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Does glider matter in Mario Kart 8?

The selected glider slightly affects the weight and acceleration stats, as well as the hidden air speed and air handling stats.
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What is the best glider in Mario Kart 8?

The MKTV parafoil is a great glider that helps keep the Kart's weight down and lets you speed through any track you choose.
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What do the gliders do in Mario Kart 8?

The glider is a new feature introduced in Mario Kart 7, which allows racers to fly after a blue ramp. It reappears in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
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Do the vehicles make a difference in Mario Kart 8?

Each part of your vehicle will affect the overall stats in five different categories. The five stats each part affects can be found below: Speed - Your overall top speed. Collecting Coins boosts this, too.
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What is the most powerful item in Mario Kart 8?

Mario Kart: 10 Best Items, Ranked
  • 8 Triple Green Shell.
  • 7 Super Horn.
  • 6 Blue Shell.
  • 5 Triple Red Shell.
  • 4 Golden Mushroom.
  • 3 Star.
  • 2 Lucky 7 / Crazy 8.
  • 1 Bullet Bill.
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Who are fastest drivers in Mario Kart 8?

At 4.75, Wario has the highest possible character speed in the game, making him a go-to for speed-focused kart configurations. Adding the Circuit Special kart and the Metal tires adds an extra 1.0 speed at the cost of acceleration, handling, and traction.
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What is the fastest kart combination in Mario Kart 8?

The Fastest Mario Kart
  • Character: Dry Bowser, Donkey Kong, or Rosalina.
  • Kart: B-Dasher.
  • Tires: Slick or Cyber Slick Tires.
  • Glider: Bowser Kite.
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What is the slowest vehicle in Mario Kart 8?

Stats. The Bit Bike is a bike for beginners only. This bike has very high handling and mini-turbo stats, much above average acceleration and off-road, average drift, but very light and very slow (as mentioned above, it is the slowest vehicle in the game).
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Are some karts faster in Mario Kart 8?

Each character in Mario Kart 8 belongs to one of three different weight classes: Light, Medium and Heavy. As you'd expect, lighter characters have lower overall speed but also much faster acceleration, while heavier characters get off the grid more slowly but have a zippier maximum speed.
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What matters more speed or acceleration Mario Kart 8?

Acceleration: The higher your acceleration stat, the faster you'll reach your top speed. Weight: The weight of your vehicle and racer dictates whether you'll knock someone out of the way, or get knocked out of the way when you hit another racer. Handling: This stat dictates how sharply you can turn.
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What is the point of a glider?

Gliders are principally used for the air sports of gliding, hang gliding and paragliding. However some spacecraft have been designed to descend as gliders and in the past military gliders have been used in warfare. Some simple and familiar types of glider are toys such as paper planes and balsa wood gliders.
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What is the most efficient glider?

The best shape for an airplane or glider would look like the ASH-30mi, an open class glider with an 86.9ft wingspan, and a 41:1 aspect ratio (wing length to wing chord). It has a glide ratio exceeding 60:1, and is considered the state of the art for gliders.
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What is the fastest glider?

The fastest glider is probably the Space Shuttle. Five minutes before landing, and well into the Earth's atmosphere, its already slowed down to around 800mph and from there to touch down is being flown in the same way as we fly and land gliders!
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Who is the fastest character on Mario Kart?

The City Tripper, Varmint, and Mr Scooty are the fastest bikes in Mario Kart 8.
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Who is the slowest in Mario Kart?

Morton Koopa Jr.

For instance, Morton has the lowest handling stats (2.5) and the slowest Mini-Turbo speed (2.75) of the entire weight class.
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What is the best character setup in Mario Kart 8?

Baby Peach/Biddybuggy/Roller/Paper Glider

This is one of the best character, builds, and setups in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe thanks to the highest possible Mini-Turbo stat, and as such excels on curve-heavy tracks that encourage heavy amounts of drifting, such as Yoshi Circuit or Cheese Land.
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Is it possible to outrun a blue shell in Mario Kart 8?

The player must be within 5500 to 13000 distance units from the frontrunner. Its rarity is tied with the Super Horn, the Blooper, and the Crazy Eight. It is also possible to outrun a blue shell in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
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What are the worst wheels in Mario Kart 8?

Even if you don't pick the absolute worst kart, the slowest karts are apparently the ones with Baby Rosalina or Lemmy in the driver seat of the Badwagon, the GLA or the Standard ATV, with either Slick or Cyber Slick wheels. If you can't resist them, go ahead and select them.
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What is the easiest Mario Kart?

1 Luigi Raceway/Luigi Circuit (Mario Kart Series)

Much like Toad Circuit, these tracks vary quite a bit between games but always offer a gentle introduction to the game.
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What is the hardest thing to get in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

Obtain a gold trophy in every cup in the hardest difficulty, 200cc. Gold Mario may be one of the hardest unlocks in the game, but showing him off in Mario Kart's online multiplayer is definitely worth it.
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What is the best vehicle in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe?

Statistically, the Pipe Frame is the best car in the game: it has great acceleration, handling, and a great mini-turbo. It also has decent traction but, like many of the other cars on this list, suffers from its weight and speed.
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Is Peach the fastest Mario Kart?

Mario Kart 64

She is the third lightest in the game and has the third highest top speed.
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