Nintendo decided to open its Nintendo Switch 2 showcase by officially unveiling Mario Kart: World which will launch alongside the new console on June 5.

As the long-awaited follow-up to Mario Kart 8, this latest kart-racer is bumping up the grid size to impressive 26 characters vying for first-place. But by far the biggest addition is the open-world. Every track takes place in a giant interconnected world, and between races you will be able to hang out and drive around.

The updated Grand Prix mode makes use of this, still challenging you to win four races except now you also have to drive from race to race. The new Knockout mode has you racing from one end of the map to the other and at each checkpoint the racer in last place will be eliminated. It’s unclear exactly how much freedom you’ll have, but it’s still a huge leap forward for the series.

The open-world also brings real-time weather and time of day, meaning you might up racing in the rain at night, or at dawn as the sun creeps over the horizon.

A few other interesting gameplay changes can be seen in the trailer, such as being able to grind on rails and ride along walls. At one point, a player can be seen using a wall to hop up onto another section of track.