All language subtitles for A Complete Guide to Help You WIN in Mario Kart World! (inglese)_

This guide will cover everything
you need to know to win in Mario Kart World.

Starting from picking a good character and vehicle
combo, basic driving controls, all the way to the

incredible flashy itemless shortcuts, and how
to use strategy to win against your friends,

win online, and win against the best players in
the world. But first, let's make one thing clear.

Mario Kart is not a luck-based game. If you
think that, I don't blame you. Mario Kart

is crazy. Items are completely random. They're
luck based, and you've probably been caught in

the vortex of unplayable madness. This does not
have to be you. Instead, this can be you.

You can be better and dominate your competitors. But
that's not you. That's me. But it could be you.

Once you see past the chaos, you will see
structure, strategy, and a game that is 5% luck,

95% skill, and 100% a blast to play for both
beginners and pros. So, let's get started.

If you just started playing Mario Kart World,
you may have been picking whatever looks good

or maximizing the speed stats to try to win. But
because this is a Nintendo game, things are never

as they seem. So, let's clear up which stats are
actually important. The best combo in the game

for beginners is any character with a low weight
stat, such as Baby Daisy driving the Mach rocket.

And both of these are already unlocked when you
start playing the game for the first time.

And you can press the Y button to see your stats. What
we're going for here is a high acceleration stat

and handling stats. Acceleration is how quickly
you can get back to full speed after stopping,

which is very important after getting hit by an
item. Handling controls how well you can turn,

whether it's basic steering left and right or
drifting. High handling also makes it possible

to take lots of precise shortcuts where you
need to turn sharply. And we'll talk about

this more later in the guide. Now, you may
have noticed your speed stat is very low.

So, how are you supposed to win? Well, this combo has
three hidden stats that will help you win.

First, the Mock Rocket has a hidden ground speed bonus
that makes it actually above average on ground

surfaces, which is most surfaces. It also secretly
has a high mini turbo stat, which affects how long

certain speed boosts last for. And also, this is
going to sound crazy, but having a low weight stat

means you get a bigger speed boost when you
have more coins. If that sounds ridiculous,

don't worry. It is true, and we're not going to
get into it right now. Why are these stats hidden?

I don't know. Thanks, Nintendo. In the future,
I will make a guide on how to pick a good combo,

but for now, just know that lightweights are the
best and not just for beginners. At the time of

making this video, the most popular combo used by
pro Mario Kart players is this exact combo.

Well, a reskin of that combo, but it has the same stats.
And if you'd like, you can swap out for other

lightweights or switch your vehicle to the Rob
Hog or Baby Blooper, as these are just as good.

For now, my advice is do not go for a high-speed
combo. Not only is it probably going to be worse,

you will have a much harder time improving at
this game. Now, heavyweights are viable and

you absolutely can win with them, but I would
not recommend it for now if you are trying to

learn the game and improve. While you have the
character select screen open, you'll want to

press X to change your settings. Make sure you
turn smart steering off, auto accelerate off,

auto item use off, and tilt controls off. Smart
steering helps you stay on the track without

falling, but it can move you unpredictably and
prevent you from taking shortcuts. It's good

for total beginners, but not if you're trying to
improve. Auto accelerate just holds A for you,

but there are times where you will want to slow
down on purpose, so it's better to turn this off.

Auto item use is not a good idea because of
course learning how to plan and use your items

is one of the most crucial skills to master
in Mario Kart. And finally, tilt controls

allows you to physically tilt the controller
left and right to steer, which is obviously

not useful. So just turn all of these off as
you will not be needing them for highle play.

You might think you know how this game works
if you've played previous Mario Kart games,

but Mario Kart World introduces some insane brand
new mechanics. And not just that, but there are

also significant changes to familiar mechanics. So
even if you are a veteran Mario Kart player who's

played all the previous games, you need to watch
this section or you will not know what you are doing.

The basic controls in this game are very
simple. Hold the A button to go forward and the

B button to slow down or reverse. At the start
of the race, you can get what's called a start boost.

During the countdown, do not press A. Wait
until the second light turns on and then press

and hold A. If you do this correctly, you will
get the maximum length start boost. Now, if you

miss the timing and start holding A too late, you
will get a shorter start boost, which is not bad,

but what you want to avoid is holding A too early.
If this happens, you will get a burnout.

That's really bad. So, if you think you might have held A
too early, you can quickly let go of A for a split

second, then hold it again. Then you will probably
get an okay start boost. Now, if you are playing a

track with a rolling start, where you are already
moving during the countdown, then it is impossible

to burn out. If you hold A too early here, you
will just get no start boost at all. As you drive

the track, hold the A button to go forward and use
the left control stick to move left and right.

You do not need to hold forward to go forward.
Usually, it is clear where the main road is,

and you'll want to stay on the main road as much
as you can. Falling off of the main road takes you

out of bounds, and you will get picked up. If this
happens, press and hold A right before you touch

the ground, and you will get a respawn boost. If
you see patches of grass or rough terrain next to

the main road, these are usually off-road, which
is a surface that slows you down significantly.

And you'll know you're in the off-road if you see
your tires suddenly get bigger. You generally want

to avoid off-road. However, there are some items
such as the mushroom where you can use it to drive

through the off-road at full speed. And this
is how you'll take shortcuts. At the top left,

you can see your item, and you can get up to
two items by going through item boxes on the track.

Press the L or ZL button to activate your
first item. Once you finish using the first item,

the second item will move over. Now, there
are a lot of different items in the game,

all with different effects. And what item you
get from an item box is random, but racers that

are farther behind will get better items. We'll
talk more about items later as they are extremely

important for winning a race. When driving around
a turn, hold the direction you want to go and hold

the R or ZR button. This begins a drift, which
lets you turn sharper. Once you begin your drift,

then you can switch between holding left and
right to control your direction. If you drift

for long enough, sparks will build up under your
tires. Once this happens, you can release R to

end your drift and get a speed boost called a
mini turbo. By holding the drift for longer,

the sparks will upgrade from blue to orange to
rainbow, which each represent a mini turbo boost

that will last longer. I refer to these by color,
but they are also called miniurbo, super miniurbo,

and ultra mini turbo. You want to get in the
habit of drifting around most turns in this

game as it helps you turn sharper and gives you a
speed boost. And especially for the sharp turns,

it's best to start your drift much earlier than
the beginning of the turn, and this will help

you turn sharply through it. You can press the
X button to look backwards. In order to use this

effectively, make sure you find a comfortable way
to continue holding the A button while being able

to tap X. Now, this is not something you'll need
until you're really good. So, don't worry about

pressing X if you're just starting. Pressing and
holding the down direction on the D-pad allows you

to rewind. Of course, you can only use this in
single player mode, but it's incredibly useful

for practicing shortcuts. If you plan to get good
at Mario Kart World, this is a button you'll be

using a lot, so I recommend remapping it to a more
comfortable location on your controller, such as a

shoulder button or a button on the back of the
controller if you're using the Pro Controller, too.

The R or ZR button is also used to perform
tricks. Anytime you go off a ramp, you can press

R near the edge to do a trick, which gives you a
speed boost after you land. Not everything that

you can trick on will be immediately obvious, so
be ready to trick anytime you think something will

send you into the air. Another way that you can
trick is by shaking the controller, even if you

have motion controls turned off. Just one flick of
the controller is enough, and this can be helpful

for some difficult tricks. However, do not rely on
shake tricks as it's usually less consistent than

just pressing R. Unlike in previous Mario Kart
games, you can now trick anytime you are in the air.

This also gives you a speed boost when you
land, but it will be a shorter boost than if you

had tricked on the ground. But the main benefit
of air tricks is to help you move. You can already

move around slightly in the air, but adding left
or right tricks will help to push you even farther

in that direction, which helps with alignment
and with shortcuts. You can also trick when you

touch a blue glider panel, and driving over this
turns your vehicle into a glider. In a glider,

you can still move left and right, but you can
also move up and down. You need to hold down to go

up and hold up to go down. If that sounds weird,
think about it like you're leaning back or leaning

forward. Positioning yourself while gliding is
very slow and restricted, but thankfully you

can hold a direction while pressing R to trick to
push yourself in a direction very quickly. This is

especially important for trying to hit boost rings
or dodge items. Other than ground and gliding,

there is one other main driving surface, and that
is water. While on water, your vehicle turns into

a boat and controls very differently. The main
difference is that turning and drifting become

much more difficult as your turning action
is delayed compared to what you're used to.

You might find yourself often not turning sharp
enough and then suddenly turning too sharp when

you try to correct it. Just keep in mind that your
turning will happen. It just happens a bit later

than expected. And as long as you notice this and
try to account for it, water controls are not too bad.

The other difference is that you can trick
anytime you bounce in the water. This can be when

you land from a jump or when the water has intense
waves. Some tracks naturally have wavy water,

but even an item like a bomb or a blue shell
can create these waves for you to trick on.

Now, here's where we get into the brand new mechanics
of Mario Kart World. This is a rail. All you have

to do is drive onto it with enough speed and you
will attach. If you just keep holding A, you will

drive the entire length of the rail with no other
controls necessary. The main thing you need to

know about rails is that at any time you can press
R to trick and get a speed boost. However, if you

hold left or right on the control stick as you
trick, then you will do a trick in that direction.

This can help you attach to other rails or help
you take shortcuts due to the powerful speed of

side tricks. Driving on a rail is usually faster
than driving on the ground and often requires

very precise trick timings to stay on the rail.
However, rails are easily trapped with items,

and attack items follow the rails, making them
often unsafe. So, choosing whether or not to go on

a rail is an important decision to make during a
race. For now, this is all you really need to know

about moving on rails. But since this is a new
mechanic to Mario Kart World, I will go over some

extra details about how rails work. Like drifting,
staying on a rail causes you to naturally charge

up mini turbo sparks from blue to orange to
rainbow. When you do a trick, this will give you

the mini turbo boost that you have charged up. You
can also trick right away with no sparks, and this

gives you the same boost as if you had charged
up to blue sparks. Most of the time on rails,

charging up these sparks is not important, as you
can just repeatedly do tricks to go faster. And

there is one more thing to know about rails, which
is that tricking at the very end of the rail works

differently than tricking anywhere else on the
rail. If you trick at the very end, you will get a

longer trick boost, which is a good thing, but you
have less control over your movement in the air,

and side tricks don't work the same at all, making
this usually a worse option. So, in general,

avoid tricking at the very end of the rail. The
final basic movement technique is the charge jump.

Once you're driving with enough speed, press
and hold the R or ZR button while keeping your

control stick in the neutral position. This begins
a charge jump. Once the sparks build up to blue,

you can release the R button to jump. As you
release, you can hold the control stick in neutral

left or right to control the direction of the
charge jump. Now, while the charge jump does give

you a speed boost after you land, the charging
phase and the airtime are both slow, meaning that

repeatedly doing charge jumps is actually slower
than just driving straight. So, the main purpose

of a charge jump is not to get a speed boost, but
it is to jump to places that you otherwise could

not reach. For example, you can use a charge jump
to get onto a rail that is high up. Or you can

use a charge jump to clear a large gap to take a
shortcut. Or you can use a charge jump to reach a

high area of the track that you otherwise could
not reach. Or you can use it to drive on walls.

Now, let's talk about some more specific controls
and movement mechanics that you need to know. And

keep in mind, you can get away with not knowing
these as a beginner. So, if you're just starting

out with the game and everything I've said so far
is overwhelming. That's completely normal. Don't

worry, you will get it with practice. Just learn
everything I've already talked about because those

are necessary to play this game. And you can
definitely ignore this next section for now by

skipping to the next timestamp in the description.
But once you have a good grasp on the controls,

let's talk about advanced movement. Wall riding
is not absolutely necessary to learn to be able

to play Mario Kart World. But if you don't learn
it, then you are missing out on a huge portion of

where you can explore on the tracks, leading to
very fun and important shortcuts. So let's talk

about how wall riding works. Now, you cannot
simply drive onto a wall. The only way to drive

on a wall is to first do a trick before landing on
the wall. And this can be anything that gives you

a trick animation. Whether it's tricking from
a ramp to the wall, from a rail to the wall,

by doing a charge jump, or by using the feather
item. Now, this next part might surprise you,

but once you are on the wall, you have no control
over your direction. The direction that you move

is actually determined by your angle towards the
wall as you approach it. For example, if you stay

very parallel with the wall, then you will drive
low on the wall, which is good for reducing air

time. If you angle sharply at the wall, then you
will drive high up, which is good if you want to

access a higher area of the track. And just like
rails, driving on a wall will automatically charge

up sparks under your tires, except wall charging
is way faster. And at any time you can trick off

the wall. Because of this, you often want
to wait for the sparks to turn orange before

tricking off to get a longer trick boost. Now,
before you suggest we wall ride the left side

of the airship fortress spiral, you cannot ride
a convex wall. The wall has to be at least flat

or you will detach off of it immediately. In fact,
flat walls will automatically detach you after a

short period of time. Concave walls let you drive
on them for much longer. And this is pretty much

the only time you will see rainbow sparks on
a wall. However, long concave walls are quite rare.

Knowing which walls are useful to drive on,
when to trick off of them, or when to just detach

from them intentionally is all very specific and
depends on what shortcuts are allowed by the track layout.

All of the clips I've shown in this
section are extremely useful examples of driving on walls.

Wall riding is not easy. It takes a lot
of practice, but learning each one makes learning

the next one easier. Now, let's talk about
trickable objects. Mario Kart World's environments

has a ton of trickable objects, usually taking the
form of a pull. Just like how you need to trick to

ride a wall, you need to trick before touching
a pole in midair in order to get a pull trick.

But unlike most tricks, you do not need to hit
the R button to trick. Simply touching the pole

will automatically do the trick for you. A pole
trick launches you forward and gives more height,

allowing for a lot more cool shortcuts where you
otherwise would not expect to see one. And pretty

much any thin object usually counts as a pole that
you can trick on. For example, trees. Most trees,

as long as they're not too thick, are poles.
Even sideways trees are poles. And even though

it's not vertical, this ring is a pole. You cannot
even ignore poles that are just out in the middle

of nowhere because somehow this will create a
shortcut. Even the finish line might be a pole.

And again, every example shown here is a real and
important shortcut in Mario Kart World. Unexpected

track elements that prove to be crucial is part
of the beauty of this game. And I hope you're

excited to learn all of these shortcuts. Now,
before we end the section about the controls,

I do want to say a few more things that are
sometimes useful. If there is a sharp turn,

slowing down can be helpful. While drifting,
you can press or tap the B button to slow down,

and this is called brake drifting. But if you slow
down too much, you will stop drifting entirely,

so make sure you use this sparingly. If you are
not moving, you can hold A and B at the same

time to help you turn quickly. This has almost no
use in regular races and is more just to help you

out in free roam or while setting up to practice
shortcuts. And finally, you can use the right side

control stick on your controller to move the
camera. And this serves two functions. One is

that you can look around, especially to the side
where you otherwise cannot see. And another use is

that you can throw items in the direction of the
camera. This can be used for sneaky and unexpected

snipes without having to drive in a different
direction. Now, if you plan to use this a lot,

I recommend remapping A to an additional other
button on your controller, such as a shoulder

button or a button on the back of the controller.
This way, anytime you want to use the camera, you

can switch to accelerating with a different finger
while your right thumb moves the camera. Camera

snipes are not crucial to learn, but they are fun,
and they are useful sometimes. So, that's it for

the controls and movement mechanics in Mario Kart
World. As you learn new shortcuts and techniques,

especially with rails and walls, if you ever
get confused, come back to this section as I

have covered all the important details about
how they work. At any time, if you want a quick

refresher on the controls, then you can go to the
bottom of the main screen and go to manual. Now,

these are not very detailed, but it does tell you
all of the things that you can do. For example,

jump boost or tricks. Uh they don't even mention
air tricks and you can get on a rail, but they

don't tell you how to get off of a rail. So, while
this does exist and can help, it's not really the

best resource. But at least they did mention
that the mushroom is tasty. Thanks, Nintendo.

All right, now that we've learned the controls
and mechanics, let's start racing. Mario Kart

races are incredibly complex as there can be
up to 24 players in total. Lots of crazy items

and different paths you can take, resulting in a
lot of important decisions to be made during the race.

And this is before we even talk about doing
shortcuts and having precise driving skills. So,

how should you get started? You definitely want
to keep things simple at first. Anytime there is

a turn, try to take the turn tightly to go faster.
The path you take throughout the track is called a

racing line. And having a good line can make you
go much faster than a bad line. But of course,

taking a tighter line can be dangerous. You risk
driving into the off-road or out of bounds if

you're not careful. And you risk getting hit by
other players who are taking the same optimal line.

So, you need to go for a balance of good
lines to go fast and safe lines to avoid getting hit.

And sometimes it's important to move off
of the best line in order to get resources.

In Mario Kart World, there are two types of
resources, coins and items. When you collect

coins, your coin counter at the bottom left will
increase. You can hold up to 20 coins at once, and

each coin increases your top speed. At 20 coins,
you will move 5% faster compared to zero coins,

which may not sound like much, but this small
difference adds up. over a two-minute race. That's

about six seconds faster with 20 coins, which is
often more than the difference between first and

last place. However, this doesn't mean you should
always try to reach 20 coins because going out

of your way for them is slow. Thankfully, making
coin decisions is not actually that complex. You

might think that each coin gives you the same
speed increase, but this is actually not true.

The first few coins and the last few coins matter
way more because Nintendo designed the coin boost

not as a straight line but as a curve. For
example, the speed increase you get going from

0 to 1 coin is way more than the speed boost you
get going from 13 to 14 coins. Because of this,

a good rule of thumb is to try and get to around 5
to eight coins early on and then stop prioritizing

coins after that point. Of course, having more
coins is always better, but it's often not worth

it to go out of your way for them if you already
have a few. The other resource in Mario Kart is

items. You get these by touching an item box on
the track, and most item boxes are single boxes,

but sometimes an item set has a double item
box, which gives you two items at once. These

are very valuable, but they're usually placed on
a worse line, requiring you to take a longer path.

Just keep in mind that the closer you are to first
place, the worse your items will be. So maybe you

don't need a double box. But if you are near
last place, then getting the double box is very

important as you will get two amazing items. In a
later section, we will go in depth about what each

item does. But for now, what you need to know is
that you can group items into two main categories,

speed items and attack items. Speed items include
the star, bullet bill, mega mushroom, golden

mushroom, and the most common speed item, which is
the mushroom or triple mushrooms. Speed items are

the best items you can get, as you can use them to
catch up. You can use them to break away from the

pack, take shortcuts, and also to reacelerate
after being hit. If you have a speed item,

what you should usually do is hold on to it and
use it to take a shortcut. Some shortcuts are just

an obvious patch of grass, but this is where track
knowledge is very important because some shortcuts

are not so obvious, and knowing about them
can give you a big advantage. And keep in mind

that some shortcuts may require more speed items
than just a single mushroom to be able to take.

Consistently taking the best shortcuts is one of
the most important keys to winning a race in Mario Kart.

Attack items are generally not as strong
as speed items. This is because attacking another

player only helps you pass that player. But if
you use a speed item, you gain time against every

other player at once. But there is one exception,
the lightning or shock. This is an attack item

and it is the best item, but that's because it
hits everyone in front of you at once and slows

them down, which if you think about it, basically
makes it a speed item. Now, because attack items

are generally not as strong, you usually want to
get rid of attack items before the next item set.

So, you have a chance to get something better.
However, all attack items can be used as defense

with some being better than others. For example,
triple bananas or triple shells can block incoming

attacks and the super horn can just wipe out
everyone and all projectiles around you to prevent

them from hitting you first. So, especially if
you are in a top position where mushrooms are more

rare, holding on to a good defense item is also
a smart play. And also, first place cannot get

mushrooms from item boxes. So, you definitely want
a good defense item in first place. A very strong

strategy in Mario Kart is chaining items. This
is where you hold onto an item all the way until

the next item box set, then get rid of it there.
Now, why would you want to chain items instead of

just using the items as soon as you get them? The
reason chaining items is powerful is because you

still get to use up all your items for your own
benefit, but you spend less time being itemless

and therefore defenseless. When you chain items,
as soon as your defense is gone, you have already

replaced it with more. Now, this doesn't mean you
should always chain items, as there's often a good

reason to use your item sooner, or just don't even
use the item because you want to save it for later

for a shortcut. But if you don't need the items
you have, then chaining them is usually better

than using them right away. When racing with other
players, there are a few more things to keep in

mind. If you stay right behind another player for
a few seconds, you will get a speed boost called

a draft. This is an incredibly powerful boost
and is crucial for breaking away from the pack

or just gaining positions without using up your
limited items. And this is especially important at

the start of the race as everyone is close by and
easier to draft. When you play with other racers,

getting bumped can also be really bad, especially
if you get bumped off the track since you will

also lose your items. So, whenever you choose
to take a line close to the edge of the road,

always be aware of your surroundings. Even if you
think you're safe, somebody could always speed up

with a draft or with a mushroom and bump you or
hit you off. You must try to anticipate these

bumps and actively steer against them before the
bump even happens because once the bump happens,

it's too late. As long as you steer against bumps
before they happen, then bumps will never be too bad,

even with a low weight stat. In general,
in Mario Kart World, you also want to stay out

of the middle of the road. Unless there's some
good reason why you need to be there right now,

it's better to just always avoid the middle. And
this is because of items that move down the middle

of the track, specifically the coin shell and the
blue shell. This is so common in Mario Kart World

that, let's just say, if you ever get hit by one
of these two items moving down the middle of the track,

it's probably your own fault. Just don't
be there. Now, the end of the race is especially

crucial as everyone is getting rid of their
items and they've finished catching up. So,

getting hit at the end is the most deadly spot
in the entire race. At the end of the race,

it is so important to think about how safe
you are. And if there is any danger at all,

you should do everything you can to avoid that.
You don't want to play a great race just to mess

it all up with one mistake at the finish line
because you will get passed and you will get

passed by a lot of players. I'm sure we've all
been there before. Now, these are just the basics,

things you should be thinking about all the time
as you race. In a later section of this guide,

I will give even more highle tips on how to win
more. We'll talk in-depth about rails, walls,

shortcuts, item planning, and the best strategy
to use depending on your position in the race and

how late it is into the race, and what to do about
certain powerful items like the shock and the blue

shell, and how to better avoid getting hit by all
the chaotic items. And in addition to this, I have

been making video guides on different tracks and
shortcuts, and I will be continuing to make these.

You can just search for a track guide on the
YouTube search bar, and there's a good chance I've

made a guide for that track. While it is mostly
these broad useful concepts that will get you far,

knowing the specifics of each track is also
incredibly important, especially for tracks like

Bowser's Castle, where not knowing the beginning
shortcuts pretty much guarantees that you lose

the race. On tracks like Cheap Cheap Falls, where
no matter how well you're dodging items in first

place, you're not really winning unless you've set
yourself up to take the shortcuts on lap three,

or tracks like Shy Guy Bazaar, which are the
opposite. You need to take a lead early or

you're not going to make a comeback. Mario Kart
is not just fun because it's a racing game. What

elevates this game above all else is that it is
also a complex strategy game and each track is a

completely different battlefield. But perhaps the
most important tip I have for you in this video is

The number one thing that will make you a
better Mario Kart player is memorizing the track layouts.

When you play against good players,
no amount of game sense or quick reaction time

or creativity is going to make up for falling
off the track once a race or taking a turn too

wide by mistake and someone catches up and hits
you. If you know the track layout and you can

drive it confidently without making mistakes, and
you know where all the big shortcuts are located,

so you know when to use your mushrooms, then
you are already at a huge advantage against

most people that play Mario Kart. And I'm mainly
talking about the 30 tracks in this game. Well,

there are only 30 at the time of making
this video. Hopefully DLC comes out soon,

but in reality, there are over 200 tracks if you
count going from one track to another. However,

these are a lot easier to drive. They have a lot
of overlap with each other, and they all end in

one of the 30 tracks anyway. So, just by knowing
the 30 tracks, you will always be able to end the

race strong. If you still don't remember which way
to go on a track, practice playing the tracks in

versus mode or time trials, and I guarantee you
that you will have them all memorized with just a

few weeks of casual play. Once you have the track
layout memorized and you always know where to go,

this frees up your brain for other crucial skills
like thinking about your items, positioning

yourself among other racers, and looking
backwards. But until then, memorize the tracks.

There are six main game modes in Mario Kart
World, and we'll quickly talk about what you

get in each one. Grand Prix is pretty much Mario
Kart's classic mode where you play through four

tracks at a time against computer players, but
this time with a twist. In Mario Kart World,

you can drive from one track to another.
So, what happens is on the very first race,

you play the normal version of the first
track, and then on every subsequent race,

you race from one track to the next, followed by
just one lap of the resulting track. Afterwards,

you will unlock a character and get a trophy and
star rating for how well you performed. Through

the Grand Prix mode, you get to really see the
size of the world and how all these tracks connect

to one another. However, you will not get a lot
of practice and repetition for each track because

you're mostly driving between tracks. I think
everyone should start with Grand Prix mode and

aim to eventually get a gold trophy in each cup as
a badge of your skill in this game and also just

to unlock everything, but eventually I recommend
playing other game modes instead. Time trials is

exclusive to single player. In this mode, you get
three mushrooms and you race against the clock to

complete a track as fast as possible. Once you
complete a race, if it's your best time, you can

save it as a ghost and then you can even race
against that ghost to try and improve. You can

even download ghosts from online to race against
your friend's best time or race against the top

10 in the world, including the world record time
trial. Don't do this unless you really want to

know how bad you are at the game. But you don't
have to use time trials to try and set records

since it's great as just a practice environment
where you can rewind or restart anytime you'd like.

Although personally, I don't think time
trials is necessarily the best practice mode,

which I will talk about more soon. Another cool
thing about time trials is you can go download

and watch a ghost to see what strategies they are
using, then learn and implement those in your own races.

But keep in mind that some strategies you
see the time trial world records do are incredibly

difficult and inconsistent. So not everything you
learn here will be applicable in versus races.

On this channel, I make short videos and long
videos that are guides on how to do important shortcuts.

And I always mention how consistent
a shortcut is with practice. Some techniques are

far too precise to be consistent for humans to be
doing every single race, which is why I recommend

learning the tracks from watching these guides
or watching videos of highlevel online races,

whether from me or from other Mario Kart pros.
The time trial world records are really cool,

but you can't always tell just how hard something
is supposed to be. Versus mode allows you to play

regular races with a custom rule set, and this
is mostly what you'll be using to race against

friends offline. You can also set the speed, which
I recommend to set at the default 150 C. But if

the game feels too fast, you can lower it to 100cc
or even 50 C. After setting the rules, you can

pick any track in the game, not just one of the
main 30 tracks, but also any of the intermission

tracks where you race from one track to another.
There are over 200 of these, most of which are

only accessible through versus mode. Okay, they're
not technically called intermission tracks, but

that is the community accepted term at this point,
and the reason is pretty silly. If you want, you

can call them highways, routes, or connectors, and
everyone will still understand you. A really cool

thing about versus mode is that you can turn off
computer players and set the items to mushrooms

only. This puts you in a race with just yourself,
always in first place. And you might be wondering,

what's the point of this? Well, this is actually
my favorite way to practice shortcuts in Mario

Kart. I mostly like to race against real players
online. That is where I care about my skills. So,

versus mode is a way I can practice in the most
similar environment. There are item boxes on the

track. I have an unlimited supply of mushrooms
to keep redoing shortcuts. And the coins actually

respawn when you rewind. And yes, some precise
shortcuts actually require a coin to still be

present on the track. And there's actually
a lot more you can do with versus mode. You

can set custom items to any item you would
like to practice with. And this could be for

feather shortcuts. You could be taking specific
combinations of shortcuts with a mega mushroom or

a golden mushroom. Or you can even practice this
shortcut with green shells only. You can also

pause to restart a race or quickly go to the next
race to practice a different track. And overall,

this just gives you a lot more different and
effective ways to practice than in time trials.

Now, of course, time trials are valuable. If you
want to set your best time or compare your driving

against a ghost, then time trials is the only
place to do this. This is important practice,

but mainly for optimization. If you are learning
shortcuts and techniques for the first time,

or you want to get as many repetitions with them
as you can, especially with the huge variety of

different items that you may want to use, then
versus mode is definitely the way to go for most

of your practice. Another thing you can do with
versus mode is set the computer players on and

turn on custom items. If you set the items to only
the coin shell and coin block, then you can get a

whole bunch of coins dropping on the track, and
this makes it a lot faster to unlock vehicles.

You can also set the items to Kamek only, and
this makes it faster to unlock characters. This

only applies to unlocking enemy characters, which
are the ones that Kamek can transform you into,

and certain characters can only be unlocked on
certain tracks. Knockout Tour is brand new to

Mario Kart World and is a very different format
compared to regular races. There are currently

eight different rallies, a rally meaning a long
track layout to race on. And Knockout Tour always

begins with 24 players, and you race up to the
next checkpoint. At each checkpoint, the bottom

four racers get eliminated, reducing the player
count over and over until there are just four

racers left as you finally reach the destination
track. Then the final lap determines the winner.

This is a very long endurance race where you make
aggressive plays to eliminate others and try to

avoid being at the bottom at all costs. The
concept of Knockout Tour honestly sounds like

way more fun than regular races, but there are
some downsides. If you play with real players,

then getting eliminated early means you have to
wait for the race to finish before you can play

again. And the track layouts are mostly simple
straight lines with slight turns, which can be

less interesting to drive on. However, this makes
it easier to hit other players, which is perfect

for the type of gameplay in Knockout Tour. Now,
because a lot of Knockout Tour does not have

sharp turns, and you're often going to be at 20
coins, so the whole weird thing about the weight

stat doesn't even matter, the best combo to use in
Knockout Tour is not necessarily going to be these

super lightweights. In my experience, combos that
have a better balance of speed and acceleration

work better in Knockout Tour. You can even get
away with having a very high amount of speed,

and you may not even have to use your acceleration
stat that much. And you can build a big lead to

the point where when you reach the final track
because there are so few players, the chances

of items hitting you like the shock and the blue
shell are actually very low and you mainly just

worry about red shells. So the gameplay is a lot
more peaceful by that point and you can definitely

get away with having lower acceleration. This
is just my experience in Knockout Tour. I'm

not amazing at Knockout Tour since it's not the
main way that I play this game, but that's just

something to keep in mind where Knockout Tour is
different than regular races. Battle mode will not

be covered in this video. Um, as of right now,
there are only two game modes, balloon battle

and coin runners. And they're more about hitting
other players or reaching a specific objective,

and they're not races. It's fun for sure, but
it's not what most people play in Mario Kart,

and I am not an expert in these. And finally, free
roam. When you're at the main menu screen, you'll

see a character just driving around the Mario Kart
world. Press the plus button to take over. And

this enters the free roam mode. Once you're here,
you can explore the entire world, and there's lots

to do. You can grab food bags to unlock character
costumes. You can get in a UFO to kidnap, I mean

unlock new characters. You can press the minus
button to take cute photos. If you press Y, you

can open up the map to go to any track and also
see how many P switch missions you have completed,

question mark panels you have found, and peach
medallions you have obtained. Question mark panels

are mostly just hidden around the world,
but peach medallions are a challenge to collect

with them often being in strange places that you
need to figure out how to reach. P switches send

you into a mission, some being easy and some being
extremely difficult with the goal of teaching

you some basic game mechanics. There are a lot
of secrets in the world, so go out exploring.

Before we move on to more advanced strategy and
decision-making, we need to talk about how the

item system works and what every item does so you
know what you're dealing with and what options you

have at any given moment. Item boxes are laid
around the track in groups called item sets,

and most tracks will have three item sets per
lap. Typically, the first item set only has

single boxes, and every other set has at least
one double item box. When you have two items,

you cannot swap the order of these items. You
have to use the items in order. You have to use

the first item and then the second item after
touching an item box. There is a short cool

down about half a second before you are allowed
to grab another item box. So this means if you

grab two single boxes at once, you will still
only get one item. But if there is more time

in between touching these boxes, then you can
get two items. Regardless, it's a good idea to

always try and aim for two different item boxes at
once as you drive through the item set. That way,

it's less likely you can get your item stolen
by another player who grabs it first. Remember,

there are 24 players. You can't always tell when
somebody's about to take a box before you do. So,

better be safe than sorry. After you get
your item, the item roulette will spin,

and it takes a while before you actually
get your item. But, there is a way to get it

faster. You should listen to the roulette
sound and after the sound plays twice,

you can press L or ZL to get your item faster. And
just to show you what I mean, here is an example.

And this is rare, but if you get two items at two
separate boxes, pressing L at this time will only

give you your first item because the second one
is not done rolling, and so it spins for the full duration.

To prevent this, press L after the
second item roulette spins twice, and you will

get both at once. This can be extremely important
in some situations, mainly the beginning of Sky-High Sundae,

so you know if you get a mushroom
to be able to take the shortcut. When racing,

you can always see your first item held behind
your vehicle. Certain items, like the banana,

are actually physically behind you, meaning that
other racers can run into it and it can block red shells.

But most items are not actually
placed behind you. You can see it there,

but other players cannot. The only items that you
can see another player holding are the ones that

you can run into on your own screen. So, just
because somebody doesn't look like they have an

item doesn't mean they don't have a super horn or
a star or a boomerang, and they can still hit you

with it. Because of this, it's often important to
give space to other players when possible or try

to hit them before they can whip out their secret
item and hit you first. Now, generally how items

work is that the further back you are, the better
items you will get. This is mostly based on your

placement from first to 24th with first getting
the worst items and 24th getting the best items.

But it's also partially based on your distance to
first place. So, if first place is very far away,

you can get good items even if your placement is
high. Now, you might think that this system is

cheap and that the point of such an item
system is to allow less skilled players

to still have a chance to win, but this is not
true. Remember, items make up part of the core

identity of Mario Kart, and knowing how to use
the item system to your advantage is a fundamental

skill. If all you can do is drive fast, but your
item play is bad and everyone passes you with

their items at the end, then you're not losing
because the game is unfair. You're losing because

you're not good at Mario Kart. Most players
will use their items to benefit themselves,

but it's the great player who knows exactly when
is the best spot to use this item for maximum

benefit. This is how the item system almost
always benefits the more skilled player. So, no,

items are not the reason why you lost. A great
player can frontr run and build a massive lead

so that there is no item that can make them lose,
but when they get unlucky and sent to the bottom,

a great player knows how to use those items
and still find a way back to first place. So,

now let's talk about what each item does. There
are a lot of items, and even if you think you know

what the items do, I still recommend watching the
section as you will probably learn something new

about one of the items. Of course, item strategy
goes from basic all the way to infinitely complex,

and this is just the beginner guide. We will
eventually dive much deeper into items in the

pro guide. Let's start off with the attack items.
Some attack items are strong, but in general,

the attack items are not nearly as useful as the
other items in Mario Kart World, especially with

there being 24 players. I mean, attack items are
collectively quite strong when 23 other players

are trying to hit you, but actually having an
attack item is not that great compared to speed

items. You can become a great player and totally
get away with not knowing all the details about

the attack items, but it's still good to know.
The banana or banana peel is an attack item and

defense item. If it is in your first item slot,
it will automatically trail behind your vehicle,

and this is true for many items. The banana
behind you can hit other players, protect you

against attacks from behind, and most importantly,
protect you against red shells. Pressing L makes

you place the banana behind you by default, but if
you press forward on the stick, it will throw the

banana forward. The banana is the only permanent
trap item that you can place on the track. So,

place it where it's hard to avoid. It's often
best placed right in front of a double item box,

which allows you to chain items, or on a rail,
which makes them incredibly difficult to avoid.

The green shell also trails behind you
automatically. So it functions the same way as

a banana defensively. But if you throw it forwards
or backwards, it moves in a straight line and can

bounce several times on walls before breaking.
But what's even more powerful is if you throw it

on a rail since it will follow that rail, which is
very important for making snipes both forwards and

backwards. The red shell is just like a green
shell but with two differences. When thrown

forward, it targets the player in front of you and
tries to hit them. This makes red shells extremely

powerful as it forces players in front of you
to keep their defensive items or risk getting

a sure hit. When thrown backwards, red shells
move in a straight line just like green shells,

but they cannot bounce on walls as hitting
anything causes them to break. This is why red

shells should typically be thrown forward. Red
shells move very fast, and if someone is close

behind you and throws a red shell, it is often
impossible for a human to react to this in time.

Because of this, it is very important to
frequently look backwards for red shells.

And if you see one, make sure you're ready for
it or preemptively put your trail item in the

first slot so that you can block it automatically.
When a red shell is coming for you, it will show

you a warning at the bottom of the screen. And
the red shell has a distinct sound that you can

hear. Because you have to react to red shells so
quickly, if there are no other threats around you,

get your finger ready on the L button to
protect against red shells and watch and

listen for the warning. because if you don't
react quite fast enough, it can be disastrous.

Now, for all three of these items, the banana,
green shell, and red shell, there is a triple

version of this item. This is a great defensive
item as it forces players to stay away from you

and blocks attacks from all directions. And it is
also a great offensive item as you can crash into

other players to take them out. However, because
they don't trail behind you, it's harder to block

red shells with them. In order to block a
red shell, you will need to throw the shell

backwards. And this is by holding down on the left
stick while you press L. But the red shell may not

be directly behind you. So, you also want to look
backwards as you throw the item back at the red

shell. This can be very difficult, especially
because red shells do not give you much time to

react. The bob-omb or bomb is a trail item that
can also block red shells and also an item that

you can place behind you or throw forward just
like the banana. When a bomb is on the ground,

you have to be very close for it to explode.
So, just stay away. But it also explodes after

several seconds. So, make sure you pay attention
to if it's about to explode. Now, even if you

think it shouldn't explode, somebody else or some
other item could hit the bomb. So, you often want

to stay outside of its blast radius just to stay
safe. Dropping a bomb behind you is very powerful,

especially if there are multiple racers behind
you, as they are more likely to run into it,

and the explosion can take them all out at once.
You can also make bomb snipes forward, but this is

a lot more difficult. The blue shell is an item
that you can throw forward, and it moves down

the middle of the track, hitting any player that
it runs into. For this reason, you should pretty

much always stay out of the middle of the road.
Then once it reaches first place, it delivers a

deadly hit with massive stun, lasting far longer
than the stun from any other item. The blue shell

is usually not a very strong item to have, but it
is an important item to watch out for. After the

blue shell is obtained by any player, there is
a 30-second cool down before another blue shell

can be obtained. So, it's often not safe to be in
first place unless you have an item that protects

you against the blue shell or a blue shell has
already been thrown recently. The existence of the

blue shell greatly affects racing strategy and is
something you should frequently be thinking about

as you race. And the more players there are, the
more likely a blue shell will get pulled at some

point in the race. In my experience, in 12 player
races, which is how I play competitive Mario Kart,

there are typically one or zero blue
shells in a race. But with 24 players,

it feels like an average of about two blue shells
per race. Now, there is counterplay to blue shells

as even without an item, you can jump off the
track in first. And because of the respawn boost,

this is much faster than being hit by a blue
shell. But the best counterplay to blue shells in

24 player races is just to not be in first place,
unless you have an item to protect you against it,

like a Super Horn or a mushroom. The Super Horn
is a very powerful item for a few reasons. When

you use it, it has a lasting hitbox all around you
that blocks every single projectile item and hits

any racer nearby that is not invincible. The Super
Horn can be used to break any item, including the

blue shell, which makes it a very powerful item to
have in first place. The Super Horn also cannot be

stolen by a Boo, which gives a strong advantage to
anyone in first with a Super Horn. And remember,

since this item does not actually trail behind
you, it is invisible to all other players. You can

use this as a guaranteed surprise hit on players
around you to keep yourself safe. The fireflower

and ice flower are essentially reskins of the
same item. You can throw up to eight fireballs or

ice balls, and they're similar to green shells in
that they move in a straight line and can bounce.

After one throw, the timer will countd down and
eventually run out, making you lose the item. Now,

of course, you can also throw these backwards
to block red shells. But for any item that you

have to throw to block a red shell, just
keep this in mind. If you're in the air,

it is sometimes impossible to block a red shell
without a trail item because when you try to toss

the item backwards, the red shell might be aiming
for your head. But don't get angry like I did when

that happened to me. That's just unlucky. And you
can use this knowledge to your advantage and throw

red shells in a way that is hard for someone to
block even if they should be able to block it in theory.

The boomerang is a really obnoxious item.
It can be thrown forwards or backwards and it has

a hitbox as it moves away from you and as it moves
back to you. And it slightly curves on its own to

try and hit other players. And it can bounce
on walls and it can break through any item to

hit the opponent except for a super horn. And to
make matters worse, it can be thrown four times.

And on the final throw, the boomerang just keeps
going and doesn't come back. But you bet it will

bounce on walls and curve to target other players
extremely far away. When a boomerang gets pulled,

there is no skill involved. Somebody is
getting hit. And if you thought that was all,

it gets worse. Not only is the boomerang nearly
guaranteed to hit everyone around you, often you

don't even want this thing because you have to use
up all four throws to get rid of it or wait for

the timer to run out. And if you have another item
you want to get to, sorry, you have to wait and

somehow it gets even worse. The Boo cannot steal
a boomerang. So, you're really truly stuck with

this thing until you finish using it. Now, there
are times when you will want to use a boomerang,

especially to block a red shell. So, a good
strategy when you get the boomerang is to just use

one throw of it and let the timer run down. Unlike
the fire or ice flower, once it runs out of time,

it will still stay in your inventory until you
use the final throw. So, if you get to another

item set by that point, you can still easily chain
items. And because a boomerang cannot be stolen,

it's actually a decent item to have in first
at the end of the race, as it can protect you

against up to four red shells. Now, if you do need
to quickly get rid of a boomerang, there are a few ways.

You can repeatedly throw it against a wall,
which helps you get rid of it faster, or you can

throw it against someone in an invincibility item,
such as a star, mega mushroom, or bullet bill.

This breaks the boomerang instantly. The hammer is
one of the most powerful attack items. It can be

thrown forwards or backwards four times. It has
a massive hitbox, and the hitbox lingers on the

ground afterwards, making it incredibly difficult
to avoid. There are some situations where your

only realistic option to hit another player is
if you had hammers. Another cool thing you can do

with hammers is to throw them forward on an upward
ramp, and they will land extremely close to you,

catching other players with the ground hitbox with
no time to react. The main downside to hammers,

however, is that they cannot be used to block
red shells, so you usually want to get rid of

them quickly. The kamek is a very rare item,
and it can be powerful, but it's usually not.

It really depends. When you use Kamek, he flies
down the track and transforms anyone near his

flight path into an enemy character. If you get
transformed by the Kamek into a character you

have not unlocked yet, then you will unlock the
character. Some characters require specific areas

to be unlocked. For example, you can unlock Rocky
Wrench on Airship Fortress or Conkdor on Faraway Oasis.

While being transformed, you cannot drift.
This is a very strange effect and it's usually not

a big deal, but sometimes it can be absolutely
race ending. For example, in the spiral section

of Airship Fortress, you have to hold a drift to
take a good line. Getting hit by anything here,

including Kamik just ending your drift, is
disastrous. And this is true for any sharp turn.

When you get hit by a kamik, you have about 1 to
2 seconds before you can start drifting again. So,

don't panic and just wait that amount of time
before you start your next drift. This will

help you manage the damage from ending your drift
a lot better. In addition to ending your drift,

Kamik will spawn enemies in a certain area.
Kamik is such a party game item that usually does

nothing, but sometimes does something completely
unfair, and I love it. The blooper is probably

the rarest item you can get, and it just sprays
ink onto the screen of everyone in front of you.

Now, for beginner players, this can be a big
hindrance as you can no longer see the track,

but experienced players don't really need
to see the track to drive that well, so it's

really no big deal. Oh, and if you use a blooper
in first place, nothing happens. Like, this item

literally does nothing. Thanks, Nintendo. And
finally, we have the best attack item by far.

Arguably the number one best item in the game,
the lightning, or as experienced players call it,

the shock. I could make a whole video about the
strategy for using the shock and the strategy for

dodging the shock as the shock has devastating
effects on the race. When used, the shock hits

every player in front of you, brings them to a
stop, makes them small and slow and squishable

by regularsized players for a period of time and
removes their items. If that sounds overpowered,

it absolutely is. And keep in mind that there's a
big difference between this shock and shock from

previous games. In previous Mario Kart games,
the shock hits every other player at once. But

in Mario Kart World, the shock only hits players
in front of the shock user. So often you can dodge

a shock just by being in last place. You can only
get the shock if you're very close to last place.

And it is a very rare item to get. But if you
get the shock, you can often just use the shock

to win the race or at least guarantee a very high
placement. But this is only if you use it well.

So, for now, I'll give you a very quick rule of
thumb for when to use the shock. Use the shock at

the item set before a big shortcut. Just remember
that and you'll usually make the best play. Okay,

so now let's break that down. Why use the shock
at an item set? Well, when you use the shock,

you are slowing everyone down and you're going
to pass them. So, if you pass a bunch of players,

then grab an item box, you will be in a higher
spot, which means you get a worse item. But if you

chain the shock into an item set, then you will
get two great items, except you also just use the

shock. So you get the full benefit of three great
items at once. And why use it at the item set

before a shortcut? Well, that's to stop everyone
else from taking the shortcut since you just

removed their items, while you are guaranteed to
take the shortcut thanks to your two good items.

This creates a massive time save relative to your
opponents that is often enough to outright win

the race if you do it on the final lap. Now, of
course, this means that there are certain spots

on certain tracks that are considered the
best shock spot. And with this information,

you should be able to figure out some of them. For
example, where's the best shock spot on Dino Dino Jungle?

The best jock spot is at the bridge item
set because there's the massive grass shortcut

afterwards. What about on Cheep Cheep falls?
The best jock spot is at the waterfall item set

because there are two big shortcuts afterwards.
Now, knowing this also means that if you have

an item that can dodge the shock, which is the
star, bullets, boo, or mega mushroom, especially

on lap three, you should try to use it at the best
shock spot. Not just because shock is common here,

but also because you know how devastating it would
be to lose your items here since you can no longer

take the shortcuts. So, better to protect your
items here than anywhere else. This does mean you

open yourself up to getting shocked at a different
spot, but remember that's not as bad. Usually,

if that happens, you can still get items and make
a comeback anyway. Another important thing to note

about the shocked is that the shock makes players
drop their items onto the ground. While this can

benefit you sometimes, like by picking up a star
or mushrooms, you also have to watch out for

bananas and shells as they will be everywhere.
Anytime a shock is obtained by any player,

there is a 30-se secondond cool down before the
next shock can be obtained by somebody else. This

means that it is possible for there to be multiple
shocks in one race. However, it is actually quite

rare. So, this creates situations where if you
still haven't seen a shock by lap 3, then you want

to play as if there will be a shock at the best
shock spot. But if a shock already has happened

earlier in the race, you can usually safely assume
there will be no shock for the rest of the race

and you don't have to worry about dodging it. Next
up, let's look at the speed items. Speed items

are typically better than attack items, as you can
use them to take shortcuts, and these are also the

items that lend themselves to long-term planning.
The mushroom is the simplest speed item. When you

use the mushroom, you go faster for a short period
of time. You can use the mushroom to reacelerate

after being hit. You can use it to get away from
a dangerous attack item, and you can use it to

take shortcuts. With most off-cro shortcuts on a
turn, you'll want to drift and use the mushroom,

then release a mini turbo at the end of it.
Now, some shortcuts are just a little too

big for one mushroom, but you can get creative
to take these shortcuts anyway. Especially on

intermission tracks, you'll often find rocks in
the ground, or you can do a charge jump to jump

out of the rest of the off-road. You can even
take advantage of trickable poles to gain a

lot more distance by using a charge jump with the
mushroom and hitting the pole. And this can help

you clear shortcuts that should typically be too
big for one mushroom. And also very importantly,

you can use a mushroom to dodge a blue shell. When
a blue shell is circling above you, wait for it

to stop moving. Now you can use your mushroom
and you will dodge the blue shell. It's quite

a forgiving timing and it feels really nice to do.
The golden mushroom is an unlimited mushroom that

you can spam for over 7 seconds, being equivalent
to using about five mushrooms in a row. This is a

very powerful item for making comebacks, as you
can often use it to take multiple shortcuts. And

especially on intermission tracks, you will find
shortcuts that are so large that you actually need

a golden mushroom to be able to make it all
the way through. This one leading up to Wario

Shipyard might just be the biggest shortcut on
any intermission track. and probably the single

biggest shortcut in the entire game. One downside
to the golden mushroom is that you cannot get rid

of it right away as it has to stay in your item
slot for its entire duration. Because of this,

it's important to learn golden mushroom spots, or
in other words, where to use a golden mushroom so

that it runs out before the next item set while
still getting you through the important shortcut.

Triple mushrooms is one of the best items in
the game, and whether or not triple mushrooms

are better than the golden mushroom is a hotly
debated topic among casual Mario Kart fans. But

every single pro player knows that the triple
mushroom item is incredibly overpowered while

the golden mushroom is just pretty good. But why
is that? Shouldn't the item that is equivalent to

five mushrooms be better than three mushrooms?
Well, no. And it's because you can use triple

mushrooms whenever you want. Once you use a
golden mushroom, it's done. You're now in a

higher position where you probably won't get items
that are quite as good. But with triple mushrooms,

you can use them one at a time in shortcuts
that are an entire lap apart from each other

and gradually make a gigantic comeback while still
holding an overpowered item in your second slot.

This strategy is called item smuggling, where you
take a powerful item from a bottom spot to a top

spot. And there are pretty much only three ways to
accomplish this. be way better than everyone else

you're racing against or get an early shock dodge
or just use triple mushrooms. One of the most

common items. So, while this item may be weaker
in terms of raw speed, you will typically get a

much bigger overall time save from using triple
mushrooms compared to the golden mushroom. So,

use these mushrooms wisely. The star is not
too much of a speed item as it doesn't make

you go that much faster, but it does make
you invincible for a long period of time,

and you can trample other players while in a star.
You can also use a star to take shortcuts as you

move at full speed through the off-road. But
perhaps the most broken thing that a star can do

is it leaves your item slot when you use it. This
means that if you chain a star into an item set,

you essentially have three good items at the same
time. You can use the star to take shortcuts,

but you don't even have a star. You have two
other great items, and the star is the one

taking shortcuts. It's the star of the show. This
is why chaining a star is such a powerful play,

especially right before a shortcut. Now, when
using a star, make sure to listen to the music,

as it always ends on a particular note, so you
know when you're about to lose your invincibility.

The mega mushroom is like a star but better in
every way except for one. It makes you really large,

invincible, able to squish other players,
which is a deadly attack, and it gives you a huge

speed boost that is much faster than a star,
and it lasts just as long as a star. Also,

it cannot be stolen by the Boo. From this, you
may think that the mega mushroom is just better.

But unfortunately, it lacks one crucial element
of the star, which is that it stays in your item

slot when you use it, making you unable to chain
this item like you could in Mario Kart Wii. If

after all this, you still think the mega mushroom
is better, just wait until a moment where you have

a horrible item trapped behind a mega mushroom and
think about what could have been if you just had a

star instead. And you can chain all of this at the
next item set. The bullet bill, also known as the

bullet or bill, is the fastest item in the game.
It's also fully invincible. It drives for you,

and you can still steer it slightly to try and
bump other racers and grab coins and take tighter lines.

And it cannot end on a sharp turn, turning
some parts of some tracks into what's called a

bullet extension zone, where the bullets can often
last up to 14 seconds, completely winning you the

race. And the bullet bill cannot be stolen.
The bullet is completely overpowered, but to

balance it, it is also severely underpowered.
The bullet stops after passing too many racers,

which is around half of the racers in front of
you, making it often very weak in top spots,

where it may only pass two players before dropping
you. It also will stop as soon as it can in first

place, and you can try to extend it by using it on
a turn, but it still often proves to be very weak.

And while the bullet bill can take some
shortcuts, this does not work for all

shortcuts. So to maximize the benefit from using
a bullet, you typically want to either use it

through some kind of shortcut that you know it
can take or use it into a bullet extension zone,

but also watch the mini map to make sure it's not
about to pass too many players on the way there.

Another great time to use the bullet is into a
very chaotic section with turns and walls where

you are very likely to get hit by items and
bumping everyone on this turn is deadly for

them because I forgot to mention a bullet bill
will also make you lose your drift if you get

bumped by it which is usually not a big deal
but is a pretty big deal on a turn. The boo is

less of a speed item and more of an invincibility
item but you still go at full speed through the

off-road so you can use a boo to take shortcuts.
When you use the boo, you'll become invincible

for a period of time, and you will steal an item
from a random player in front of you. This will

always steal from their first item slot, so you
will often be able to see what your potential

steals are and make a calculated play to try and
steal a great item. Of course, this also means

that if you are in second place with a boo,
you will always steal from first place. So,

you can even make a guaranteed play to win you the
race. But if there's no available item in front of

you or you are in first place, you will always get
a single mushroom, which is a pretty great item,

especially in first. It is possible for there
to be multiple boos in play at once. But the

Boo cannot steal another Boo. And as mentioned
earlier, it also cannot steal a mega mushroom,

super horn, bullet bill, or boomerang. Because
the Boo is typically obtained in middle spots,

even all the way up to third place. That
means that when you are in a top spot,

you always have to play around the possibility of
your item getting stolen. This is especially true

in first place who gets stolen from the most. This
is why you should often hold the coin item in your

first slot if possible. That way, the Boo will not
steal your defensive item. The feather is a unique

item that you can get in top spots, and it's not
exactly a speed item. When you use the feather,

it launches you into the air. You can use it to
dodge items on the ground, including red shells,

or use it to take shortcuts. However, you will
not land in a speed boost, so make sure you do

an air trick after using the feather. Depending on
the track, the feather item may be nearly useless,

or it may be one of the best items you can
get. For example, on Whistlestop Summit,

you can take a gap jump shortcut with the feather,
and you can also use it to save yourself from

failing the final rail shortcut. And then there's
Bowser's Castle where you can use it to take the

turn skip shortcut at the start or you can use
it to take a lava shortcut later. The feather

is great on these tracks, but on Boo Cinema, uh,
nothing really. The most important tip for using a

feather effectively is to realize that it does not
send you in the direction you are facing. Rather,

it sends you in the direction you are moving.
So, if you want to use a feather while drifting,

the feather will send you sideways. So, you will
have to turn sharper than you think in order to

take a good line through some feather shortcuts.
The feather is a lot harder to use properly than

it looks because if you haven't used one before,
it's going to place you in a spot that you don't expect.

So, feather shortcuts are something that
must be practiced and they are a lot harder than

mushroom shortcuts. Dash food is a special item
that you can get from a food bag instead of an

item box and it acts similarly to a mushroom.
There are many different kinds of food. Each food

item gives a different length of speed boost when
used. And in general, the bigger the food that you

get, the longer the speed boost that it will give
you. Most regular tracks do not have dash food,

but there are a few that do. For example, Crown
City and Mario Circuit both have a food bag that

can be pretty important in the race if you use it
on a shortcut. However, on intermission tracks,

a lot of them have dash food, and because it is
a speed item, it's usually worth going for. And

finally, we have coin items. These are pretty
underwhelming to use, but they can be quite

impactful in helping you win a race. The coin item
is the most common item in first place, and when

you use it, it increases your coin counter by two.
And remember, each coin that you get raises your

top speed. This is a pretty good source of coins
in first and can help you grow your lead without

having to go out of your way for coins on the
track. Unlike Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, where the coin

item was utterly atrocious due to you only needing
10 coins to max out and second place constantly

pulls redshells, in Mario Kart World, the coin
item is actually pretty all right. First place

often has an easier time reaching 20 coins than
any other placement, and you're not constantly at

risk of being hit by a red shell, so it's okay to
pull a coin sometimes. Now, it's important to note

that in first, you cannot pull two coins at once.
This means that you shouldn't always use your coin

item right away. If there is a single item box
set coming up soon, it's better to hold on to

your coin item until you get the next item, which
is guaranteed to not be another coin and likely

going to be a defensive item. I have to say likely
because there was an update where coin block got

added to first place. So, you're not guaranteed
to get a defense item with two item slots. You

also want to keep your coin in the first slot as
much as possible as getting this stolen by a boo

is no problem. And keep in mind that if you get
hit by the blue shell, you will lose your trail

item. So this is another benefit of keeping the
coin in the first slot. It protects your defensive item.

The coin block is an item that gives you
eight coins when you repeatedly use it, which

is a huge increase at once. It also gives a small
speed boost as you get these coins. And it also

drops coins behind you onto the track for other
racers to pick up. When you get a coin block,

you should almost always just use it right away
so you get these eight coins as early as possible

and that gives you the maximum benefit. Getting
a coin block at the start of the race in first

place is actually the best thing you can get and
immediately puts you far away from others unable

to be drafted. In general, getting a coin block is
a good thing and helps your chances in the race.

It's just that you can't always see the effect
of this right away. The coin shell functions just

like any other shell for defensive purposes. You
can hold it behind you and it blocks other items.

However, if you throw it forward, it moves down
the middle of the road like a blue shell or a

bullet would and it drops an enormous amount of
coins. Now, unless you are actively collecting

coins from a coin shell, do not stay in the middle
of the road. Stay out of the middle of the road

at all times because a coin shell can always hit
you. Now remember, anyone can take these coins,

so it will not always benefit yourself to throw
the coin shell forward. But if nobody is near you,

you could benefit from the coin shell immensely
and immediately get up to 20 coins. If you already

have a lot of coins, you can still use the coin
shell offensively as it goes through other players

and most items even after hitting them. But if
you don't want others to benefit from the coins,

then you can also throw it backwards, which
just makes it move in a straight line.

All right, here is the good stuff. By this
point, you know what every item does. You

can confidently drive on all the tracks, and
you are making decisions with your items,

whether to save them or chain them, and you're
trying your best to prioritize taking important

shortcuts to win. But sometimes the game just
feels too chaotic and out of your control. So,

let's talk about what strategies to use so you
can have a game plan for consistent results.

Remember, Mario Kart is not a random game of luck.
If you have better strategy than your opponents,

you can often win, even if they have faster
driving. So, let's talk about strategy. There

are three general placements that you can be in a
race. This is the front, the middle, and the back.

Starting off with first place. Okay, tactically
first place is also just in the front, but playing

from first place is a little bit different than
playing from any other place. In first place,

you have a very limited and predictable pool of
items, so there is not a lot of decision-making.

The main thing you have to do is drive fast
and don't make any mistakes. As for items,

you pretty much always want to chain items as
this rapidly raises your coin count. The coin

item is one of the big advantages of being in
first as you don't need to go out of your way

to get more coins. Because first place items
are so bad unless you really need a defensive item.

You can often skip double item boxes
so that you can take a better line. Another

advantage of being in first place is that you
cannot get hit by anyone in front of you. And

think about it like this. You will always be
more protected from the back because of your

trail item. So this makes first place safer. And
this is especially important on rails. Whenever a

rail is the fastest path on the track, you should
be taking it in first to maintain your lead. You

can also place trap items on the rails to stop
other players from taking the fastest path,

further extending your lead. When you see a blue
shell coming, if you don't have an item to dodge

it, you can jump off the track to dodge it and get
the respawn boost. This is much faster than taking

the full stun of the blue shell. Now, this is not
always possible, but it is very often possible,

so make sure you're thinking about this when you
see a blue shell. However, if you have a super

horn, you can simply use it when the blue shell
is above you to break it. If you have a mushroom,

you can wait for the blue shell to stop
spinning above you, then use it. And of course,

any other invincibility item can be used
to dodge the blue shell, but you probably

are not going to have other invincibility items
in first. The main advantage of being in first

place is that you can build a lead thanks to
the coin item and by staying safe away from

all the chaos. But this is not possible on all
tracks. On tracks with big mushroom shortcuts,

including pretty much every single intermission
track, it is not possible to stay in first against

good players. Now, this can be a good thing as
getting past means you won't get blue shelled.

But if the shortcuts are too big, then you can
consider intentionally staying out of first as

then you have a chance to get mushrooms,
improving your odds of winning the race.

If you are near the front but not in first place,
keep in mind the potential item distribution of

the players around you. Because if the pack
is close behind you, you can easily get hit

by boomerangs, shells coming forward. You can
also get hit by super horns near you. This is

a recipe for disaster. So, there are two things
that you can do about this. One is to get behind

other players and draft from them to get away. Or
you can keep trying to chain your items until you

get mushrooms and take shortcuts to get away.
Gaining distance from the pack in any way that

you can is crucial. However, there will always be
players near you, and often the best play you have

is to hit them before they hit you. The attack
items in this game are powerful, and you often

cannot even know what item other players have, so
you can use offense as the best defense. Get them

away from you, and you can guarantee they're not
going to hit you. But if you think you'll lose

the battle because you cannot beat their item,
then just slow down and respect their space. Yes,

it's okay to not always hold a in Mario Kart.
Mushrooms are quite common to get near the front.

So, if you have a mushroom, you'll want to hold
it until you can use it strategically. Some tracks

have a big shortcut that you definitely want to
save your mushroom for, even if you have to take

a hit along the way without reacelerating. But
some tracks don't have a clear best mushroom spot,

so you can just save it to get away from
attack items or to recover after getting hit

or even chain it into the next item set if you
don't need it. The main goal when playing from

the front is to gain space from other players
near you. This keeps you safe from most items,

and this can either be accomplished by being
fast or hitting other players before they

hit you. However, you typically don't
want to hit the player in first place.

First place is your protection against the
blue shell, so be peaceful to them as long as

they are peaceful back to you. However, if first
place plays aggressively and tries to hit you,

then it is justified to take them out as they
are a bigger threat to you than the potential blue shell.

And this is especially true if you
can carry blue shell protection into first place,

as this gives you all the benefits of first
place, but without worrying about the blue shell.

If you are in the middle, also known as the
pack, the pack is usually very dense. Most

of the players are around here and they are
frequently pulling items that are completely

unavoidable. There are boomerangs, fireflowers,
triple shells, and stars flying around.

Even the best players in the world cannot dodge all of
this. This is generally a horrible spot to be in,

and you should avoid being in the pack unless
you see a way out. Now, at the start of the race,

being in the pack is mostly fine, as everyone
will have triple mushrooms. But this is because

the item distribution at the start of the race is
different, and you need to find your way out of

here before the item distribution changes and all
the attack items start to show up. For example,

if you have a decent number of coins and you
have triple mushrooms, you can try to stay away

from other players for long enough to take the
next big shortcut. Or if there is no shortcut,

just speed up away from the chaos and hope
you get a good item after this. But let's say

you're not so fortunate. If you have very
few coins and you pull two attack items,

this will not help you escape the pack. You
could continue to stay in the pack and hope

for a good item soon and hope nobody hits you.
But remember, you have a limited amount of time

before the race ends. The timer and the odds
are against you here. So in this situation,

you often want to intentionally slow down and
play from the back instead. So your main goal

while playing in the pack is to just get out of
there. Ideally, you get out of it moving forward

and then you get to play from the front where
it is safer. But if you don't have that option,

then get out of the pack moving backwards and play
from the back. Never stay in the pack for too long

because you cannot dodge everything. Eventually,
something will hit you, and if you're going to end

up in the back anyway, you'd rather that happen
early, so you have time to plan a comeback.

Going forward as fast as you can may just sound
like the typical way you should play Mario Kart,

but to pros, this is a strategy called
running. However, if you do the opposite

by being in the back, then this is a strategy
called bagging. This is short for sandbagging,

meaning to intentionally race poorly for
a period of time. Of course, not everyone

in the back chose to be there intentionally,
so not everyone is technically sandbagging,

but bagging is just the shorthand name
for playing from the back. While bagging,

the driving skill required is easier, but the
decisions you have to make are more complex.

There are several different strategies that you
can use from here. And it all depends on what

items you get, where the other players are, and
which track you are playing on because different

tracks have different shortcut locations and
different amounts of comeback potential. For now,

I will not give you a full rundown of all your
options because that would take a long time and

I'll save it for the pro guide coming out soon.
But here are a few examples of what you can do

to successfully win a race by bagging. On a
track with only one big mushroom shortcut,

you can try to get triple mushrooms in your first
slot and a shock dodge item in your second slot.

This allows you to take one mushroom shortcut per
lap, which would put you in a middle or top spot

with one chance to be invincible on lap three to
make it to the front. If you get a shock dodge,

even better. You just win with two items only. On
a track with lots of big shortcuts, you can stay

far in the back and just focus on collecting
coins and chaining items so you don't end

up too far behind. Near the end of the race, if
you're lucky, you may have two shock dodge items,

which gives you a seriously high chance to dodge
the shock. Or you may end up behind the shock,

which is also a dodge. Or you may pull the shock
yourself. And where should you use it? Of course,

chained into the item set before a big shortcut.
And another option is on any track. If the pack

is pretty close in front of you, like you're not
too far away from first place, you can just spam

all your speed items into shortcuts or even not
into shortcuts. Just be fast on the road and put

yourself in the front. From there, you're safe
from the chaotic pack. Of course, there is a lot

more you could do than just that. The variety of
track layouts, item box placements, positions of

other racers, and which two items you get and in
what order, and whether or not a shock has already

occurred, these all affect the viability of any
given bagging strategy. So, you can probably see

why bagging is such a difficult strategy to make
work consistently. It might look easy when a pro

player does it and just uses two items to pass
the entire lobby, but really ask yourself if you

would have made all the same decisions. And if
your answer is a 100% honest yes, then you are

a pro player. Go online and win a bunch of races
easily. It will feel really good to take down pro

players who claim this game is skill-based when
really you can just beat them without trying.

And the best part is you'll be the first person
who has ever been able to do this without first

having years of practice. So, I can't wait
to see you destroy us on the racecourse.

It will be history in the making. No, but seriously,
I'm sure you can tell that years of people saying

bagging is lame and cheap has completely gotten
under my skin. So, really, the complainers have won.

But remember, bagging is a crucial skill in
Mario Karts because you will often find yourself

in the back just because you got unlucky. And
if you cannot fight your way back to the front,

then you will lose. It's as simple as that. And
if you want to see some highlevel gameplay and

decision-making that of course includes both
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The best way to improve at Mario Kart World is
to play online. This is where you'll find the

best players, and pushing yourself to perform
consistently well in a challenging environment

is the only way that you're going to improve
a lot. You might tell yourself that you can

just practice in time trials and then practice
against your friends and the bots. But let me

tell you right now, that doesn't work. You will
never truly be that great unless you play online.

And as of right now, there are four main ways
that you can race online. After going online,

if you choose the race mode, this is also known
as online worldwide. You will get a rating number,

also called VR or versus rating. This starts at
3,000 and it can go up to the upper 9,000. I mean,

technically, it can go higher than that, but
almost nobody has gotten there. Much like ELO,

your rating goes up or down depending on how
well you performed relative to the rating of your

opponents in that race. Eventually, it settles
on a number that represents your skill level.

And honestly, it's quite accurate. One important
thing about online worldwides is that the track

selection is weighted towards intermission tracks.
About half of the time, you will get one regular

track you can select and two intermission
tracks. and the other half of the time you

can select between three intermission tracks. Even
selecting random does not get you out of this as

random will usually give you one of the already
selectable options and occasionally give you a

random regular track. The second way you can play
online is knockout tour. Just like worldwides,

you have a rating number and once a room gathers,
a random rally out of the eight rallies gets

chosen. If you get eliminated, you have the option
to leave early and find another lobby so you can

start playing immediately. The third way you can
play is by creating or joining a friend room. Of

course, you can invite your actual friends, but
given that you're watching this guide so you can

destroy them at Mario Karts, you're not going to
have friends for much longer. So, because all you

need is the room code to join a friend room, there
are places where you can find public room codes to join.

The best place to go as of making this
video is the Mario Kart World Discord server,

which always has active rooms playing that you
can easily find and join. You don't need to talk

to anybody. It's free to join. You just need to
type in the room code and hope the room is not full.

A link to join this Discord server is in
the description. Now, compared to worldwides,

friend rooms have two main differences. You score
points after each race instead of having a rating,

and you can select any track to play on. During
the track selection, simply press the plus button

to select any track or any intermission to play.
But make sure you respect the rules of the room

you have joined. As you can probably imagine, a
lot of players are only playing in friend rooms,

so they can play the regular tracks instead of the
intermission tracks. The fourth way to play Mario

Kart World online is a way you have probably seen
me play before. This is competitive Mario Kart World.

If you want to become the best player
you can be, then you have to join competitive

races or you will never truly be tested by highly
skilled players in a higher pressure environment

where every race counts. Now, I don't recommend
everyone joins competitive right away because as

much as I'd love for the competitive population
to grow, I have to honestly warn you that if

you're new to Mario Karts or you think you're
pretty good because you can beat your friends,

uh the truth is that the players here are going
to be way better than you can even imagine.

Competitive Mario Kart uses its own rating system
that is separate from online worldwides called MMR

or matchmaking rating. And in the description,
I'll put a resource on how to join competitive

Mario Kart. Once you've signed up and read all the
rules, all you have to do is go into the Discord

server for competitive Mario Kart and find the
12player que or 24player Q channel, whichever

one you would prefer to play in. Type / C and you
will be signed up to join the match that begins

at the next hour. Then every player who signed up
is grouped according to their MMR and each room

plays 12 races. Depending on how well you scored
in those 12 races, your MMR will go up or go down.

At the time of making this video, my MMR is around
7,600, which puts me in the top 400 players in the

world, but the best player in the world has almost
double my rating at 14,000. Why don't you get a life?

Mario Kart is a game with an extremely high
skill ceiling, and playing competitive is going to

be frustrating at first. I guarantee it. When I
first got into competitive Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,

I was already really good, and I was a solid mid
3000 MMR player. It took me months to refine my

game and make big improvements as I struggled
my way up to a high 6000 MMR by the end.

When playing against competitive players, it's going
to feel like you're just getting unlucky.

When in reality, you have to face the hard truth
that there are just a lot of players better than you.

But if you try very hard, you
can improve and one day you can beat them.

When you play online, there are going to be
differences compared to playing offline that you

always have to keep in mind. Because of connection
delay, online play is always going to have some issues.

Whenever you trail an item online or if
you have revolving items like triple bananas,

these are susceptible to lag. If someone else runs
into your trail item, but then just keeps moving

forward, they're not hacking. This is called
a lag trail. Because of the connection delay,

the game predicts approximately where each other
player is located. And sometimes it predicts that

they have run into your item, even if they have
not actually done that. So, in order to hit the

other player, they actually have to get hit
on their own screen. Now, while this sounds

frustrating and unfair because you really can just
randomly lose your items and it's not your fault,

just know that this lag trail system is light
years better than Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. In

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, if you ran into the item on
your opponent's screen, it counts as a hit. So,

you would literally constantly get hit by nothing.
And so, now you sometimes lose your trail item

for no reason, which sucks. But, at least you're
not getting hit by nothing. Hey, another reason

to hold your coin in the first slots. But you can
use this knowledge to your advantage. If you have

triple items and box somebody into a corner,
you can often hit them on their screen without

actually using one of your own protection items.
And this also can just work out in your favor

for no reason. Someone could hit you on their
screen before you get hit on your own screen,

and this makes their item disappear. Another
weird thing that happens because of lag trails

is a phenomenon called phantom items. Sometimes
a player appears to have lost their trail item

on your screen, but then they just throw the item
again anyway. This is because they never lost the

item on their own screen, so of course they can
still use it, but you couldn't see it. So, this

is a phantom item. I'm not going to go too hard on
criticizing the game design here because believe

me, I've been yelling at Nintendo for years about
what an ideal practical system for this would be,

and this is not it. Like, there is a solution.
and they just are not doing it. But anyway,

this is why paying attention to the items near
you is always important because sometimes they

disappear and you have to know that there was one
there. The only way you can know for sure that a

phantom item is not there anymore is if the player
throws that item away or you can see them trailing

a different item. Now, this game has a really
funny thing about rails online, where the game

knows approximately where the other player is,
but for some reason, it cannot tell you for sure

that this player is on the rail, even if they're
moving, like they definitely are on a rail. Now,

this can sometimes work to your advantage since
you could be right next to somebody and not get

bumped off cuz they're lagging. But it is still
your responsibility to anticipate what your

opponents are probably doing and play as if
the other player is there on the rail because

even if you don't see them, they can teleport
back to their real position at any moment,

which could cause you to get hit or get bumped
off. So, while this behavior is pretty silly,

anytime it messes you up, you have to admit
that you could have seen this coming. And

one more way that the game tends to lag is
when you hit snipes on other players. Again,

the game is trying to predict their position, but
there is always a delay between when something

happens on your screen and their screen. So, by
the time their screen shows them the green shell,

they are already in a different spot. But there
is a very easy way to counter this, and that is to

always try to hit the spot in front of where the
other player is. Even if you miss on your screen,

this is a very reliable way to guarantee a hit
on their screen. While these differences due to

online lag can be frustrating at first, ultimately
you have to understand that this is just how the

game is. And if the lag is truly so bad that you
don't even care to improve at this game because

it's stupid, then stop playing. And this is
actually what people did in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,

because constantly getting hit by nothing is so
infuriating. But honestly, Mario Kart World's lag

issues are almost nothing in comparison. It will
feel silly at first when you get griefed by lag,

but I promise you that this level of positional
lag is something that you can get used to, and

it almost never actually affects the outcome of
a race. Is the net code perfect? No, it could be

a lot better, but it's almost always going to be
good enough. And hey, at least it's not like Super

Smash Bros. Ultimate where even your controller
inputs are lagging and the game randomly stutters

and stops. I cannot believe Nintendo released that
game in this condition and it's still like this.

While it may not seem like it at first, dealing
with luck and understanding luck is fundamental

to your improvement at Mario Kart. Because if you
crash out about bad luck or you feel like you have

no control because some things in this game are
random, you will actually just not improve.

The more skilled player will always win in Mario Kart
on average. There is way too much driving skill

and item planning required to the point where when
I watch an average Mario Kart player play. I'm not kidding.

I literally tried this and I took notes.
I would usually do at least one thing differently

every single second. I would do over a hundred
things differently every single race. And this

is why when I race online against players below
my skill level, even against players in the

high 8,000 VR range, these are good players. I
finish in first place. a lot. But even if I'm

not finishing at first, I almost always finish in
the top six. And I know this because if I don't do

that even one time, my rating just plummets. And
this is not to mention playing against slightly

more casual players where I have finished a four
race session with a perfect score of 60 several

times. I even made an entire video where I said
I'd stop as soon as I lost one of these. And I

went over two hours in real time where I scored
the most points every single time. And even when

I finally lost, and look, I lost by a lot, this
included a race where I made all the right plays

and just had a terrible luck moment right at the
end that cost me big time. If this shock had not

occurred, I would have actually won again. So,
the reason I'm winning is because I understand

the game well and I set myself up in situations
where I have a high probability to win. Now,

that doesn't mean I always win, but the nature
of probability means that I will often win if I

do this, and I will win on average. Now, look,
I'm not saying this to brag, because according

to my ranking, there are over 300 other players
in the world who could have done the same thing,

but even better. Now, I'm saying this because
there is a common misconception that just because

a game has a core element of chance that this
means the entire game is based on luck. This is

not true. Almost every competitive card game and
board game and many competitive video games have

some core element of chance, but that doesn't stop
the best players in the world from consistently

winning. In fact, having luck play a role in the
game simply raises the skill ceiling because there

are effectively an infinite amount of situations
that you must be prepared for. An infinite amount

of problems you must be able to solve quickly.
But of course, this doesn't change the fact that

sometimes the reason why you lost is really just
bad luck. I mean, if it's happening every single

race, you're probably doing something wrong.
Maybe you're just not driving as fast as your

competitors, so they pass you and they hit you
on the way. This is actually really common where

playing against stronger players than yourself
actually just feels like bad luck when in reality

they're just better than you. This actually
happened to me in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. And no,

I did not realize that at the time. I really
thought it was just the worst luck I've ever had.

Mario Kart is a very stressful game. In fact, it
has been measured to be one of the most stressful

games in existence. It is normal to get heated
and get tilted because of bad luck. So sometimes

you just need to take a break and come back with a
cool head later to think about what you could have

done better because there's always something you
could have done better. But you won't have all the answers.

So it's also important to watch highlevel
gameplay to see what pros do differently than you.

This is something I still do all the time as I
refine my strategies. And I always make an effort

in my own videos to analyze my gameplay and tell
you what I did poorly and what I did well so you

can take that advice into your own races. I can
make a beginner guide, a pro guide, a guide for

every single track, but ultimately because Mario
Kart has so much creativity and brand new unique

situations, it is impossible to cover all of that
in an organized way. And so watching highlevel

players play and explain their decision-making
is very important for you to be able to build the

intuition on how you can improve your own races.
Bad luck streaks can happen and they will happen,

but good luck streaks happen too. Just because a
bad luck streak happened, that does not mean this

game is impossible. Keep improving and I promise
you, you will see results.

So that's the end of the beginner guide.

If you practice everything
in this guide and memorize the 30 track layouts,

or more if there's DLC at some point, you will
become an excellent Mario Kart World player.

Next up is the pro guide. We will be talking about
a lot more specific techniques for both your

driving and items decisions such as alternate
paths for each track, boosted charge jumps,

boosted tricks, how to become more consistent at
shortcuts, predicting and managing your items,

reading the mini map, predicting the
shock, specific powerful item plays,

and even more that I probably don't even know
about right now because hopefully by then even

more cool techniques will be discovered in this
game. Mario Kart World is still new and this is

the best opportunity to try and improve. Who
knows, maybe eventually you will be able to

compete against the best players in the world.
The pro guide is coming and will be linked in

the description once I make it. Good luck out
there and I hope to see you on the race course.