TOAD'S TURPIKE
| Short-cuts the following was contributed by: Select any driver and make sure to have the map selected on your screen. Drive along the regular course until you come to the part where the map overlaps itself. Now make a sharp 90 degree turn to the right, and head for the guardrail, but keep jumping with the R button until your kart lands on top of the guardrail. At this point Lakitu will tow you back onto the course as usual. As soon as Lakitu sets you down, hold both the A and B buttons down and hold the analog stick to the right, so that your driver will do a spin turn. Do the spin turn until your kart is facing 90 degrees to the right, and release the analog stick and the B button. At this point, you will see your kart driver from a profile view. Now jump with the R button before you make contact with the guardrail. If all goes well, you will jump through the wall and off the course into a lake. Depending on where you land, Lakitu may tow you onto a later section of the course! If you don't end up going through the wall and end up on the guardrail instead, then repeat the process beginning with the spin turn to right. You should eventually get this to work, but it takes a LOT of practice. Lakitu always tows you to whichever part of the track is closest, so make sure to aim for someplace near the later section of the track. If your jump is really precise, you may end up landing on the track below instead of in the water. Sometimes Lakitu will tow you ahead even if you just land on the guardrail, but this is quite rare. With this trick, I have managed to improve my overall score to 2'07"67 and my lap score to 34"96, both with Toad. Don't be surprised if it takes a long time before you get it to work the first time. It is possible to get this trick to work on a semi-regular basis if you are really good at it. |
| VS/GP Remember that all the item boxes are along the left side of the track (right side if you are racing mirrored version). If you get a ghost or star you can go through the other vehicles on the road. |
| General Info On the mirrored version of this couse the tracks are coming towards you and this makes it far more difficult. |