Great game, but can be punishing to new players.
Although, the one thing that really ticked me off at the beginning of the game is that it was just absolutely brutal. I had trouble clearing 100cc cups because of how plain difficult the game was. The items are so unbalanced that it makes the game a lot less fun. Say, for instance, your in first place your about to cross the finish line and the pack of CPU's are on your back. All of the sudden you get hit with a blue shell, two red shells, a banana peel, and a POW block and end up in 9th place. And by the way, that really happened to me, no joke. So if you aren't that good at this game, then I say you should stick to multiplayer modes because single player is absolutely brutal and punishing to people who aren't that good.