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The ULTIMATE Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Racing Guide!

Written By NintendoBlackCrisis on Saturday, Feb 19, 2022 | 04:03 PM

 
Here is everything you need to know about racing in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for the Nintendo Switch. PART 1 (CHAPTERS 1-4) 0:00 - Intro 2:43 - Terminology 4:27 - Version Differences 7:34 - Firehopping & Sliding? 10:40 - Character/Kart Combinations 14:25 - Mini Turbo Comparisons 18:20 - Racing Techniques (150cc vs 200cc) 22:45 - Starting Boost, Drafting, Minimap & Rearview Camera 25:53 - Drifting Mechanics 30:32 - Glider Mechanics 34:35 - Vectoring, Motion Glider & Fast Glider 39:01 - Other Techniques 41:21 - Online Play 45:17 - Item Smuggling/Sandbagging PART 2 (CHAPTER 5 / ITEMS) The following items should not be skipped (47:45 Coins, 52:42 Bananas, 1:00:53 Red Shells, 1:09:51 Mushrooms, 1:17:43 Blue Shells, 1:23:14 Bullet Bills, 1:27:27 Lightning, 1:36:16 Boo) The following items can be skipped (56:43 Green Shells, 1:13:30 Bob-ombs, 1:15:25 Blooper, 1:21:12 Stars, 1:29:30 Fire Flower, 1:30:55 Boomerang, 1:32:25 Piranha Plant, 1:34:43 Super Horn, 1:39:49 Crazy Eight) Mankalor's Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/mankalor Bayesic's Videos Everything About Drifting - https://bit.ly/3sVA6B5 Meta Builds Explained - https://bit.ly/3LO2q0U Bullet Bill Extension Areas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWkcdogsw-8 Join the MKLeaderboards discord server! https://discord.com/invite/NHrtWQq Check out Mario Kart Central for tournaments and clan wars! https://www.mariokartcentral.com/mkc/ MK8DX Item Probability Chart http://japan-mk.blog.jp/mk8dx/note4/prob.html Special thanks to Ryan who helped me with some of the recording #MarioKart8Deluxe #MK8DX #MarioKart