Mario Kart World Gets Knockout Tour With Friends Online, Free Roam Trackers

Nintendo released a major Mario Kart World update, and the patch adds much-requested features like trackers for P Switches and Peach Medallions in Free Roam, more frequent UFOs in Free Roam, and the ability to join a friend who is in Knockout Tour in online multiplayer. All of this is available now after the patch, and the features are included alongside other bug fixes.

In the case of Free Roam, the Mario Kart World P Switches and Peach Medallions trackers and UFOs are the biggest adjustments. If you found ones, there will be confirmations that you collected them. In the case of P Switches, you can fast travel near them. Peach Medallions in some cases appear for new criteria. UFOs come up more often, and you can change into characters you abduct when piloting it. It’s also possible for two players can go into Free Roam at once while waiting for full games. 

As for online multiplayer in Mario Kart World, the Knockout Tour with friends option is one of multiple changes there. In the case of that, you need to select Friends when you’re playing as one person online and they are in Knockout Tour. If you are knocked out or finish in online or offline multiplayer, Spectator Mode starts faster and you can choose who to watch. Item boxes also respawn faster and we’re invincible for shorter periods of time after crashing or spinning. 

Here is the list for all the update bug fixes in Mario Kart World patch 1.3.0. 

Fixed Issues

Fixed an issue in "Online Play" and "Wireless Play" where the ranking would sometimes become incorrect if a player went off course at the same time as reaching the finish line. Fixed an issue in "Grand Prix", "Knockout Tour", and "VS Race", where the CPU's ranking would sometimes drop after reaching the finish line. Fixed an issue in "Knockout Tour" in "Online Play" where other players' ratings would sometimes appear as "0" on the results screen. Fixed an issue where a Spiny Shell would sometimes pass the first place player in "Wireless Play" or "Online Play." Fixed an issue where players would sometimes be sent flying backwards a great distance when hit by a Spiny Shell. Fixed an issue where the second item in an item slot would sometimes not disappear when hit by Lightning. Fixed an issue where hitting the base of a pillar in mid-air would sometimes cause a large jump. Fixed an issue that sometimes caused movement to become unstable when doing a wall ride on water. Fixed an issue where players would sometimes be swept away strongly after landing when doing a mini jump while going up a river. Fixed an issue where players would sometimes pass through the ground when hit by a car driving on the road. Fixed an issue in "Free Roam" where players would sometimes be unable to enter pipes correctly after exiting a trailer. Fixed an issue where the results screen would sometimes become distorted after spectating "Balloon Battle" in "Online Play." Fixed an issue where the game would sometimes not proceed to the course selection screen after exiting a pipe during "Free Roam" in "Online Play." Fixed an issue where Bullet Bill would sometimes slip through walls when used in "Sky-High Sundae." Fixed an issue where players would sometimes get stuck on a wall at the start of the race heading from "Airship Fortress" to "Shy Guy Bazaar." Fixed an issue where players would sometimes get stuck in walls when using a Bullet Bill in "Bowser’s Castle." Fixed an issue in "Cheep Cheep Falls" where item boxes were sometimes difficult to pick up when Smart Steering was turned on. Fixed an issue in "Knockout Tour" "Spiny Rally" where sometimes there was an item box buried in the ground. Several other issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.

Mario Kart World is available for the Switch 2, and the new update patch 1.3.0 is live now.

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