Mario Kart Tour is the latest chapter of the racing game made in Nintendo, a title that can be difficult both for those approaching it for the first time, and for veterans who have not yet fully learned how much this iteration differs from the previous ones.
So let's see 9 things to know but what Mario Kart Tour does not tell you.
Coins are used to shop in the store
Normally the coins accumulated during a race do not leave the track, but only serve to increase the maximum speed once you reach 10, leaving the inventory at the end of the race. In Mario Kart Tour, however, gold coins can be used to buy characters, karts and gliders in the shop. Do your best to collect coins while racing.
Coin rush
Remaining on the subject of coins, there is an interesting way to make you accumulate the coins necessary to reach, perhaps, that object that you have spotted in the store. This mode sees you racing through New York as Gold Mario on a path full of shiny golden coins; if you drive near them, Mario will automatically take them.
To enter this mode, click on the "+" button found next to the total coins in your possession, on the screen at the top; you will come to a screen where you will have to choose which multiplier to activate, at the cost of some rubies. Once the race has started, we advise you to stay in the center, so as to maximize the number of coins collected.
Driving aid
The so-called “Smart Steering” is an active option in Mario Kart Tour which, like an invisible hand, guides you around the corners, but you can disable it from the menu. The Drift instead takes place automatically when you have been cornering for more than a few seconds, and if you wait for the color around the drifting wheels to change from white to blue, to orange and finally to purple, you will receive a speed boost once it is stopped. the scoured.
The shop offers daily items
This is nothing more than a daily selection, offered by the shop, which will allow you to spend coins instead of rubies to buy some interesting characters, carts or gliders at a discount.
2 weeks of Gold Pass, free
The Gold Pass, one of the most controversial features of Mario Kart Tour: is a paid subscription of about $ 4.99 per month that unlocks the 200cc mode as well as other bonuses. If the monthly price puts you at attention and you don't know whether to subscribe or not, know that there is a 2-week free trial, accessible by clicking directly on the button to activate the service, from which point the 14-day trial will start.
Friends cannot be added right away
Surely you have noticed the Friends menu, on the main Mario Kart Tour screen: well, if you are only at the beginning of your career, you will not be able to access it. In fact, you will have to complete the first Ranked Cup, that is the Koopa Troopa, a relatively easy goal since it will be enough to complete three Cups or 12 races.
Starting with the turbo
The more seasoned of you will know that Mario Kart allows you to start with the turbo, if you know what to do; Mario Kart Tour has the same mechanics but it's yet another thing it doesn't tell you to have. To start with a small speed boost, wait for the 2 to appear in the countdown, slide down with your finger on the screen and leave it alone when the GO appears.
Take one, throw another
If you drive through an item box in Mario Kart Tour, your slots will fill up with the items you collect, but if you keep these items in the slots for too long, Mario will automatically use the first item on the list as soon as you pass through another. items box.
The location points
Completing a race will see you collect points regardless of the position in which you finished the race, but the points assigned are not random: the score accumulated on the track must in fact be multiplied by a factor determined precisely by your position at the finish (1x for the 1st place, 0.85x for 2nd, etc).
That's it for our guide for Mario Kart Tour so get behind the wheel, watch out for the curves and turbo!
► Mario Kart Tour is a racing type game developed by Nintendo DeNA and published by Nintendo for Android and iOS, the video game was released on 25/09/2019
