https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O1mAB5hY5o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXH1_docwsY
As the videos above have shown, I'm actually able to win and consistently do well with lightweights in worldwides now thanks to 200cc! Prior to this mode I rarely ever won WWs with anything less than medium-light characters, and could only really win and consistently do well if I sell out and use heavy weights. Primarily using inside drift probably wasn't helping either, but I'm stubborn and just use what I like and feel like, hence why I'm super happy that 200cc seems to have put the emphasis back to being less about what combo you're using and more about your driving n item skillz! No my main problem wasn't that I couldn't win, it just wasn't as fun. I'd rather have a close intense dynamic race (a.k.a. what Mario Kart's all about) and lose than win with little effort and action.
It's not just me alone either, for I've yet to get into a group full of super heavys, something that was commonplace before 200cc. So far the weight distribution has been pretty even now that lightweights are actually being played regularly now, and they've been able to win with them aswell. Now of course you might remember I said similarly about lightweights being good shortly after the game released and as we all know I was laughably wrong, so maybe I'm jumping the gun too early again. However last time it was based off of races against people with 2000-3000vr, while now it's 10k+ VR opponents, so much more telling especially considering the ones using lightweights now definitely weren't using them prior to 200cc. So that's just my thoughts and hopeful thinking, feel free to share your opinions n experiences on this and if you've noticed a resurgence of lighter weight characters in 200cc aswell!