Why do Pro Mario Kart players HOP so much?

tutorial on how to jump/hop and drift better, including alignment hops, counter hopping, and shortcuts. useful tip for mario kart 150cc 200cc mk8dx

[Maninmyliver]

“Pro mariocart players dont touch grass”

[Kosmo_Z]

As someone who lives on video games, I’ll be sure to be jumping more to avoid the grass

[zyla.ztrlsa]

can we just talk about how informitave all shortcat shorts are. bro's a legend for giving tips like these and it probably helps hundreds if not thousands of players who are looking to get better. not to mention how often he posts. mad props, ur awesome dude

[IronBlaze]

Man, inward drifting bikes _really_ got screwed over in this game: you can’t counter hop, super bounce, or see much of where you’re going when drifting.

[circuitcoder]

"I'll hop again to avoid hitting the wall" *hops and hits the wall*

[Tatertots_yummy]

Everyone knows pro gamers are determined to never touch grass

[mjmoffatt]

Your tips helped me get into my schools esports team

[Destroyer]

Shortcat: Why do pro Mariokart players hop so much?

Instantly me: *Because it’s fun*

[knuckles]

This made me remember the Wii U era and when pro Mario kart 8 players would exploit a glitch called fire hops
The way this worked is the fire boost you get from mini turbos would be extended if you hopped when it happened

[Andesite]

Don't give people more ways to avoid grass

[zoctaniun]

I swear this dude cubes in an alternate universe

[TayoAAdetola]

More people on the internet need to touch grass tbh so not sure if hopping is going to be good for them.😂

[Sizzyl]

Also for some people it's muscle memory fro. Fire hopping in the original mk8

[tomlawson]

Another reason that some veteran mk8 players hop a lot is because of a bug that used to be in the game called “fire hopping” that allowed for you to stretch out a boost for a longer duration. A lot of us can’t shake that muscle memory.

[enderrune]

im so used to shaking my joy-cons when going off a ramp that i shook my phone when he went off the ramp

[Dabe-icgu]

Fun fact: in the Wii U version of mk8, if you hop back and forth while in a boost, due to a bug you go faster/the boost lasts longer (I don't remember which). This is called fire hopping

[samuel_goopster]

So the better you are at Mario Kart, the less you touch grass. Making the peak of Mario Kart about who doesn't touch grass the most. Sounds about right.

[YoutubePizzer]

46:30 the fact that this dialogue option locks you into FULL CONFRONTATION is insane

[rollinroby]

As an inward drift main, seeing all this hopping stuff just not work for us is frustratingly accurate.

[actualfrog]

" and not touch grass" bro saved me with that