> 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
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.
For a speedrun you don't care about 100 failed runs as long as you get the world record once. You're basically hoping to get lucky that the computer opponent won't hit you. Obviously you're going to pick the greediest (i.e highest speed) choice in that setting, that doesn't make it good in normal gameplay.
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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
paytonjjones · · focus · HN ↗
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.
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People do speedrun the individual tracks solo in other categories.
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