Kart Mania (With Battle Plus support!)

Kart Mania is a collection of maps made by me. Originally slated for Super SRB2 Kart Z, this level pack has since received an overhaul, as well as entirely new maps designed with SRB2Kart’s engine in mind.

Now as for the maps, they’ve been organized into several cups, much like vanilla SRB2Kart’s tracks. These being:

Please note: Some of the cups are incomplete and any missing tracks will become available as the mod is being developed.

MAPS:

Spoiler:

RACE:

Spoiler:

BASIC CUP:
This series of tracks give you a taste of what’s to come in later levels.

Tracks:
Water Palace
Aqua Cave
Forest Grove
Desert Dash
Metal Corridor

SPRINT CUP:
These maps are short, but have plenty of turns to keep you on your feet.

Tracks:
Mystic Meadow
Sunset Island
Blazing Cavern
Icy Cliffside
Classic Southern Park

CHERRY CUP:
These tracks were inspired by courses made by others, except the first one.

Tracks:
Sunny Garden
Cyan Aquarium
Intergalactic Station
Lush Palisades
Sandy Wastes

TOPAZ CUP:
Description coming soon.

Tracks:
Coastal Cruise
Aerial Sanctuary
Ocean Relic
Downtown Rush (NEW!)
Coming soon!

FORBIDDEN MAPS:
The Kart Mania equivalent of SRB2Kart’s Map Hell maps, these maps are tracks that I originally made that:

• Do not play well with SRB2Kart’s current engine.
• Are very outdated.
• Punish players harshly.

Tracks:
Find out for yourself!

BATTLE:

Spoiler:

Temple Chaos
Tidal Cave
Forest Fracas
CD Special Stage 2
MKSC Battle Course 3
Winter Brawl
Scorching Caves
Azure Aquarium
Western Park
Steel Corners
Outerspace Smash
Twilight Atoll
Catacomb Skirmish (NEW!)

MUSIC SOURCES:

Spoiler:

Spoiler: Basic Cup:

Water Palace Zone | Scuba Duba - Pac-Man World 2
Aqua Cave Zone | Fire and Ice (Fire) for Lost Levels Zone Act 3 – Sonic: Before the Sequel
Forest Grove Zone | Plant Kingdom Zone Act 1 – Sonic Rush Adventure
Desert Dash Zone | Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time - Gritzy Desert (Remix) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Metal Corridor Zone | Under Pressure – Pac-Man World

Spoiler: Sprint Cup:

Mystic Meadow | Jungle Boogie – Crash Nitro Kart
Sunset Island | Sunset Shores Zone Act 3 (Remix of Sunset Hill Zone Act 2 from Sonic Advance 3) - Sonic Megamix
Blazing Cavern Zone | Into the Volcano - Pac-Man World 2
Icy Cliffside Zone | Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back Snow Levels (Remix) – Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Classic Southern Park | Pika Cup: Rounds 1 – 3 – Pokémon Stadium

Spoiler: Cherry Cup:

Sunny Garden | Daisy Hills - Mario Kart 7
Cyan Aquarium | Aquatic Base: Level 1 - Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
Intergalactic Station | Egg Utopia Zone Act 2 (Modern Remix) - FirsEncounterAssault
Lush Palisades | Sonic Chaos: Turquoise Hill Zone Act 2 (SAGE 2018)
Sandy Wastes | Korgon Base: Planet Thyrranosis - Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal

Spoiler: Topaz Cup:

Coastal Cruise | Crash Cove - Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Aerial Sanctuary | Sonic Advance: Angel Island Zone Act 1 (Remix) - Jonathan Barouch
Ocean Relic | World 2: Ocean World - Pac-Man Arrangement (1996)
Downtown Rush | Rooftop Run (Modern) - Sonic Generations

Spoiler: Battle Maps:

Temple Chaos | Leading Lights... for Lost World - Sonic Adventure
Tidal Cave | Fire and Ice (Ice) for Lost Levels Zone Act 3 - Sonic: Before the Sequel
Forest Fracas | Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit) - Jungle Zone (Classic Remix) - NicoCW
MKSC Battle Course 3 | GBA Battle Course 3 - Mario Kart Wii (Remix)
Winter Brawl | Snowy (Chris Leutwyler) - SuperTuxKart
Scorching Caves | Prehistoric Levels (Bone Yard, Dino Might!, Eggipus Rex) - Crash Bandicoot: Warped
Azure Aquarium | Aquatic Base: Level 2 - Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
Western Park | Free Battle - Pokémon Stadium
Steel Corners | Egg Engines: Engine Area - Kirby's Return to Dream Land
Outerspace Smash | Wupash Nebula/Hrugis Cloud - Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Twilight Atoll | Landing in Gran Paradiso (Ozoneone & Krobonil) - SuperTuxKart
Catacomb Skirmish | Mars Needs Cheerleaders - Zombies Ate My Neighbors (SNES)

Spoiler: Forbidden Maps:

????? | Dark City Zone Act 1: Jarel Jones (Remastered by A.J. Freda) – Sonic Robo Blast 2
????? | Special Stage – Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II
????? | Blanka’s Theme – Street Fighter II Turbo
????? | B-Doing Woods – Pac-Man World 2
????? | The Adventure Begins - For Horizon Heights Zone Act 1 - Sonic: After the Sequel
????? | Forest Falls, Act 1 - Sonic Rivals
????? | Aquatic Time - Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
????? | Sky High - Super Monkey Ball

Spoiler: Update history

Version 6.2.1 (Battle)

• Catacomb Skirmish should load properly now.

Version 2.1 (Race)/Version 6.2 (Battle)

RACE

• New map: Downtown Rush, a level based on RoyKirbs's level City Parkway.
• Mystic Meadow: The shortcut at the beginning has been blocked off, preventing players from accessing it just as the race begins. However, it will open up on the second lap. Credit for this goes to Victor Rush Turbo.
• Sunset Island: The row of Gray Springs at the end of the tunnel were removed and replaced with an invisible Spring Panel.
• Sunny Garden: Some of the straightaways now have ramps.
• Lush Palisades: Some straightaways have ramps.
• Ocean Relic: The shortcut on the way back to the start now has a Sneaker Panel.
• Aerial Sanctuary: The shortcut now stays open for the rest of the race. In addition, death pits have been added to areas where it was possible to get stuck.

BATTLE

• New map: Catacomb Skirmish, a map inspired by Eerie Catacombs, which itself was inspired by Eerie Grove.

Version 6.1 (Battle)

• Added a level select picture and minimap for Twilight Atoll.

Version 2 (Race)/Version 6 (Battle) (8/14/2020)

RACE:

• New map: Ocean Relic, a map that was originally slated as a remake of a Forbidden Map. It also has some parts inspired by the base game map Toxic Palace.
• Aerial Sanctuary: Fixed some waypoints. Nerfed the shortcut.
• Intergalactic Station: Fixed some missing Star Post Activators. Removed an invisible death pit that kills players should they get hit by the SPB.
• Lush Palisades: Fixed broken waypoints.
• Sunset Island: Fixed the tunnel.
• Overall QoL changes.

BATTLE:

• New map: Twilight Atoll, based on Sunset Island.
• MKSC Battle Course 3: Fixed the blocks.

Version 1.9 (Race)/Version 5.0 (Battle) (6/29/2020)

RACE:

• New maps: Coastal Cruise, a map inspired by the base map Sapphire Coast, and Aerial Sanctuary, a map inspired by SRB2's extra level Aerial Garden.
• Desert Dash: Added a missing Finish Line banner.
• Icy Cliffside: Made the access to the shortcut a lot easier to get to, although the shortcut itself still has a strong offroad and fixed a water sector that was a death pit. Added a finish line banner.
• Cyan Aquarium: Fixed a missing Star Post Activator. Added a finish line banner.
• Intergalactic Station: Fixed an improper scrolling flat as well as a missing Star Post Activator sector.
• Classic Southern Park: Changed the incorrect name of the song from "Poké Cup" to "Pika Cup". Some QoL changes.
• Added a returning forbidden map.

BATTLE:

• New maps: Steel Corners (based on Metal Corridor) and Outerspace Smash (based on Intergalactic Station)
• Temple Chaos: Re-arranged Rings for Battle Plus' Ring Runners.
• CD Special Stage 2: Blocked off areas where it was possible for players to get stuck. Said areas have also been converted to Death Pits.
• GBA Battle Course 3: Made the course more like its appearance in Mario Kart Wii. In accordance, the level select picture has also been updated.

Version 1.8.2 (Race) (4/30/2020):

RACE:

• Ramps are added to the long straight in Sandy Wastes.

Version 1.8.1 (Race)/Version 4.1 (Battle) (4/30/2020):

RACE:

• Minor change to level headers.

BATTLE:

• Gave a minimap and a level select picture to Western Park. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Version 1.8 (Race)/Version 4 (Battle) (4/30/2020):

RACE:

• New map: Sandy Wastes. Just like Lush Palisades, this was inspired by the base game map Barren Badlands.
• Added a returning map, only this time, it's forbidden.

BATTLE:

• New map: Western Park. It's based on Classic Southern Park.

Version 1.7 (Race)/Version 3.5 (Battle) (3/17/2020):

RACE:

• New map: Lush Palisades. This was inspired by the base game map Paradise Hill.
• Water Palace: Made the waterfalls a lot more natural.
• Desert Dash: Gave the level select picture a proper update.
• Metal Corridor: New level select picture.
• Mystic Meadow: Brightened the shade underneath some trees.
• Cyan Aquarium: Added a visual indicator for the area where the poisonous water rises and falls at a timed interval.

BATTLE:

• New map: Azure Aquarium
• Forest Fracas: All cliffs that are accessible via Pogo Spring have been blocked off.

Version 1.6.2 (Race) (2/4/2020):

• Fixed the broken death pits in Intergalactic Station. Everything should be good to go.

Version 1.6.1 (Race) (2/3/2020):

• Fixed a broken waypoint in Intergalactic Station.

Version 1.6 (Race)/Version 3 (Battle) (2/3/2020):
RACE:

• New map: Intergalactic Station
• Blazing Cavern: Fixed a broken death pit.
• Removed several unused lumps, lowering the file's size

BATTLE:

• New map: Scorching Caves

Version 1.5.1 (Race) (12/20/2019):

• Once again, the word "Classic" has been removed from the name for Mystic Meadow.

Version 1.5 (Race)/Version 2 (Battle) (12/19/2019):

RACE:

• QoL updates
• Mystic Meadow: Fixed the item rows.
• Sunset Island: Fixed the softlock for good.
• Classic Southern Park: Patched out the checkpoint skip by adding a gate that bars off the lake.
• Cyan Aquarium: The poisonous water section now has timed intervals. Minor visual changes.

BATTLE:

• Three new maps: Forest Fracas, MKSC Battle Course 3, Winter Brawl
• Temple Chaos: Fixed the death pits.
• Renamed the pack to "Kart Mania Battle"

Version 1.4.2 (11/9/2019):

• Everything should be all set now. I again removed "Classic" from Mystic Meadow.

Version 1.4.1 (11/9/2019):

• Minor fixes to Cyan Aquarium and Sunny Garden
• Fixed the level headers.

Version 1.4 (8/10/2019):

• GENERAL:
• New Race Map: Cyan Aquarium
• Re-added Sunny Garden
• New Battle Maps: Temple Chaos, Tidal Cave, CD Special Stage 2
• Swapped the positions of Blazing Cavern and Classic Southern Park
  
  RACE:
  Basic Cup:
• Aqua Cave: Visual changes. Added more arrows.
• Forest Grove: Added a shortcut.
• Desert Dash: Minor changes.
• Metal Corridor: Visual changes.
  
  Sprint Cup:
• Mystic Meadow: Removed "Classic" from the name.
• Sunset Island: Barred off an area you could get stuck in.
• Blazing Cavern: Barred off the entire fence and changed up the final stretch.
  
  Battle Maps:
• Initial release

Version 1.3 (6/17/2019):

• Removed several maps.
• New maps: Desert Dash and Blazing Cavern
• Water Palace has returned with a new layout.
• Fixed a softlock problem in Sunset Island where if a player picked up an Eggman Monitor and blew up, they would jump over the springs.

Version 1.2 (5/29/2019):

• Victor Rush Turbo's maps were removed from the pack after his consent, but they will return in the future.
• Shortcuts for Aqua Cave, Sunny Garden, and Bright Garden were added.
• Park Cup has been renamed to the Sprint Cup.
• Other changes.

Version 1.1 (6/17/2019):

• Minor bug fixes
• Removed Kart Airlines because of the Community Cup, as well as several others.
• Two maps have been moved to the Forbidden Maps.
• The music is now part of the PK3 itself. No more worrying about adding the music WAD!

Version 1 (5/25/2019):

• Initial release.

[D00D64]

Welcome to releases! Quite a lot of quantity!

[Victor Rush Turbo]

It's finally out! Awesome!!!

[Twins'R'Awesome]

OH THIS IS A LOT

Interested in seeing what you two have in store, I hope this isn't a quantity over quality situation tho

EDIT:Why did you have to include the music as a seperate file instead as part of the whole package?

The two files are small enough to fit in SRB2's 50MB limit, and even then, you probably should've done a few things to cut down on the filesize in the music wad.

Looking closer, you guys didn't even bother to looppoint all of the tracks listed in here, and the music wad won't be considered as "important" for servers, meaning the music wad won't download over servers leaving clueless joiners without a soundtrack.


If possible, please stick the music tracks in the main PK3, and crop said music into a single loop or compress the track using audacity, giving a looppoint in the process, so that people won't have to arbitrary add two files just to enjoy the pack

[Super Chris]

Originally Posted by Twins'R'Awesome

OH THIS IS A LOT

Interested in seeing what you two have in store, I hope this isn't a quantity over quality situation tho

EDIT:Why did you have to include the music as a seperate file instead as part of the whole package?

The two files are small enough to fit in SRB2's 50MB limit, and even then, you probably should've done a few things to cut down on the filesize in the music wad.

Looking closer, you guys didn't even bother to looppoint all of the tracks listed in here, and the music wad won't be considered as "important" for servers, meaning the music wad won't download over servers leaving clueless joiners without a soundtrack.


If possible, please stick the music tracks in the main PK3, and crop said music into a single loop or compress the track using audacity, giving a looppoint in the process, so that people won't have to arbitrary add two files just to enjoy the pack

The reason why both the music and maps are separated because the former would make the PK3 file too big.

Second, exactly what do you mean by “looppoint” all of the tracks? Some of them, namely Scuba Duba and Ghost Bayou, don't even have loop points, as they go from start to finish.

[Twins'R'Awesome]

Originally Posted by SRB2PlayerFan

Second, exactly what do you mean by “looppoint” all of the tracks? Some of them, namely Scuba Duba and Ghost Bayou, don't even have loop points, as they go from start to finish.

Ah, that makes sense, excuse me for being a derp, but some of the audio files could still be compressed using audacity to cut a little bit off of filesize.

Originally Posted by SRB2PlayerFan

The reason why both the music and maps are separated because the former would make the PK3 file too big.

Honestly, I would combine them anyways.

Even though the current downloader is crap, the ~35MBs worth of PK3 would still be low enough to fix under the filesize cap. Even though this kind of solution is hardly ideal, Not only does it mean that there would be more space to add other wads on top of this collection, but it makes it more convenient to servers and players alike since music wads aren't recognized as important to servers and won't be downloaded as such.

[jameds]

Here's a big long list of trouble that I found.

Spoiler:

Downtown Drive
These boost flats (this set and the previous) after the tunnel are misaligned.


At the square, going straight and turning right, the left turn afterward isn't very visible.

Sunny Garden
There's not much to do. No shortcuts, wider paths, etc.

Sea Temple
Please enlarge the images; dithering from downscaling masks the effect.
These arrows are hardly visible. Especially from a distance, it's hard to tell which direction that they signal.


Making this turn, I had a hard time telling which direction to turn.


Special Trek
The multi-colored arrows suffer similar issues as those in Sea Temple. Also, the walls and floor are sometimes indistinguishable, further disorientating me.

Techno Station
The offroad here is too strong in my opinion. I feel that bumping into offroad, on multiplayer, is inevitable in this area due to its winding.


Classic Bright Garden
The water and road colors blend because of their lightness here.


The stage also suffers from the problems of Sunny Garden.

Classic Mystic Meadow
Approaching this lake area could be misleading. I feel like turning left each time, and I don't expect the bridge shortcut to be perpendicular from the approaching path either.


Icy Cliffside
Two problems here. The shadow is so dark that it reminds me of an oilspill. It's also out of place from the rest of the stage. This turn is also very sharp. I usually fly out the window.


Southern Park
This is a problem shared by the park levels--extremely dark tunnels. Those tunnels are barely visible when approaching, forcing me to determine the direction to turn once the exit is visible. There's also a HOM there.

A problem that I believe many of these maps suffer from is strong offroad and extremely dark shadows. Some maps also suffer from poor contrast of textures and of walls and floor.

Many maps have very square turns, which are difficult to navigate, especially when the turns get tighter.

The Park Cup maps, aside from Green Hill, are inferior to the Classic Cup maps. I think I understand that the cups are supposed to advance in difficulty. But the park maps are very repetitive already, so having two sets of them is just worse.

Something others have pointed out about those Park Cup maps is that the abundance of chao cheering at the finish is too loud.

I love Victor's maps. But displaying his credit in the middle of the screen is a bit annoying.

And to say one good thing: I still enjoyed many of these maps! (Classic Cup and Rock Cup forward.)

[adamman12345]

Kart Airlines has been added so can you update the pack to remove it?

[Super Chris]

Sorry for the inconvenience. A small update for Kart Mania is now available.

[Ashnal]

Nice pack overall. A LOT of tracks for a lot of variety.

I'd like to address a few small problems I came across though. Sunken Temple and Special Trek both suffer from color issues that can make it hard to tell where you're driving, or where turns are. Sunken Temple needs to have a floor that is a different color or shade than the walls. Special Trek has so many different bright colors that it can be difficult to pick out the track's path at times.

Good work overall, I'd love to see future updates!

[Super Chris]

Originally Posted by Ashnal

Nice pack overall. A LOT of tracks for a lot of variety.

I'd like to address a few small problems I came across though. Sunken Temple and Special Trek both suffer from color issues that can make it hard to tell where you're driving, or where turns are. Sunken Temple needs to have a floor that is a different color or shade than the walls. Special Trek has so many different bright colors that it can be difficult to pick out the track's path at times.

Good work overall, I'd love to see future updates!

It's not "Sunken Temple", it's "Sea Temple".

Thank you for playing Kart Mania.

[Super Chris]

Version 1.3 is now available for Kart Mania.

• Removed several maps.
• New maps: Desert Dash and Blazing Cavern
• Water Palace has returned with a new layout.
• Fixed a softlock problem in Sunset Island where if a player picked up an Eggman Monitor and blew up, they would jump over the springs.

For now, I'm putting this level pack on hiatus because I've been dealing with real life issues.

[Super Chris]

A hotfix for Kart Mania has been released.

[Super Chris]

Version 1.5 (Race) and Version 2 (Battle) of Kart Mania is now available. See the above post for details.

[Naluigi]

Only the Battle download is currently available

[Super Chris]

Originally Posted by Naluigi

Only the Battle download is currently available

That's because I was uploading a patch for the Race maps.

With that aside, V1.5.1 of Kart Mania is now available.

[greennick78sh]

I would try it, but I updated srb2 and now it won't run.

[Super Chris]

Version 1.6 of Kart Mania Race and Version 3 of Kart Mania Battle are now available. Read the first post for details.

[Claudiadoe]

man, i sure am struggling to figure out what the inspiration for intergalactic station is, jokes aside, it is a pretty great map and you've done a good job on it, one thing tho, i found a broken respawn point in the map



edit: i also can't manage to get the shortcut before the ending to work at all so, it's either broken or i'm just bad

[Super Chris]

Originally Posted by Claudiadoe

man, i sure am struggling to figure out what the inspiration for intergalactic station is, jokes aside, it is a pretty great map and you've done a good job on it, one thing tho, i found a broken respawn point in the map



edit: i also can't manage to get the shortcut before the ending to work at all so, it's either broken or i'm just bad

Thanks for telling me. I went on ahead and fixed it.

That aside, V1.6.1 of Kart Mania is now available. Sorry for the inconvenience.