codly68 wrote on 06/20/14 at 21:24:03:


You can see which ones use Wii wheel. I'm not entirely sure it's better, because I haven't seen hard evidence.

For anything else, there are 3 main things to note:
1) GamePad / WiiU Pro have a brake button. (others can only brake with drift/hop button) This lets you turn sharper. Important for RR. (and others)
2) Circular sticks (without corners) are no good. They can't easily softdrift, and they actually can't turn as sharply.
3) DPads are perfect for softdrifting. Holding inside+up/down is softdrift, but outside+up/down is the same as just outside.

For the majority of courses I'd say GamePad or WiiU Pro. But if you need the control of a stick, Nunchuck.

Fisico wrote on 06/22/14 at 02:24:01:


As far as I know...

1) Yes

2) No

Fisico wrote on 06/22/14 at 02:37:20:


....the nunchuck doesn't have a circular stick, it has an octogonal stick.

1. lap one starts with 0 coins, taking coins raises your speed
2. it boosts your speed
3. yes, if you want to do it perfectly

Probably another nooby question (I still have to learn much...), but what exactly is the difference between Slick and Cyber Slick or are they equal?
Because the WR seems to vary between these tyres.

Fisico wrote on 06/22/14 at 13:55:07:


The table of stats is good, it includes lots of hidden stats as well

edit: oops forgot to link, http://www.mariowiki.com/Mario_Kart_8

There are multiple ways to do this, but I would say the easiest way is:
- As soon as you can, start the drift right when you approach the zipper
- You can charge the MT in the air by holding hard right
- By the time you land, the SMT will almost be charged (after half a second it will be)

On lap 1 I release the SMT before it as soon as possible, then immediately hop, start drifting, collect the two coins before the first ramp and then take the ramp. While in the air steer all the way to the right and when you land it'll be almost completely charged.

Thanks for the replies   I got it to work pretty wel (y)
I got 02:05.0 after I found out how it worked  
Now I'm aming for the top10  

Does shrooming without any coins give the same amount of speed as shrooming with full (or any other amount of coins)? If yes, then it would be faster to use all three shrooms on lap 1 on several courses.

TASPlasma wrote on 06/24/14 at 18:38:47:


shrooming earlier is generally better if both shroomspots are equal because you get the coins early -> you have them longer -> saves a tiny bit of time

^ You just have to get used to the feel of the optimum angle. Read my softdrift explanation in my Tech/FAQs thread - people need to get the idea of "diagonal" out of their head and understand why this is the recommended method. The good thing about the circular mount (as opposed to octagonal) is that you can adjust your drifting (angle) with great sensitivity during a drift.


I use the gamepad so this is from experience. Hope this helps.

I just tried to attempt soft drifting on rMMM and I still fail terribly, seemingly even more so with the D-pad. Using left+up seems to make me still turn extremely tightly... not not nearly wide enough to have enough room to use the orange MT at the last turn of rMMM. I had decided I wanted to try to focus on this course, and last night I got 1:29.1xx, but I can't seem to improve it. :/

The only things I can't do on the course currently is the orange MT on the last turn on laps 1 and 2, and then about 50% of the time I can get the blue MT before the ramp (the one without the zipper) and have enough time to straighten myself out. I'm not sure if soft drifting is needed for the ramp thing, but definitely for the last turn. It's kinda what's setting me back and I will keep experimenting but it either makes me turn too tightly or doesn't seem to charge fast enough. :/