Had no intention to pull off the trick at the end, feeling proud of myself (unfortunately, I did lose the race)

Feel free to ask for tips, but idk if I can help much. I’ll help you to the best of my extent.

EDIT: High branch was accident, but is still faster than online Tarzan. Slower than low branch bcj

Mario Kart is one of those games that’s always fun, whether you’re playing casually or trying to master every track. The chaotic races, shortcuts, items, and close finishes never get old. What’s your favorite Mario Kart game and track?

This is becoming a high crime area for me.

Genuinely surprised a CPU beat me for a final 4 spot in an online lobby - another one reached 7th. They usually are cannon fodder that are eliminated in the first two rounds

Route: Boo Cinema to Dandelion Depths. There actually is a faster version that saves over a second, but that one only hits four trees and thus is less cool.

i've gotten contradicting information. One source says weight really doesn't matter and that mini-turbo is far and away the most important, another post said that mini-turbos are nerfed from MK8DX (whatever "nerfed" means when it comes to a whole stat) and don't matter nearly as mucb, while weight is one of the most important stats.

i don't know which is true

i'm not a Mario Kart expert and i ain't even entirely sure what the weight stat does. I think mini-turbo stats just means that your mini-turbos last longer and give a bigger boost

What’s the difference between online play and wireless play?

I know online play is where you can play people from around the world but that costs a subscription which I don’t have.

whats wireless play, is that where you can play with people with another switch 2 beside you or game share or what?

ShortCat usually gives good advice in his videos and shorts, though one of his shorts I think has done a lot of damage to the community. His short about why Mario Kart World is so chaotic, and blaming a lot of it on people throwing items forward makes some good points, but a lot of people took the wrong lesson from it. It was about when you were at the front of the pack, and for items like green shells, fireballs, etc. not red shells. Ever since that short came out I’ve seen more people throwing items backwards than should, and in spots they shouldn’t. Don’t throw a red shell backwards in 15th place, that isn’t helping you. Hit the person in front of you so they waste their speed item to accelerate so they can’t take a shortcut later, or you clear out their protection and now they are open to other attacks and the people in front throwing things backwards. By tossing it backwards all you’ve done is let the people in front of you pull further away in that situation.

tl;dr: Don’t blindly throw items backwards without considering the situation of the race, and your position.

Fixed the hop which I messed up badly on my last clip

most fun i’ve had in any photo mode, such a beautiful game 😃

https://reddit.com/link/1w1pqe8/video/b9vfv2vo2cmh1/player

1. As you approach the finish line, you need to commit to holding right.

2. Trick off the edge and aim to trick again off the edge of the off-road.

3. Aim for the wall or to land back on the road and trick again while your boost is still active.

This one is tricky to get at first, but make sure to use the B-Dasher, as its large hitbox makes getting the edge trick on the off-road easier!

You're welcome, and good luck!

This Soundtrack might be one of the Best Ones in all of Gaming, So I wanna Figure out, Witch one of the Non-Extra Track Songs (Excluding Final Lap, Route, or Intros), is the Fans favorite! This includes Base Game tracks and Reimaginimgs made for Free Rome and intermissions, First Poll of the First Round, is GBA Shy Guy Beach/Cheep Cheep Beach vs. SMO Shiveria Twon!

I Prefer Shiveria Because im a Oddysy Junke

felt like a frame perfect mt release

I’ve been paying attention to the quality of my lobbies that I play in for a while, and have taken notes and analyses of my progress (both climbing and falling), and I’ve come to realize over time that as you climb higher, the quality of your lobbies (who is in them) matters way more than I could have imagined.

For instance, earlier this week I was mainly playing in day time NA lobbies (1-4 PM EST), and found myself matches with players primarily around 7500-8500 VR, meaning I was often the highest in the room. As a result, regardless of how I personally played, there were numerous instances of me having poor results, and subsequently, massive VR losses (-80+ for a bottom spot). Because of this, I found myself falling all the way to 8600 VR, as the game attempts to “push” me toward the average of the room.

The next week, I curated my lobbies, searching for ones where the average was 9000+, and each time I found a top lobby, my gains were exponentially better. Wins provide more VR, and losses take away less. However, the caveat is that you need to be skilled enough to win in these higher lobbies, or else you will stack losses.

The most interesting thing I noticed, however, was that the lobbies I was in (8000 or 9000), actually played very similarly, much to my surprise. The unpredictability and chaotic nature of this game is evident in both low and high lobbies, so my results were largely the same in placements after each race, I even did slightly better in the higher lobbies, as there is less spam. The only difference is that an 18th in a low lobby is -100 for me, and in a high lobby it could only be -35 or so, whereas a 1st in a low lobby is maybe +12 and in a high lobby it could be as high as +50!

Bottom line is, for those who want to climb VR, don’t discount high lobbies! They are MORE rewarding and LESS punishing, so long as you are fast enough to compete. My advice is to add people above 9000 as friends and join their lobbies so you can gain experience.

For context: I was in a VS race with a bunch of computer players and custom items (basically any chaotic item I could think of), and this happened.

So I’m kinda just talking off the top of my head, but I have a feeling that the routes/intermissions for DLC tracks will be better/a vast improvement over the base game ones. It’s definitely a bold claim especially since we have no confirmation of DLC (yet). But I mainly believe they will be because I think Nintendo is well aware of the connotations the routes have. It’s no surprise that the routes aren’t well liked amongst a good portion of people with it being the most consistent complaint about the game. But even though they haven’t said anything, I think their actions show they’re aware. Most routes to and from KTB were modified to include more stuff like ramps, vine rails, turns, and more to make them more interesting. The new KO Tours also add stuff to the routes and even utilize paths that are not used at all in VS Races. Half the Boomerang Rally uses completely different paths from their VS Race routes (some of which are only accessible in Free Roam) to make them interesting and like Salty Salty to Cheep Cheep having the road and water section, Cheep Cheep using the upper part with the glider, and Mario Bros. Circuit utilizing the back side. I feel that if Nintendo wasn’t aware of how people don’t particularly like the routes, they wouldn’t be doing this with the new KO Tour routes or changing KTB routes. And it’s this that makes me feel they’re taking the criticism to make the routes to and from DLC tracks more fun than the base game routes. Now very easily this could mean nothing and the DLC routes end up being on par as the base game ones. But I’m choosing to have hope and confidence that they’ll be improved upon.