-------------Misc TACTICS------
For tactics that are useful, but don't fit into a catagory.
Rocket Restart-When you fall off the track,when he is going to place you down, wait til he drops you, the moment you hit the ground, press the button that you use to go, if done right, you should get a boost.
Grumble Volcano -You can do this one of 2 ways. The first is easy. All you have to do is turn around and fall in the lava. When you are placed back, line up with the rock to your left(or right in mirror mode.) Stand still Mini turbo, then once you get sparks, let go, wheelie for extra speed then trick off the jump, hopefully you will land on the rock. Go around it but make sure to pass the finish line on the rock.
-----Key Points----
1-Big hill past the finish line.
2-Small hill near the jump.
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*Bonus*Both can be done with karts and automatic. *Never do this online.*
Grumble Glitcher Blocking- When you see someone Grumble glitching, try to keep them from doing it. It is easy to do, unless you use the Quacker. Follow them and block where they are trying to jump from. Bump them while they are wheelieing, or STMTing. Keep blocking them until they leave or until they lose a ton of VR. If they do get up there on the rock, then bump them off, block the narrower parts of the rock. *If you can't, then just torture them in another race*
Hacker detection- A good way in spotting subtle hackers, is to hold an item that there can only be one of, like a blue shell,lightning,star,mega mushroom or bullet bill. If someone hits you with one of these items, and you have it in your inventory, they are hacking. A good example is if you hold a blue shell, then you get blue shelled, somethings not right.
Quick Funky Stadium Escape- On the middle section, where the tunnel thing is, if you have a kart, drift on the boost pads where the tunnel is. Make sure you are really close to falling, once you get to where the top of the tunnel is, make sure part of your kart hits the inside, you should either go flying sideways, or backwards. When getting away from mega mushrooms,stars,and shells, I found this useful.
Phantom Stuck in Fence- Get to the lower pathway, get to the boost pad part but don't fly off the jump,instead, make sure you drive into the left side of the fence and keep moving up,once you are on the edge, move more ,when you think you'll fly off move back quickly. If you did it right, part of the Phantom should be stuck in the fence.
I have a question. I know it's about 14-15 items until you get a 1st place mushroom. Does each individual triple shell/banana peel add up to the total items?
Does it matter what place you're in as you run through the item boxes initially?
They don't count as individual items.
From a recent race on Bowser Castle,I dipped into lower places, then for a lap stayed in 1st and got a mushroom.So I don't think you need to stay in 1st