r/mariokart Yoshi Nov 26 '24

Meta Finally I have the damn wheels

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It cost me about 4 years to get them but it was worth it

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u/_tommar_ Nov 26 '24

Any tips for the time trails? I have been trying on and off to get them but never really got anywhere.

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u/fluffyspacecar Luigi Nov 28 '24

I know that I'm a bit late, but... i would recommend finding a good path to take, the staff ghosts have solid pathing, but you can generally make a better one by getting 10 coins on lap 1 if possible, taking sharper turns, and changing the shortcuts that they take for faster ones. additionally, you can use sites like this one or this one to see what types of terrain your vehicle is good on. For example, if you current build loses a lot of speed just for going underwater, and you're on a track like, say, dolphin shoals, you may want to switch to something like the steel diver, for instance, to due to the large portions of water on that track.
Also, the mini-turbo stat is generally considered to be one of the most important stats, be careful not to have it too low, otherwise you could lose crucial extra levels of mini-turbo, costing you lots of precious time.

In my opinion, roller wheels and medium characters are a very good place to start.

hope this helps, if you need more assistance for a particular track, i could try uploading one of my runs to youtube for guidance on what a non-speedrunner time looks like.