that the patch was "ruining the traditional Mario Kart experience for no good reason."
Mario Kart World is available now exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2. The full patch notes for Patch 1.1.2, per the official Nintendo support website, are as follows:
Mario Kart World Update 1.1.2 Patch Notes
- General
- Adjusted courses selected in “Random” when selecting the next course in a wireless “VS Race.”
- Fixed Issues
- Made readjustments to fix an issue where rate fluctuations were sometimes displayed incorrectly in “Online Play” and “Knockout Tour.”
- Fixed an issue where you sometimes can’t recover quickly after falling off the course in "Dino Dino Jungle".
- Fixed an issue where you continually hit the wall near the finish line of “Boo Cinema” when transformed into Bullet Bill.
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