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After years, the player has achieved the unbelievable
The rainbow track is as much a part of Mario Kart as Mario himself, even if many associate this track with an absolute love-hate relationship. Incidentally, it also offers the opportunity to abbreviate properly. So far, only one person has managed to do this.
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Platforms:Nintendo Wii
Mario Kart: The infamous rainbow track
A study found that games like GTA V don’t make you aggressive, but let’s face it – the rainbow range in Mario Kart, friendship just ends. Nevertheless, it is mandatory, sometimes just to dust off certain achievements or unlock things. After all, they have been available in several variants since the original Mario Kart on the SNES.
It is also a must for many players to find shortcuts and break records. In the summer of 2018, a YouTuber named Summoning Salt Ultra shortcuts on ten different Mario Kart tracks, but in the Wii version there is one that no human has managed – until 2021.
In his video, YouTuber Summoning Salt describes the Ultra Shortcut as unprecedented. No wonder, after all, there are numerous steps to consider and execute them perfectly in order to achieve the desired success. You see the mentioned part from about 29:20 minutes:
Mario Kart: The shortcut has been mastered
About two and a half years later it happened: The French Mario Kart fan ArthuurrP achieved something that had come before only with tool-assisted runs was done – he completed the Ultra Shortcut in Mario Kart for the Wii.
According to eSports consultant Rod Breslau, there was already tens of thousands of attemptsto make it, that’s why ArthuurrP can be particularly proud of itself.
What do you think of shortcuts in Mario Kart? Do you also use them, or do you prefer to drive the laps completely? What do you think of the rainbow route in general? Visit us on Facebook and tell us in the comments.
The track is also represented in Mario Kart 8:
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