^Now this guy deserves a cookie!

I'll just go by general opinions of each course instead of rankings based on 1st day impressions vs now

little = small change
bit = medium change
lot = big change

(Note: Courses that went up don't necessarily mean I LOVE them now, and courses that went down don't necessarily mean I HATE them now)

Courses that went up:
Mario Kart Stadium (a lot)
Water Park (a bit)
Thwomp Ruins (a bit)
Electrodrome (a little)
Bone Dry Dunes (a bit)
Rainbow Road (a little)
DS Wario Stadium (a little)
GCN Sherbert Land (a bit)
Wii Grumble Volcano (a lot)

Courses that went down:
Sweet Sweet Canyon (a little)
Shy Guy Falls (a little)
Dolphin Shoals (a bit)
Bowser's Castle (a little)
N64 Toad's Turnpike (a bit)
GCN Dry Dry Desert (a little)
SNES Donut Plains 3 (a little)
N64 Royal Raceway (a bit)
3DS Pirahna Plant Slide (a little)
N64 Rainbow Road (a little)


Everything else I have the same opinion of them, good or bad.

Yeah that was the purpose of the original thread, to see how our opinions would change once we got our hands on the game! Most notable changes for me include Bowser's Castle, which like the 3DS one, didn't look that great at first, but was amazing once I actually raced on it! As for Music Park no longer being my favorite Retro, it's in part because despite the track being exactly the same as from MK7, it's most technical points have been removed, which saddens me as they were satisfying to pull off and gave me the edge over most everyone else! Plus Grumble Volcano is just so awesome and exciting, and I finally managed to master the track which used to decimate me in MKWii!

A half-cookie effort. Heading out so don't have time to do a full list but see above for how I would rate compared with your list.

Let's try a top 4 for each side:

Original:
1) Shy Guy Falls
2) Toad Harbor
3) Sunshine Airport
4) Electrodome

Retro:
1) Toad Turnpike
2) Sherbert Land
3) Yoshi Valley
4) Wario Stadium

Whadya mean what's wrong with me? Music Park is still uber awesomes and Toad's Turnpike turned out better than I expected!

I know, I said 45 minutes... but I'm lazy!

1. Shy Guy Falls.

2. Bowser's Castle.

3. Electrodome.

4. Mount Wario. 

5. Tick-Tock Clock (DS) 

6. Sunshine Airport.

7. Wario Stadium (DS)

8. Piranha Plant Slide (3DS)

9. Cloudtop Cruise.

10. Donut Plains 3 (SNES)

11. Twisted Mansion 

12. Mario Circuit (GBA)

13. Sweet Sweet Canyon.

14. Yoshi Valley (N64)

15. Thwomp Ruins.

16. Mario Kart Stadium.

17. Royal Raceway (N64)

18. Sherbet Land (GCN)

19. Water Park.

20. Mario Circuit.

21. Dolphin Shoals.

22. Moo Moo Meadows (Wii)

23. Bone Dry-Dunes.

24. DK Jungle (3DS)

25. Toad Harbor.

26. Rainbow Road [waaaaaattt!?]

27. Rainbow Road (N64)

28. Toad's Turnpike (N64)

29. Cheep Cheep Beach (DS)

30. Grumble Volcano (Wii)

31. Music Park (3DS)

32. Dry Dry Desert (GCN)

Conclusion: The new tracks are awesome! And the looks don't make them position higher, is the music and how greatly made the track is!

#1- Mount Wario
#2- Sunshine Airport
#3- Sherbet Land (GC)
#4- Royal Raceway ( N64)
#5- Cheep Cheep Beach ( DS)
#6- Electrodrome
#7- Wario Stadium (DS)
#8- Water Park
#9- Shy Guy Falls
#10- Toad Harbor
#11- Tick Tock Clock (DS)
#12- Mario Kart Stadium
#13- Thwomp Ruins
#14- Dolphin Soals
#15- Sweet Sweet Canyon
#16- Cloudtop Cruise
#17- Rainbow Road ( N64)
#18- Bowser's Castle
#19- Twisted Mansion
#20- Rainbow Road
#21- DK Jungle (3DS)
#22- Yoshi Valley ( N64)
#23- Toad's Turnpike ( N64)
#24- Mario Circuit
#25- Music Park (3DS)
#26- Donut Plains 3 ( SNES)
#27- Moo Moo Meadows (Wii)
#28- Mario Circuit ( GBA)
#29- Grumble Volcano (Wii)
#30- Piranha Plant Slide ( 3DS)
#31- Dry Dry Desert ( GC)
#32- Bone Dry Dunes

I can't really decide, so it's +-3 ranks.
The new courses are better in general.

-=Nitro Courses=-

#1. Bowser's Castle
#2. Mount Wario
#3. Electrodrome
#4. Toad Harbor
#5. Sunshine Airport
#6. Cloudtop Cruise
#7 Thwomp Ruins
#8. Shy Guy Falls
#9. Dolphin Shoals
#10. Rainbow Road
#11. Sweet Sweet Canyon
#12. Mario Circuit
#13. Twisted Mansion
#14. Water Park
#15. Mario Kart Stadium
#16. Bone Dry Dunes


-=Retro Courses=-

#1. N64 Toad's Turnpike
#2. DS Wario Stadium
#3. N64 Rainbow Road
#4. Wii Grumble Volcano
#5. 3DS DK Jungle
#6. N64 Yoshi Valley
#7. 3DS Piranha Plant Slide
#8. Wii Moo Moo Meadows
#9. DS Cheep Cheep Beach
#10. DS Tick Tock Clock
#11. 3DS Music Park
#12. N64 Royal Raceway
#13. GBA Mario Circuit
#14. GCN Sherbet Land
#15. SNES Donut Plains 3
#16. GCN Dry Dry Desert

HintHRO said: Einsam_Delphin said: Guess it was silly of me to expect peoples to make full list! That AND your profile pic makes you silly.

And your picture for some reason bears a queer resemblance to his! On topic, I definitely like the Nitro stages better. Overall, all the stages pretty much blew me away, whether it's the eye candy of the rainbow road winding around the space station or speed boosting  up a waterfall.