Not sure if this is the proper place to post it, but I had a question about some strats on Bowser's Castle. Recently went from 2:06.9xx to 2:05.422 after a night of trial and error and improving, but I still have a few questions that don't relate to my imperfections.

- Why/how is it faster to not trick at the entrance to the Golem Bowser chamber and instead buffer a MT? Also, how is this done without having to correct so much you lose time? I've tried normal and soft drifts, but I always get nearly thrown off the track.

- Is it faster on lap 2 to use the left path? Or is that just what the Kyzers happened to use on the WR ghost I have? Maybe it's because I'm a few seconds behind, but I feel like it'd be better to do right-right-left instead of right-left-right given the amount of trick ramps per lap.

- How on earth do WR holders hit the dirt with their left wheels after the SC shroom/mid firehop and not slow down? Also, any tips on optimizing this turn? I'm able to get in about 4-ish timed jumps/slides, but it seems like other folks have no trouble getting in many more.

Feel free to answer as little or as many of these if you like, and thanks.

You have to use your shroom early,and right after it ends you have to do a down softdrift ( yes lol ) which allows you to slowdown a bit and get a proper angle.

and it's a real struggle for everyone to get those hops down,they litteraly are frame timed. Sometimes you can go over the offroad patch on the right and gain a huge amount out of nowhere. But that's still difficult to master.