Shy Guy Beach
Avoid the deep water (darker color). You sometimes are required to drive through the shallow water. Repetetive hopping sometimes reduces the slow-down. Avoid the crabs. They are quite annoying. Hitting one is like hitting a Banana Peel, so its possible to prevent spinning out. The Shy Guy Ship in the background will try to fire cannonballs at you, but it is extremely rare to actually get hit by one.

Riverside Park
A jungle stage by a river. Pretty simple. Don't hit the odd plants found in the grass (you shouldn't be jumping in the grass in the first place). There are a few jumps. All you have to do is manage to hit the zippers before the bumper (which is pretty much automatic) and you'll make the jump. If you somehow don't, you'll fall to a part of the track and most likely lose. Don't drive into the water either, though its shallow on the shore.

Boo Lake
The first of the few Boo stages. It's pretty easy here too. Avoid the holes in the pier. Of course, falling through isn't exactly recommended. ^_^ There are jumps here too, but all you got to do is hit the bumper before them. If you crash into the wall, one of the little blocks will fall down, revealing a hole in the wall that you can drive through and fall down into a pit. So, avoid that.

Cheese Land
A very odd stage indeed. Apparently, its a land made of cheese. Where'd Nintendo come up with this idea? It's infested with those little thief mice from Yoshi's Island and Paper Mario. They are basically obstacles. If you hit one, you may slide out. Since the road is nothing but cheese, you will slide around easily. Getting used to using your brakes and letting off the gas on turns would be a nice technique to acquire when racing here. Some of the off-road terrain won't slow you down much, so use that to your advantage.

Sky Garden
This track is pretty easy. It's basically a course in the clouds. There is NO railing anywhere. Luckily, the cloudy terrain near the edges slows you down. When you pass over bridges made of vines, avoid falling off the sides. The bridges are rather slippery. The track is quite simple and rather enjoyable. You shouldn't have trouble.

Cheep-Cheep Island
This is quite similar to Shy Guy Beach, but a little harder. The crabs return, so do your best to avoid them. There are also baby Goonies (from the Yoshi's Island world), but they can't harm you. When you pass over the narrow bridges, avoid falling off. The water is not shallow around them. There is some shallow water, however. Just pay attention to their shades. Near the end, you pass along a longer bridge with some railing, so don't be afraid to use Power Sliding here.

Sunset Wilds
Think Kalimari Desert from MK64, without the train. It's basically a desert-like track. Avoid the cacti and stuff. The humps in the road will bounce you up. Sometimes, coins are spread out between them and you must jump over the humps to get the coins. You will encounter little tents with Shy Guys inside as well. If you run over the tent, a Shy Guy will grab onto your back and slow you down. Avoid this at all costs. It is quite the annoyance.

Ribbon Road
I dunno why, but I love this track. It's quite simple also. There are no real obstacles except for presents in the wrapping-paper slow-down terrain. ^_^ The track is basically a bunch of turns, plenty of jumps, and tons of zippers. Try to nail every zipper you see and use Mushrooms on the jumps for a huge jump.

Yoshi Desert
The desert road is slippery like the road in Cheese Land's, so keep that in mind. This track is so kawaii, especially the huge Yoshi sphinx in the background. ^_^ There aren't very many real obstacles. Beware the "camoflagued" quicksand holes. If you get sucked in, a Piranha Plant will chew on you for a second and launch you out. It doesn't make you lose coins or spin out, but it does slow you down for a second. They are hard to spot, so it can be annoying.

Broken Pier
Though the name doesn't quite suggest it, this is the next Boo stage. It's pretty much the same as the first, but its longer and there are tons more places to fall down in. Also beware of the Boos that fly around. If you run into one, it will begin to haunt it, just like the Boo item would if someone used it and you were in first (see Items (Weapons)). A lot of people say this stage is hard, but its really not that difficult.

Bowser Castle 4
Aside from being the hardest of the bunch, this Bowser Castle finally introduces a new obstacle: those little wind-up Mecha Bowser toys. They are only near the end and act like other enemy obstacles: hit 'em, slide out. The track is basically like other Bowser Castles, so just use the same rules that applied to them and you'll be fine. There are plenty of alternate routes here, so pick the fastest (or easiest, or both) routes and go for it!

Donut Plains 1
This track, however, can be a different story. The terrain is unbelievably slippery. There are a lot of huge turns, but you'll need the space because you'll slide all over the place. Just don't slide into the grass, which is rather tall and slows you down dramatically. There are no areas where you can fall into the water, but expect to deal with water in later versions of the Donut Plains.

Ghost Valley 1
The first of the Boo stages is very easy. Like the Boo tracks from the Super Circuit collection, ramming into a block on the wall will result in its disappearance, opening a small gap in the wall. Don't let this destroy your game plan. There are a few minor jumps, but its nothing to worry about. This is a relatively easy track.

Choco Island 1
First we have a land made of cheese, now an island made of chocolate. Is Nintendo high when they make these games? ^_^ Anyway, the off-terrain is very chunky chocolate and will slow you down big time, so don't drive through it. The road is rather slippery (I guess the chocolate is melting). At some points, you have to drive through puddles of chocolate. It's basically like water. Hopping will prevent the slow-down a little. Not much to explain here.

Ghost Valley 2
A lot of the same here, with a few more holes in the road and some ledges to fall off of. There are still no obstacles, so don't fear. The road is still a little slippery, so get used to braking.

Mario Circuit 3
Same as the previous two, but with a VERY sharp turn about halfway into the race. Same obstacles: terrain. There's not much to worry about here.

Koopa Beach 1
Finally! A change of scenary! The first Koopa Beach proves to be much more fun than the second. You encounter shallow and deep water here, so learn their colors immediately (not that hard) to prevent sinking. You must drive through the shallow water constantly, so hopping makes the slow-down amount reduce. There is one patch of grass on a little isle. Simply go around it and you're fine. This track is easy and quite entertaining.

Bowser Castle 3
Long and boring about explains it. The Extra Track versions of Bowser Castle don't have obstacles, so they prove to be rather easy. They just have may alternate paths, and this one is no exception. There's a lot of route deciding and lava hopping. Just keep an eye on your map and you'll be fine.

Mario Circuit 4
These are getting old if you ask me. Way too similar to Mario Circuit 3, right down to the incredibly sharp turn about half-way through. No obstacles, so its not a challenge here.

Ghost Valley 3
The final Boo stage is the hardest of the Boo stages, but not that difficult. There are more holes, ledges, and jumps. That's really about it.

Vanilla Lake 2
This track is, for some reason, too easy. You'd figure it'd be difficult. You have to do a lot of driving through the snow, but the track seems so short and the computer racers do awful here. It is basically a lot of the same from the first Vanilla Lake, but strangely easier. I was lapping people on my second lap!