This ‘Mario Kart World’ speedrun is the most precise car control you’ve ever seen – Jalopnik

Speed ​​is fun, but precision is what separates good drivers from the greats. Anyone can buy something cheap and powerful and put the hammer down on a straight road, but it takes an expert to put a car exactly where they want it time and time again: entering and exiting corners, gliding perfectly through a course, these are the things that mark a truly excellent driver. But every example of precision driving I’ve ever seen pales in comparison to what I saw last night: a speedrun of “Mario Kart World” that makes every other driver look sloppy.

This week, yes Great games done quicklya weeklong spectacle of video game speedrunning that puts the best of the best on stage and on air to raise money for charity. Most of the event’s racing games will be released on Wednesday, but we already got a taste of the genre with “Mario Kart World” last night — world record holder Helix took the stage to complete the game’s free-roam mode and collect all the question mark panels. The run itself lasted about 90 seconds Helix’s record pace (a pace she even claims to have beaten in training for the stream), but it’s truly incredible to see her skills in play.

Speed ​​runs in video games are a far cry from racing a car in the real world – the skills aren’t exactly transferred one-to-one – but it’s amazing to see how precisely a vehicle can be controlled by someone who is such a master of the craft. When you do it with a game as accessible as ‘Mario Kart’, something that so many people have played, the demonstration of speedrunning skill becomes all the more apparent. If you’ve ever played a kart racer, check out Helix’s run above and see just how high the skill ceiling is for this type of driving.