Seasoned Mario Kart players know to drift often to accumulate boosts and get some extra speed coming around corners. With charge jumps, Mario Kart World looked as if it would add yet one more technique to get some marginal gains and edge out opponents–but the story is not that easy.
Charge jumps, that are essentially drifts done on straightaways as a substitute of corners, include all the identical visual indicators of granting a speed boost as classic drifting, nevertheless it seems that the technique may technically slow you down. Following intensive investigation from the Mario Kart community, fans have seemingly confirmed that standard acceleration on a straight is preferable to charge-jumping.
YouTube user Karting All Day comprehensively explored the differences in speed between charge-jumping and normal racing within the video embedded above. Kotaku also independently confirmed the outcomes across different top-speed builds.
So what, then, is the purpose of Nintendo even adding this capability to the sport? There are a couple of explanation why charge-jumping can still be useful. Usually, they are a option to gain access to certain things; a fast charge jump can get you as much as the requisite height to grab a grind rail, and so they may help start wall rides.
Mario Kart World launched alongside the Switch 2 last month, and it has been a industrial success. Its tweaks and additions to the Mario Kart formula have inspired a wealth of suggestions, tricks, and investigations, including one detailing how coins work barely in another way than you’d expect.