Hopping is Literally Faster in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

tutorial: how to hop or use hopping to go faster in a star or mushroom in 150cc and 200cc mk8dx. good for bagging and item strategy

[gamkht]

"My girlfriend is cheating on me" lol

[hanchen]

Saying bagging is a form of cheating is the same as saving your +4’s for a person who has 1 card left during an uno game

[patheticdawg]

“You are now officially cheating” - Shortcat, 2024 💀

[FondantApple]

Wow that’s actually a really good tip I usually never go backwards unless if it’s a bagging track like yoshis circuit to get coins from the start. Cause I always thought of this as you would go back to your top speed in seconds as long as you have very good acceleration

[TheBigSmqch]

"You are now officially cheating"
"Thanks Nintendo"

[domncena]

Everyday I learn more and more about the importance of hops

[BlueSkooty]

this is actually really good to know! this’ll help when im bagging on yoshi circuit

[axolofa]

The logical explanation for why hopping makes you accelerate faster is that it allows the wheels to start rotating faster when they're not having to dig into the ground to get it started.

[BasedStuttgartfan]

This guy is like a Teacher but as a Mario Kart 8

[enigmatic]

The fabled "old car toys" tech

[PyroJ_]

Dude, never change. That comment wall has me dying 😂

[tanookisam]

This reason why this happens has to do with how the game handles acceleration from a dead stop or while braking- if your speed is below zero (moving backwards) OR you are holding the brake button, trying to accelerate will cause your tires to completely lose traction and skid around. You won’t be able to fully accelerate in this state until they grip the ground again, but for some reason (probably because you lose contact with the road, so the tires can start rolling again) hopping totally resets your traction, allowing your tires to instantly grip the road surface and begin rolling normally. Notably, this also occurs during the race start countdown, which is why almost all 200cc time trial world records (and some 150cc runs) use a mushroom at the start of the race- doing so boosts your acceleration so much that you’ll exit the skid state more quickly on top of the immediate acceleration to top speed.

[trentinstudios]

bagging isn't cheating, it's applying logic to the competition. If you don't get good items at the front, Just take in an item from the back. Kinda simple, honestly.

[ryuzaki]

I always hopped desperately, just intuitively, but I thought I was doing something superstitious. I never knew for sure if it helped until today.

[saku]

People say its cheating as if stealing 1st last second because of a mushroom you got in 3rd or 2nd doesn't happen all the time

[chineduj-o]

He's not even hiding the usernames, that's wild

[HatInLime]

People will complain about any strategy they don't like as cheating lol, if bagging really is such a problem then instead of saying the player's cheating complain to Nintendo to fix it. Not the player's fault for using the tools they were given right-

Cheating implies utilizing a tool that others normally cannot get access to, which doesn't really apply in this context. People are just mad that a playstyle they don't like is valid.

[Quinnsicott]

know the work rules: bagging to catch up after falling behind is a cool strat, bagging initially as a strat every single time you play the game is lame

[Nick_the_human]

Peach is so peached up with that outfit

[PavelR]

Don’t worry guys, your girlfriend is not cheating on you, she is just bagging 😃