N64 Toad's Turnpike

Toad's Turnpike (Toad Highway in the Japanese Version) is a course in the Flower Cup of Mario Kart 64. It is named after Toad and pictures of him are seen on the boundaries of the racetrack. The race track takes place on a public road at night. There are vehicles driving on this course which cause the racer's kart to fly if a collision between the two occurs. The overall shape of this course is roughly a figure 8, with some parts of the road with varying lane quantity. All Item Boxes of this track are located in the edge of a concave area where the road includes.

In 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc, the vehicles go forward in the direction where karts go. The engine class also affects how fast the vehicles move; traffic moves slowly in 50cc, but is quite fast in 150cc. The difficulty resides in the fact that the larger vehicles go slowly through the road, sometimes blocking the player (especially when approaching the finish line). In Mirror mode, the vehicles come in the opposite way at a rather fast speed (same speed as from 150cc), which can provide difficulties for the racers.

This course was the first in a series of similar race tracks in the Mario Kart series, to be filled with cars that come at the player. This type of race track reappears in the form of Mushroom City and Mushroom Bridge in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Shroom Ridge and the returning Mushroom Bridge in Mario Kart DS and Moonview Highway in Mario Kart Wii.

Trivia

 * Although the name says it's a turnpike, no toll booths are ever seen.
 * In the Special (or mirror) mode, the vehicles of the course go in a reverse direction, coming at the player rather than going with the player.