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LeoRavus
05/22/23 11:19:37 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/1/7/AABulwAAEgKd.jpg

Ninja Hideaway. One of the DLC courses. I played for like 2 hours on time trials racing against ghosts and thought I had it perfected. I got boosts around every corner. Boosts on every bump and jump. Got every coin. Yet somehow these MFs got times almost 40 seconds faster?

What's your best time on this course? 150cc

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Kloe_Rinz
05/22/23 11:21:18 PM
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Shortcuts

havent played Mario kart 8, but on Mario kart GBA rainbow road I guarantee I was in the top 3 in the world when I was a kid because I found a very similar path to what the world record holder on that track uses today
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Solar_Crimson
05/22/23 11:22:51 PM
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The first time I played that track, I wanted to throw my controller.

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LeoRavus
05/22/23 11:31:00 PM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Shortcuts

havent played Mario kart 8, but on Mario kart GBA rainbow road I guarantee I was in the top 3 in the world when I was a kid because I found a very similar path to what the world record holder on that track uses today
I dunno man I know every shortcut on that course by now. Even watched a video to see if I missed any. I really don't see how it's possible to get those top times in 150cc.

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MabusIncarnate
05/22/23 11:33:27 PM
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You ever play Kart with us drinking topic fellers? We get games going sometimes, we have gotten a full 12 of CEmen and gals, it's a good time. If you want an invite next time, i'll remember you, we are all pretty average/good.

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BloodMoon7
05/22/23 11:34:37 PM
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Japan is just better. Doesn't matter how good you get, you'll never be a Japanese player.

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LeoRavus
05/22/23 11:37:38 PM
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MabusIncarnate posted...
You ever play Kart with us drinking topic fellers? We get games going sometimes, we have gotten a full 12 of CEmen and gals, it's a good time. If you want an invite next time, i'll remember you, we are all pretty average/good.

Cool. I'm practicing now, getting to know the new courses and familiar again with the old. It's the first time I played in maybe 2 years. Forgot how much fun it was.

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domranguay
05/22/23 11:39:06 PM
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You can download and watch/race against the ghosts to see what they do differently. Optimising kart stats will make a huge difference in time trials, especially the hidden miniturbo stat.
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LeoRavus
05/22/23 11:48:50 PM
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domranguay posted...
You can download and watch/race against the ghosts to see what they do differently. Optimising kart stats will make a huge difference in time trials, especially the hidden miniturbo stat.
I'll try to race one of the Japanese ghosts. Afraid I won't be able to keep up with them to see what they do tho

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Kamil
05/22/23 11:52:00 PM
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When I used to play with my irl friends on the Wii U online mostly locally. We'd just do the ol' two or three local and then connect worldwide. They were always extremely good too. Would be hilarious fun to play with drunkards here but alas as I've said. I have no Switch.

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LeoRavus
05/23/23 1:07:08 AM
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Kamil posted...
When I used to play with my irl friends on the Wii U online mostly locally. We'd just do the ol' two or three local and then connect worldwide. They were always extremely good too. Would be hilarious fun to play with drunkards here but alas as I've said. I have no Switch.

I'm trying to sell my Switch OLED. I bought it to play during downtime on a trip but never once broke it out of my backpack since by the time I got to my room I was usually half drunk and just zonked out. Still have the OG Switch docked to my TV.

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viewmaster_pi
05/23/23 1:13:51 AM
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meta kart combo makes a world of difference, plus certain strats like firehopping and the angle you fly at

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ViewtifulJoe
05/23/23 1:15:24 AM
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I just watched a video of someone getting a 1:54 on the track.
I'm not sure what you were doing differently. It seemed pretty straight forward apart from the weird flight section where he kinda collided with the bamboo chute so he could trick off of it.

You gotta be taking the wrong route or something.

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LeoRavus
05/23/23 1:25:03 AM
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ViewtifulJoe posted...
I just watched a video of someone getting a 1:54 on the track.
I'm not sure what you were doing differently. It seemed pretty straight forward apart from the weird flight section where he kinda collided with the bamboo chute so he could trick off of it.

You gotta be taking the wrong route or something.
Is that the video that claimed to be a world record? lol

I dunno I just don't think I could be that good. When I was flying out of Japan the 2 guys next to me had their Switches on the tray playing this game. I was too embarrassed to break mine out so tried to sleep. It must be their national game or something.

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BurmesePenguin
05/23/23 1:28:14 AM
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You can see what they do by downloading the top time ghost for the course and just replaying it rather than racing it. I did that a few times and there's always some really amazing play with the mushroom use, jumps and insane corner control.

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EyeWontBeFooled
05/23/23 1:28:24 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
Is that the video that claimed to be a world record? lol

I dunno I just don't think I could be that good. When I was flying out of Japan the 2 guys next to me had their Switches on the tray playing this game. I was too embarrassed to break mine out so tried to sleep. It must be their national game or something.
The national game is, without a doubt, baseball. Mario Kart must be in the conversation somewhere, though, lol

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ViewtifulJoe
05/23/23 1:43:36 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
Is that the video that claimed to be a world record? lol

I dunno I just don't think I could be that good. When I was flying out of Japan the 2 guys next to me had their Switches on the tray playing this game. I was too embarrassed to break mine out so tried to sleep. It must be their national game or something.
It did, but it's been a year and leaving the title unaltered keeps the magic alive I guess.
Couldn't you just copy his line? Not saying it'd be easy but picking whatever car/driver combo is busted right now + knowing when and where to drift would definitely help close a 40 second gap.

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KalimariX8
05/23/23 3:00:27 AM
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I just bought the dlc pack and played this level for the first time. It was so dope

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Quezovercoatl
05/23/23 3:11:23 AM
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LeoRavus posted...
I'll try to race one of the Japanese ghosts. Afraid I won't be able to keep up with them to see what they do tho
Do it now and tell us the results the suspense is killing me
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itachi15243
05/23/23 3:19:35 AM
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Quezovercoatl posted...
Do it now and tell us the results the suspense is killing me

I kinda agree here

I read this topic an hour ago or so and at this point I really wish I had mario cart for the switch so that I could try myself and see all the crazy tricks pros use.

Please do it and post results. >.>

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LeoRavus
05/23/23 3:26:37 AM
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Quezovercoatl posted...
Do it now and tell us the results the suspense is killing me
Watching Hulk now. I'll do it later

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viewmaster_pi
05/23/23 3:59:18 AM
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i just did it with villager in all standard parts and got 2:10. i'd race a ghost but my online subscription is expired atm

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Ryven
05/23/23 4:01:49 AM
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I always play Regional races online, if I play Worldwide i always get thrown into a lobby thats mostly Japanese and they just absolutely wreck me.

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Mad-Dogg
05/23/23 4:14:19 AM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
meta kart combo makes a world of difference, plus certain strats like firehopping and the angle you fly at
Fire hopping isn't a thing in mario kart 8 deluxe (which is good for me since I have always used inward drift bikes even in wii u mario kart 8, underpowered be damned).

What helps you win the most online in worldwide and regional is item knowledge imo. Item knowledge>nice drift lines>meta vehicle parts>character. The most important stat by far is the hidden mini-turbo stat....the speed stat does damn near nothing in the deluxe version of mario kart 8 whereas nintendo changed it to where the more hidden mini-turbo stat you have=your mini turbo boosts lasting a long time. With deluxe's purple drift charge that means your boosts is going to be fat and juicy.

That is why you see everyone online using the roller wheels....their hidden mini-turbo is the highest in the game. After the wave 4 booster course patch, nintendo tweeked the stats on multiple vehicle parts and characters under the waluigi (and metal mario/gold pink peach) weight group and they all got a speed+acceleration boost. This is why you see so many peach/daisy/yoshi/birdos online since this group and the rosalina/link/king boo groups benefitted the most from this buff patch. That, and the teddy cruiser vehicle you will see a lot.

I get my wins in with the comet bike since that and the yoshi bike has the highest acceleration/mini-turbo out of the 3 inward drift bike groups.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/2/7/AARkkPAAEgML.jpg

(This buff is why you see so many rosalinas in this picture, lol. It was like a week after the wave 4 patch came out and everyone was all like "god damn rosalina on this teddy cruiser is meta OP." Then everyone found out about that peach/daisy/yoshi/birdo and luigi/iggy hotness on the inkcruiser.

*Another video showing just how much the hidden mini-turbo stat matters. Look at how my lemmy rocking the comet can hang with the yoshi.*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2blZy-IWwZ0

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Mad-Dogg
05/23/23 4:15:31 AM
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Use this builder so you can actually see what boosts the mini-turbo up:
https://mk8dxbuilder.com/

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ZevLoveDOOM
05/23/23 4:31:27 AM
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they can't be that good since i beat them online a couple of times... >_>
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viewmaster_pi
05/23/23 5:08:00 AM
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well, i polished it up to a 2:05. i really wanted to hit that sub-2 minute mark, but it looks like you not only need to use the best miniturbo parts, but also be good enough to keep chaining them where you can, and i just don't care enough. it seems this is the wall that "normal" players are going to hit and decide if they want to grind out TT strats, and it really isn't fun or rewarding enough for me

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YugiNoob
05/23/23 5:27:41 AM
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MabusIncarnate posted...
You ever play Kart with us drinking topic fellers? We get games going sometimes, we have gotten a full 12 of CEmen and gals, it's a good time. If you want an invite next time, i'll remember you, we are all pretty average/good.
Im below average. My only purpose in the game is to grief Johnny and Mabus :3

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Kloe_Rinz
05/23/23 5:27:42 AM
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ZevLoveDOOM posted...
they can't be that good since i beat them online a couple of times... >_>
probably not by much and probably just the toddlers
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ViewtifulJoe
05/23/23 6:21:11 AM
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I'm watching more of these records and this game's 150/200cc time trials look kinda fun.
I miss F Zero.

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Avirosb
05/23/23 6:39:38 AM
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Their using tilt controls

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Mad-Dogg
05/23/23 6:40:22 AM
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Since this is a mario kart topic that got me remembering the times when this gamefaqs frantix item tournament was a thing on the mario kart 8 boards for mario kart 8 on the wii u.

I did not play in too many of them, but I did join in for a bit of games in around june-august of 2014. This gamefaqs user named mochimimi uploaded a few of the rooms, and I like seeing my 2014 self getting screwed or screwing over others in a few of these races:
https://youtu.be/5fDBY7GWQt8?list=LL&t=15

Some good times. I was 9 years younger and oh god where does the time go, lol.

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Kamil
05/23/23 11:59:00 AM
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That's cool ya got a video of you racing with some folks from here Mad Dogg. I finished first worldwide twice on Wii U. Once on Dragon Driftway and once on Big Blue. The Dragon Driftway one was great because I was going to get a distant third but two people in front took each other so I got to just breeze into a first place win.

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