hopes for kart racing

the two things i care the most about when playing arcade racing games is that it's fast and that drifting feels smooth. because it's kart racing, we already know it won't be very fast, so let's hope that at least it's not too slow or there's an option to increase speed

smooth drifting is hard to get right and many racing games fail at it. for drifting to feel smooth you shouldn't feel hard transition when entering drift mode and you should be able to easily drift around corner by tapping brake once. the best example of smooth drifting is 2010 Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. you need to play it to feel it. other good examples are Burnout Revenge, Burnout 3, Ridge Racer 7 and the newest Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 also has relatively smooth drifting. on the other hand i absolutely hated drifting in Mario Kart 8, i didn't like the transition when entering drift mode and i had no idea how i was supposed to drift because i was either oversteering or slowing down too much

to make tracks more interesting it needs to have multiple paths and shortcuts. while Mario Kart 8 tracks are visually impressive, they are boring to drive because of how linear they are. the best example of complex tracks can be seen in Burnout Revenge. Hot Wheels Unleashed adds complexity in a different way by adding modules to the track, which create obstacles. this is also good because it can slow down players in the lead, giving a chance to players behind

giving help to people driving behind is always good. there's nothing fun to be constantly in the lead and there's nothing fun to drive behind the whole race because you made one mistake. the fun comes from close races. in Ridge Racer 7 you gain boost by driving behind other players, that's why you always see players overtaking each other instead of one player always being in the lead

even though developers probably already made decisions on how their kart racing will be, i hope they consider what i think

i will also add that drifting should not slow you down too much. games like Split Second and Need for Speed Unbound made this mistake of making drifting slow you down a lot, which makes you not want to use drift at all, because it's faster to go around corner without drifting

you should also not be able to ride against walls faster than taking corners properly. you should not be able to cut parts of the track, if you're not meant to. generally there should not be any exploits making you go faster than you're supposed to

this all may be too much details for a simple kart racing game mode, but because i am so much about racing games, i can't resist to add one more things. from what we saw in the trailer, the road shown there seems to be wide. this is a good thing. wide roads feel nicer to drive and it makes driving easier. the opposite can be seen in Wipeout games, that have tight roads with walls slowing you down a lot, which makes it a difficult racing game to play

what we also saw in the trailer is that Nemo drives a kart that looks like it's made of Lego. i wonder if this is official collab or not. for this reason i've played Lego 2K Drive game, and this game is a good example of very bad drifting system. all it does is oversteers you into the wall, so i hope the developers weren't learning from this game

the officials don't like me scolding them, so now let's go back to what we have been doing all this time - say something nice about better things they do. and the only better thing i can think of now is nemo kart. i think i should respond to what i was hoping for earlier

a concern was about how smooth the mechanics will be and what we got is impressive. there's no chunkiness in sight, something that even dedicated racing games often fail it. the game uses similar drifting mechanics as mario kart, which i stated that i dont like, so when you drift, it pushes you into outer wall. this is different from other racing games i played, but with time i learned how to use this drifting system properly, the idea is to start drifting long before you approach corner. then you can make tight turns and it even feels nice. still not a drifting system i am used to and some kids may have harder time with it. luckily a lot of corners can be taken without drifting, though if faster karts are introduced, then drifting will be necessary. and i hope they will be introduced, because i want faster karts

the first track is incredible, both visually and by it's course. just like i wanted it, the track features shortcuts and multiple paths. the first shortcut is pretty cool because of being risky. but with time you learn to execute this shortcut without crashing every time

another hope was for supporting those, who drive behind. and we've got it with players behind receiving boost and weapons, while leading player only gets bananas and gears. still, because of my experience with racing games, this did not help them much and i still won every race i played. i dont think any changes should be made, because not everyone spent as much time on racing games as me. so it should help other players

the gears system is impressive, and i always appreciate unique mechanics in racing games

grass slows you down just right, it feels good when it slows you down a lot and prevents you from cutting corners, so no changes needed

i didn't find any exploits, that make you go faster than you should or cut parts of the track. this is good

regarding kart balance, i cant say much about it, because in racing games i usually pick the best vehicle and stick with it. i don't like changing vehicles, as you may perform worse with unfamiliar vehicle

we have a selection of karts, but more tracks are necessary to not keep the game stale. for now it's something you play for a little and go back to other modes. but i would spend a lot of time with nemo kart, if there were more tracks

the option to turn off power ups is nice, because i dont really like power ups, unless it's boost. for my friends i will still keep it on. for some reason the buttons to restart game and go back to lobby are missing. those are needed. and preferably there needs to be fast restart, without loading the map and selecting karts again, i like practicing

maybe some of you can come up with kart ideas. for now i can only think of golf kart, because i like golf

overall nemo kart is better than i expected and there's not much i don't like about it. i even got used to bizzare controls

i have already recorded some tips for kart racing, but i will keep it for full video. i can still send you those tips in DM so you can improve racing right away. this is the time for 1 lap that you should beat:

(don't add leaderboard, it's stressful)

areswacky the events you are talking about is Split Second. the game still looks impressive, although has terrible controls

Cartrimino maybe you dont win much? i got 1000 gears in no time and spend nemo bucks on other karts because it's cheap and i dont need nemo bucks for anything else

areswacky we love smash and we even suggest new perk ideas. i don't expect a new track soon easier, but at least 2 more would be nice

and this is me politely asking now, if you make any changes to kart racing, please only make the karts faster and items more powerful. nothing slower or weaker. make only better changes and that's how you will make the game more fun

i tested nemo kart on chinese server to see if maybe this could be another game mode that we can play together, aside of uno, but no. this is the game mode we simply can't play together, the delay feels massive

golden trolley is now slower and it seems both trolley and puppy kart now handle worse. the time posted earlier can no longer be achieved. i can't complain, because it's beta, but i hope we get faster karts, instead of making existing karts slower. in today's testing most of the time puppy was ahead of golden trolley, but one time, with enough gears, i managed to get the exact same time

i wish gray blocks was the fastest, because i like it visually. or maybe the green trolley made to be the fastest, because that store reminds me of animal crossing

for those wondering how much faster puppy kart is now. this is before:

this is now:

i am human machine getting exactly the same time 3 times in a row