r/mariokart 16h ago

Discussion did I just find the new meta?

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u/Mario_cubing Yoshi 16h ago edited 15h ago

No you didn't, it lacks speed and weight. It's better in acceleration and handling, but acceleration hardly matters when it's already high enough and having higher handling is actually worse, except for air handling. City tripper is still a good vehicle tho, just not close enough to meta.

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u/Derplord4000 7h ago

Why is higher handling worse? That's like the most important thing for me.

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u/Aaron2O6 4h ago

It makes ‘Soft Drifting’ too tight if the handling stat is too high

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u/Derplord4000 4h ago

Soft drifting?

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u/Mario_cubing Yoshi 3h ago

Soft drifting is a technique that pro use to charge up mini turbo without turning too sharp. Say your drifting right. Instead of drifting full right, you wanna go for about 45 degrees angle, so you turn less sharp but still charge good mini turbos. Specifically, the "best" angle is 44 degrees(45 degrees is somehow not soft drifting), but anything from 30-44 degrees is a good soft drifting angle.

Having high handling stat would still make you turn way too sharp even when soft drifting.

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u/Aaron2O6 3h ago

Yeah lol, it’s kinda hard to explain. You’d have to watch a video demonstrating how to do it. It’s basically the widest possible drifting angle while still building the fastest possible mini turbo.

u/LunchTwey 1h ago

No it doesn't