The Platinum Sparks Pack! v1.2

It's.. A good pack, honestly

Mudslap Stadium was a really fun experience for the first time, the look of it gave me sort of DS Wario Stadium vibes but after playing the map for around 4 times I started seeing how its actually kind of a simple, big map layout-wise and kind of got tired of it.

Bowser's Castle on the other hand is a cool port of the MKWii version of the map, not a lot to say here since it's also a pretty simple one but I really like the fact that you guys decided to let in there a way to take the ultra shortcut, since it follows the same layout as the original it's my favorite map of the entire pack to run through.

Zero Space... Yeah no, Zero Space is just a laggy as hell mess, ever since the first time I played it over a year ago to today the times it has been somewhat stable to the point where its playable it has imo the best layout of the entire pack, but its so freaking unstable on low/mid-end clients (even if they're running either OpenGL or software) that it's better to just either soc it out or insta RTV it when it pops up.

And then there's Block Plaza, as someone who really enjoys battle mode from time to time this is a really great map, though it feels pretty empty and simple from time to time it's still a great map to play on if you're looking for a fun battle experience with 4 players or more!

Honestly, this has to be a pack of some of the most gorgeous looking courses around! You guys knocked it out of the park on aesthetics! There are some issues sadly, but the layouts are fun and frantic and I enjoy the maps here.

Mudslap Stadium is better than ever, and it's a real blast to play. The layout is unique and leads to some crazy pack shenanigans, but that salom at the ending still has a minor issue: you can be absolutely flung off the grate's ramp at higher speeds. Overall, it's one of my favorite maps. I adore the animated signs, by the way!

Bowser Castle is also a really really good port, but it also suffers from the same problem even the vanilla ports face- the map feels way too small, especially on hard speed. I always love playing the map in MKWii just as I do here, but it's much harder to make good turns with the smaller size. Heck, even in MKWii I swore the map was bigger compared to the racers there too?

Zero Space is a course I really, really *really* want to love. It's based on one of my all time favorite series, looks absolutely incredible and the layout is really fun! But the lag, holy shit... OpenGL has issues running the map even after the initial load. Usually it takes about 10 seconds to fully load in and in that 10, the map can drop inputs absolutely devastating runs before they can truly begin. The layout is worth the issues and it's a blast to play! Now, if only the rail lua was updated to not cause rails to disappear when other courses use it too...

I haven't played the battle map just yet, but the layout from what I've seen looks fun and again, it looks great.

The issues I have keep this from getting a true 5/5 but this is a solid pack I'd recommend! I can't wait for future updates to take care of things.

Welcome to releases! Some interesting maps in this one!