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When Mario Kart Deadlocks came out, I started
to do 200cc time attacks on the various tracks
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and when I practiced them enough, I wondered
how fast I could complete a full speedrun
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on the game. My first Mario Kart version
I played was Mario Kart Super Circuit
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I started practicing individual levels with
Mario Kart 7, but I never was a top player there
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My speedrun is a combination of all the strategies
that have been found by the Mario Kart community
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for each track. It's totally possible
to go much faster than my speedrun
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First of all, RNG plays a big role in the
game, meaning that if you get hit by a blue
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shell, a shock or a red shell for instance,
your speedrun gets much much slower
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Understanding how a game works, how to handle
the game's physics and how levels are made
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are the keys when you're trying to obtain a world record. Mastering Mario
Kart 8 isn't an easy task, since there are a few hidden mechanics that
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aren't obvious at a first glance. My first tip is to always look
at individual levels' world records when trying to speedrun
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a game. When doing time trial, it's not always
obvious where you need to use a mushroom to get a
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portion of the track or which racing lines
you need to follow, so looking at the world
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record strategies is always important
to help you improve for a speedrun
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My second tip is to learn a technique called soft drift. When you start
a drift during a turn, you can always close or open your steering angle
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in order to charge a mini turbo faster or
slower based on the turn you're taking
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If I could be any character in Mario
Kart, I would probably be Roy Koopa
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He's the one with more personality of all
the Koopalings in my opinion, and he has also
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a really badass look with those sunglasses. I think the concept of
playing a racing game with the most famous characters of a Mario
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franchise is what makes this game so popular. When I show my speedrunning
skills and results to my family or my friends, they always remain
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surprised of what I was able to achieve. Sometimes
even I am surprised of what I am able to achieve
