Only minor problems on my end - I've been booted from lobbies twice. But my internet has been in and out this weekend (gotta love Xfinity/Comcast).

I've been kicked out of lobbies a few times, and once or twice people have gone through an item box that didn't disappear.. Other than that, no problems.

any of things I've done online so far have been fine... although I haven't really played Mario Kart online yet.... but it will heavily depend on where you live, your internet connection strength, the number of players on the servers, etc. Honestly probably one of the WORST times would be the opening weekend as everyone with a Switch is hopping on.

In other news: I am doubtful Nintendo will actually do the paid online service. Seems counter intuitive as they don't have enough games that take advantage of online at the moment. If it comes ever I would not expect it this year. Because outside of Japan they're going to struggle to get people to pay for an online service (even if cheap) if all it is really being used for is Mario Kart and Splatoon

Oh yeah I forgot the Switch was going to charge for online....Piece of shit.

Because we're already playing online, the same online we're eventually gonna have to pay for. 

It is though, the inherent lag from online play works the same for everyone, and even for those who don't notice, the online play still isn't gonna be any different for them. As for wait/load times, I haven't checked what the exact difference is if any, but while that could make Deluxe's online slightly superior overall then, it would not at all justify pay to play.

It has, we're in the free trial periord for it already.

I would not expect them to go back on this especially after how successful the Switch has been despite people knowing that pay to play is coming.

just sharing some mk8 deluxe gameplay i am working on getting better lol https://youtu.be/W_VqGGSATSg

I'm seriously hoping for dedicated servers, assuming that would fix these lag issues you're encountering.

Shameless plug is shameless, but this video is a good example of the online issues so it's relevant I guess.

I would not get your hopes up, they have little reason to better the online since it works well enough as it is at this point.

Do you usually have lag/slow connection? If ya do that's probably why not the game itself (part of it could be as well)

The only issue I've experienced is other players not always breaking the item boxes. Not a huge issue to me actually...