Cup

A Cup is a representation of a certain number of courses in the Mario Kart series. In Super Mario Kart, a Cup consisted of five courses, whereas in the later games the number was reduced to four (due to the single tracks being longer). When racing the Grand Prix mode, players race through all the tracks from a Cup. Cups are usually named after items from the Mario series, for example the Mushroom Cup and the Star Cup. Those names, however, have nothing to do with the courses they represent. Consequently, though Cup names happen to reappear throughout the series, they usually stand for different tracks.