Andyman's tiertastic tier list thread that he definitely made up on his own

S: Tier is the only tier I really made an effort to rank from best to rest. Moo Moo Meadows is obviously top of the pops, and I love the speed of the Mute City track so that came second. Mount Wario is a belting track that's always a joy to play. I love the way Electrodome looks and sounds, and the track is a banger too with loads of very satisfying drift spots. Hyrule Circuit rounds out the top 5 thanks to its special touches, technical sections, and that fountain.

A: The position of tracks doesn't really matter here. Big Blue and Dolphin Shoals were probably the closest to my top 5. Generally these tracks are characterised by having either some fun drifting technical sections or a sense of speed. Exceptions to that rule are Animal Crossing and Sunshine Airport, both of which just have a genuinely clean and pleasing feel.

B: These tracks are all still amazing, but they're generally characterised by being a bit less technical, a bit more chaotic, or a bit less visually pleasing. Piranha Plant Slide is a pretty fun fast track, but it's not as good as Wild Woods for example. The Mario tracks are great too but they're just not quite as satisfying to get right as Royal Raceway or Yoshi Circuit. Neo Bowser City is a bit too technical, Sweet Sweet Canyon has that section where you drive through piss, and I just don't like the flow of Cloudtop Cruise as much as a Shy Guy Falls or a Toad Harbour. On a different day though, a lot of these tracks are pushing A tier.

C: With the exception of Rainbow Road (the new one, which I could put in B) I don't think I'd ever move any of these. They're all ok but I feel like we've had better Bowser's Castles, you glide over all the cogs in Tick-Tock, Twisted Mansion and Cheap Cheap are just kind of there, and Yoshi Valley's divergent paths just aren't that interesting.

D: If I'd made an E tier, then Grumble and Dry Dry and Sherbert Land would probably be alone here. All those tracks are fine but Grumble isn't all that dynamic and it's a bit too dark, Dry Dry is a largely long and uneventful lap but there are places to cut corners and some fun obstacles to avoid. The spinning sand bit is a unique novelty. Ice stages just aren't my thing but the multiple paths in this track do actually feel like they serve a purpose. Rainbow Road 64 and Toad's Turnpike  are the only tracks close to being stinkers in my book. Rainbow Road is way too long, I have no idea how it made the cut into this game, while the Toad's Turnpike traffic doesn't really pose any danger, making the lap dull.

I really like most of Mario Kart 8’s tracks. If I’m playing online or with mates, there’s very few that I groan about when they’re picked. Even then, I’d still regard the stuff I’ve put in my B tier as being very good 8/10-calibre tracks. Sure, there’s the odd duffer – the Rainbow Road is the worst in the series – but the good far, far outweighs the bad.

Now I'll preface this by saying, I really need to refamiliarise myself with some of these tracks, there's many here I can barely remember so may have unfairly been negatively effected by it.

S-Tier: Obviously Moo Moo Meadows is the star of the show but if I'm being totally honest Mount Wario is the best track on the game, there's not a weak section in it and the downhill aspect fits the theme perfectly. Dolphin Shoals takes third spot, would it be A-Tier if it weren't for the banging soundtrack? Possibly but here we are. Both the F-Zero tracks are awesome and we need pretty much every possible track from that brought over to Mario Kart if we're not gonna get a new entry in the series. Melody Motorway is another like Mount Wario which totally understands the assignment and Yoshi Circuit is a great way for me to appreciate Yoshi's curves in a non pervy way.

A-Tier:You're all mad for hating on N64 Rainbow Road, except of course Cappa, there's a reason the fella is contributer of the year, now I'll admit I'm a bit of an apologist for the original version but I can admit it has its issues, the MK8 version fixes all of those and now it's a rip roaring ride to this finish. Other noteworthy ones in this tier are Electrodome which is cool af, the two Bowser tracks are as imposing as the man himself and the Animal Crossing one gives me all the feels.

B-Tier: Royal Raceway is a classic, Excitebike Arena is always a lot fo fun, Hyrule Circuit is incredibly overrated because it's Zelda but still a decent track in it's own right. Wild Woods is one I feel is probably better but I can't remember it well enough, Sherbert Land and Grumble Volcano are two that are criminally underrated.

C-Tier:AKA the tracks I really struggle to remember and if that's the case then they're probably not too offensive to be in D, I would argue that a desert track is usually an automatic D-Tier but I do think Dry Dry Desert and Bone-Dry Dunes have redeeming features, the other dessert track in this tier is basic but fine if I remember correctly.

D-Tier:The only desert track that does reach D-Tier isn't even a desert track, it's cheese land which should be perfect but it's actually quite a rotten course. Finally we have Baby Park which is absolutely undoubtedly D-Tier, even with 7 laps it's over almost immediately so I feel like I've been cheated out of a track, yet that's probably a good thing, Mario Kart is chaotic enough, this just feels like a mess form start to finish.