Mario Kart 7

The one thing that I have noticed, however, is that off-road also seems to affect traction, as when I use the Monster tires at Neo Bowser City, their traction is better than that of the Roller tires. This may pretty much explain why I did so poorly with the Gold Tires when I tried out the pure gold combo; bad handling AND bad off-road is a jinx at Neo Bowser City, but Z'zgashi says otherwise. Of course, the Roller tires offer high handling to counter their weak off-road, but at the same time, their off-road is only second worst (tied with the Slim and Mushroom tires') when compared to the Slick tires and Gold Tires, which have the worst possible off-road.
 
I think bad off-road and rain are bad combinations, which would explain New Bowser City. Same with Kalamari Desert, but I love sliding around in the desert so it's good.
 
Well I decided to use the Gold Standard again earlier, but I went with the Monster tires, instead of the Gold Tires. It appears that my traction theory is on the right track, since I've been able to use the Gold Standard + Monster + Gold Glider combo with some success.
 
Monkey D. Luffy said:
I loved it. Maybe because I love rain
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Same, although I can understand any negative feelings towards it, when I first started out, I was bumping into every single wall, driving off the cliff, due to the sharp turns.
 
At least the Wood tires are very efficient at Neo Bowser City, since they boost handling without affecting off-road.
 
Dark Lord Gaol said:
I switched to Metal Mario for WiFi race because I'm tired of players pushing me
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You could also use Bowser, Wario, or Queen Bee, if weight is your number one concern. Of course, Metal Mario's karts have the same body frame as that of the Light class and Medium class, so in a way, he's quite unique for a Heavy class character.

Anyway, you would have to go all out with the Monster tires if you want the best possible weight, but you are sacrificing acceleration during the process. At least when you're racing in the Real(life) Karts community, you can go all out with the speed; that community is "Mushrooms only".

Which reminds me, I've started doing some races in the Real(life) Karts community now.