The Shiney Renamed Official Mario Kart 8 Thread of Officialness

Let's play guess the Mii..........

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I agree it's the best console around at the moment, i've had the ps4 and xbone for 5 weeks (friend going travelling) and I hardly touched them, they need to come on a long way before i'd consider shelling out that type of cash.

picked up the wiiu for £199 with a load of free games, loved it (also helps that the mrs enjoys it just as much) but everything is simple, fun, works perfectly. I wish I had gone one earlier
 
Oops, not sure this was a productive use of my time !

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I've learnt some interesting things from my analysis, such as:

1 - Acceleration+Land Speed+Turbo is 8.5 for all classes except Metalweight which is 8. Never ever use that class.

2 - Only use these vehicles:
Biddybuggy
Landship
Mr.Scooty
Sport Bike
Yoshi Bike
Jet Bike
Comet

3 - Only use these tyres:
Roller
Azure Roller
Button
Wood
Sponge
Cushion

4 - Only use these gliders:
Cloud Glider
Flower Glider
Bowser Kite
Parafoil
MKTV Parafoil
Peach Parasol
Parachute

You can obviously use others, but it is inefficient to do so.

Edit: Hmm, actually since acceleration always takes the floor of the value (unless it's above 4.00) and factoring in the diminishing returns on acceleration these are the best speed, acceleration and turbo stats I could come up with:
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Setup 3 is looking mighty tasty there, and setup 4 was the one I worked out to be the best for acceleration, speed and turbo before even crunching the numbers. I'm so awesome!
 
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I'm being thick (not hard).

Setups 3 and 4 look good (I think?) from your table, but then underneath you don't mention any of the vehicles, tyres or gliders in those setups?
 
megalomanic said:
Gold glider... you've been playing a lot :D

I got the gold kart and wheels but not glider yet
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I've not got all the unlocks yet, but loads are redundant. For example, there are only 2 sets of glider stats:
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Nismo said:
I'm being thick (not hard).

Setups 3 and 4 look good (I think?) from your table, but then underneath you don't mention any of the vehicles, tyres or gliders in those setups?
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Yep, I've just put up the stats, not the setup.
 
I think I've settled on my 4 setups depending on what balance of speed/acceleration/turbo I want:
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Anyone had problems with the game saving, done a few 150cc cups other day went to do more today and it hadn't saved a couple i swore i done, then just now done a cup topped the table at the end went to do another one and it says i havent done the one i just won! :mad:
 
WaynelleUK09 said:
Anyone had problems with the game saving, done a few 150cc cups other day went to do more today and it hadn't saved a couple i swore i done, then just now done a cup topped the table at the end went to do another one and it says i havent done the one i just won! :mad:
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Nope can't say I've had that problem!
 
I sort of get the science behind this - but then when you have to pick one vehicle for one cup and that cup kinda throws a bit of everything at you (sand/tarmac/stone/water/antigrav/airtime/tight corners/long corners etc etc etc) then surely to some degree the vehicle and setup strengths and weaknesses get ironed out?
 
It just depends on how cocky I am feeling as to what setup I use. The cockier I am, the higher speed I go for!

The only really important stat is to have acceleration on a round number. Putting it all in a spreadsheet lets me chop and change the setup to see the exact numbers to take 0.25 off a 4.25 acceleration setup and put it into speed for example.

It also helps me to compare stats of people I see online against my stats.
 
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I spent 2 hours last night trying to learn that fire hop exploit so i could get a WR time on Mario Circuit. It took ages to get what i thought was a perfect run using the hop, and i only beat my ghost time by 2 seconds.

I hope they patch it, because i cant do it! :P
 
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