☆Troopah

I've seen many people (mostly noobs) say that Gold tires and Slick tires are virtually the same because of the Speed Increase and Handling Decrease. But, other than that, there are actually many differences between the Slick and the Gold Tires. Here are a few

Stat Differences

Here are that stat differences between Slick and Gold

Slick vs. Gold

Speed: +1/+1
Acceleration: -0.25/-0.5
Weight: +0.25/+0.5
Handling: -1.25/-1.25
Off-Road: -2.5/-2.5
Sea Speed: -1/-1
Sky Speed: 0/0
Sea Handling: -1.25/0
Sky Handling: 0/-1
Drift: +1/-1
Mini-Turbo: 0/0
Stability: 0/0



How to Unlock

Slick: Randomly Unlocked between 50 and 4500 coins.
Gold: Obtain a minimum of a one star ranking in all cups of every engine class, or collect 15000 coins.

Colour

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Space Taken Up on screen

Slick takes up more. Minor Difference

Thank you for viewing this thread. Now you know the differences :3

Anpsi

now do monster v. red monster

☆Troopah

Probably a joke, but ok I will!

Mario and Sonic Guy

Another major difference comes when you use certain kart bodies. In order to get the fastest possible combo with 3.75 acceleration, you're stuck with the Slick wheels, and the following combo inputs...

Feather + Bruiser + Slick + Paraglider (Swooper, Flower Glider, Peach Parasol)
Feather + Zucchini + Slick + Paraglider (Swooper, Flower Glider, Peach Parasol)
Light + Soda Jet + Slick + Paraglider (Swooper, Flower Glider, Peach Parasol)

This is something that the Gold Tires can't offer at all.

In a similar manner, in order to get 5.5 speed and 1.75 acceleration, only the following combos will work...

Heavy + Bruiser + Slick + Paraglider (Swooper, Flower Glider, Peach Parasol)
Heavy + Zucchini + Slick + Paraglider (Swooper, Flower Glider, Peach Parasol)

Now, in the long run, you're better off with the Slicks, especially since they don't hamper the air handling stat at all. Sure they're going to hinder sea handling, but it's not like that stat is THAT important.

As for the Gold Tires, just go Red Monster instead, as they hinder the same amount of acceleration as the Gold Tires, but are way more off-road friendly.

Fλ»Poliwhirl

Do gold wheels really hinder air handling? I haven't checked that at all.

Anpsi

yeah, you have to use parasol or flower glider for proper movement with gold wheels.

Mario and Sonic Guy

You only really need a minimum of 1.75 air handling to have decent air controls. Of course, with enough effort, you can pull off most glider shortcuts with just 0.75-1.5 air handling.

Anpsi

I think it'd be better to have precision when taking glider cuts than to barely pull it off and possibly mess up in the process.

Rm★Liar

It doesn't exactly matter to me, but on different courses, I use slick, and on others, I use gold. Mostly because I use the WR combos.

Understood? .o.