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Mario Meets Pareto

837 points · 146 comments · theanonymousone

__s · 1786023293 · focus · HN ↗
> You probably won't pick a driver sitting on the edge of the frontier because you want some balance between speed and acceleration
for super mario kart speedruns go with bowser/dk: <a href="https://www.speedrun.com/smk/runs/zp68nr8m" rel="nofollow">https://www.speedrun.com/smk/runs/zp68nr8m
That seemed to hold up for Mario Kart 8 too going with Bowser at the edge of their pareto frontier, <a href="https://www.speedrun.com/mk8" rel="nofollow">https://www.speedrun.com/mk8
needing acceleration is a skill issue
1. paytonjjones · 1786024799 · focus · HN ↗
  Speedruns are for playing the track solo, right?
  If you're playing normally (with other people and items), even the most skilled player can't avoid getting hit by some universal items and will benefit from acceleration.
  Hence, as the author notes, the balanced build with Peach being favored among competitive players.
  1. crtasm · 1786025081 · focus · HN ↗
    GP first link is to a speedrun in the all cups category, played with items and computer opponents. There's a video included.
    People do speedrun the individual tracks solo in other categories.
    __s · 1786030195 · focus · HN ↗
    It's a fair point that such an environment will be different than playing against other humans

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