Can I win with NO DRIFTING? | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Using drifts and charging mini turbos (drift boosts) is the most important technique in mario kart. How bad is no drifting? Everything else is allowed (including smart steering).
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I try bagging, frontrunning, and 200cc!
Combos used:
Wario, (Mercedes-Benz) GLA Car, GLA Tires, Wario Wing
Waluigi, Gold Kart, Slim Tires, Wario Wing

[@brandont6358]

I cannot believe he would LIE to us at the end. My heart is now torn apart upon watching this vid. 10/10 would stay tuned for more.

[@OrangeGorilla516]

I almost did leave too😂

[@Shortcat321]

I thought it would be bad to end without beating the challenge, so I simply rewrote.history 🤫

[@DJ_DiscoDoodle]

History is writen by the victors, but in this case….

[@joeda900]

That ending was hilarious

[@catephillips2544]

FUCK

[@soup3ppee]

I love that there's always lore behind these challenges

[@depalodor]

the expanded shortcat universe

[@soup3ppee]

@@depalodorI'm so invested in the shortcat world lore at this point

[@depalodor]

@@soup3ppee World building is insanely potent that's for sure

[@Shortcat321]

Wario's tires survived a shortcat video!

[@SweetMelaninn]

Lore?

[@Felipera_]

I've done this a bit before, but I do it in high handling combos, and you can even get some mini turbos if you turn really hard for a while

[@Shortcat321]

I think I got 1 mini turbo in this haha. I actually did try some higher handling but my results were not any better, as I predicted. I'm mainly using items to catch up and smart steering is great while using a speed item, so handling wasn't that important. If I had beaten the challenge with smart steering right away, I might have done no smart steering. In that case I'd go for high handling

[@Felipera_]

@@Shortcat321 I commented before I saw that you switched to a high handling combo! You should try doing it with more mini turbo as well, will will get one on most turns. Still, probably no front-running lmao

[@hugomallory875]

shortcat are you j perm yes or no?

[@Vinnay94]

I think high Handling Combos actually make it harder to build a Mini Turbo because the car takes longer to Autodrift where as something with terrible Handling will enter Drift quicker. Not to mention higher Handling means your Car will turn more Sharply when Drifting and we all know Sharp turns are kinda rare. I'm considering running TTs for several Combos on one track.

[@dpcubing1521]

@@hugomallory875 he is lol

[@paololawrence5364]

babe wake up shortcat just uploaded

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Lets go 😄

[@oswizzle8542]

Unironically so hype when he uploads

[@andyloescher2401]

I’m awake 💕

[@slappbassnow]

I'm so happy 😊

[@pancakegod6958]

Thanks for notifying me babe ❤

[@tedscheett9420]

Well, his wheels may be pristine, but the rest of the car is definitely a dented up mess for all the trees he's hitting.

[@B1TCH35ANDWH0R3S]

0:41 Wario: *doesn’t drift so he doesn’t ruin his brand new car* Also Wario: *drives underwater*

[@Shortcat321]

Everybody knows that just cleans the engine

[@koult45]

I love how you did a story set-up. "Wario doesn't want to ruin his new tires." 😂

[@studiocreates]

That one friend who comes over to play some Mario kart always does this

[@Shortcat321]

Are they good tho 👀

[@bellasprout1579]

Tbf it’s because it’s just on by default and the game doesn’t even tell you. Super annoying I have to teach my parents how to turn it off every single time

[@StanleyssSteel]

Yup thats me, i came over just once and never come back

[@MarioKartz3861]

4:03 The one time the boo saved your life!! 😱😱😱

[@gamincaimin9954]

“I didn’t get mushrooms in so long that my dopamine just crashed” -shortcat

[@zerogamez0064]

Not gona lie, the end got me Also that win with Wario It was all luck in your favor Good video as always shortcat!

[@WillowOfTheWoods]

i remember when i played mario kart wii i didnt know how to drift and only learnt after i stopped playing the game, so as a kid i spent hours and hours trying to get gold in all grand prixs without drifting, took forever but i did end up pulling it off

[@Shortcat321]

*laughs in mkwii automatic drift*

[@Lol-zc1vd]

@@Shortcat321 true lol

[@qualified-monkey5096]

I did the same smh

[@Queen_Cherry]

Smart Steering could honestly be it's own challenge.

[@BreakofDawn]

Seriously, I drive so bad with smart steering lol

[@hmm_-.]

disgusting pfp

[@theperfecttroller]

9:20 smart steering oo oo oo

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

It's good for really new players since it mostly keeps you on the track and moving but you basically can't do shortcuts and it will get real finicky with where it'll let you go

[@Kavukamari]

i would 100% watch that hahaha

[@MrZeeweee]

This made me realize how important drifting is. Great job shortcat

[@wittaker1779]

It's always a good day when Shortcat uploads!

[@carcassonnes510]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@annolah9050]

real

[@LavaCreeperPeople]

NPC

[@Barely_Edited]

@@LavaCreeperPeoplewho taught you that insult? You didn’t come up with it yourself, did you? …there’s a word for that…

[@LuminoX688]

Its also a good day when this overused sentence isn't used

[@superfrubblez6123]

If you can’t drift, smart steering seems objectively better than having it off because the main downside of smart steering is losing out on ultra mini turbos

[@lexful1598]

not being able to take shortcuts its a downside if you're bagging

[@Shortcat321]

In this challenge, smart steering is almost always good. It's bad sometimes as I showed. I was going to ban smart steering if I won with it quickly, to up the challenge more.

[@aerocarter6016]

shortcat videos are absolute bangers

[@uncoolmanboy]

Ok shortcat I mean like the shorts made me cry tears of joy a little but I got so happy from this long video that now my whole house is filled up with my tears. I guess thank you for making me happy.

[@Shortcat321]

I'm crying for how happy you must be

[@uncoolmanboy]

@@Shortcat321Thank you, it means a lot.

[@1Skyvoid30]

12:06 bro did a front flip 😂👍🏻

[@Papapapapoww]

This challenge is crazy!!! I can’t believe you won (even with hop haha)! Great video as always Shortcat

[@OptimusPrime_Commenter]

0:10 [asmr] wario texting while driving and drives off a cliff

[@Quionol]

You know it's a good video when the muscle memory kicks in not even 10 seconds in.

[@griffisimo979]

love how you always try and do different and unique combos, even on top of ridiculous challenges like this, lol. keeps the content fresh : ) good work short hop

[@marco.cgamercaputo7867]

That shock at the end was Devastating to watch, nice video!

[@smoldoge0116]

I didn’t realise I did this challenge the whole time without knowing when I first played :D I only started to drift when I watched you

[@themetamayhem]

i just started school and now all of your uploads time perfectly with my lunch period so im not bored while i eat

[@IdentifiantE.S]

The return of the King lets go ! 😄

[@evskara]

this is how my mum plays because it’s too hard for her to remember to drift

[@tromon397]

Love the videos! You should make a video where you only use smart steering as it's a really funny mechanic

[@Demigodvr-ej3xc]

It’s ok you can take along break as long as you need we still will support your choices and trust me I will never get bored of your content ❤❤☺️

[@ThatCatLee]

"drifting is the most important mechanic in the game" Accelerating: am I a joke to you?

[@unoriginalmoniker2625]

10:58 That shell dodge was within about 2 frames or so between stars. That's impressive, and we should be talking about that more.

[@cosmiccreaturefan]

I love how you do this to challenge yourself meanwhile there are so many casual players just Living Like This

[@SharkFinNator]

Hello Shortcat, it's been 2 months, I started watching you when you had 1k subs. And now you have 113k subs. You have gained alot of subscribes within the 2 months

[@matthewmk8dx]

i remember when I didn’t really watch mario kart youtubers and actually just didn’t know drifting existed. me and my friends just turned and flew of the track every 5 seconds. nostalgia

[@Luke-pp2lw]

It’s so weird seeing yourself in a Shortcat video. I can remember the Waluigi driving weird. Can’t believe I lost though…

[@xUnic31x]

When I saw ‘NO DRIFTING’, I thought of just steering, like driving normally. When I saw you hopping to make the turns easier, I felt that you weren’t doing this challenge at 100%. I’m glad you changed that almost halfway through the video! (I don’t drift in races when I play Mario Kart with beginners 😆)

[@waitingwarmly]

Wondering if being able to get a mini turbo by steering normally for a long time is neat or just useless. Maybe both. Also the smart steering save at 9:18 was sick!

[@Shortcat321]

Unfortunately it's pretty useless, even in this challenge 😂

[@DoKDelta]

Bro hit the gear shift

[@Vinnay94]

It's useless but very satisfying especially when using Motion Controls. Maybe Nintendo will give it a more competitive edge in the next installment because quite frankly it reminds me of MKDD where you go straight into a drift instead of hopping.

[@Dekami4071]

the lore for these challenges are so funny🤣

[@Godzatdying]

“He doesn’t want to get his tires dirty” Proceeds to go off road

[@The_Abi_]

Awesome video as always + new video idea: playing with the smallest combo in the game! (When’s the next loung video coming out…it was so entertaining…SUNSHINE AIRPORT!)

[@Shortcat321]

Thanks for the idea! Next lounge video is soon! ☀️ ✈️

[@Felipera_]

Shortcat using my baby sister's meta build of smart steering + no drift. You just need to also do auto-accelerate now.

[@maruigi1123]

The duality of Shortcat videos, a cool fun challenge he’ll enjoy or something beyond dreadful

[@jotch_7627]

one of my favorite challenges (though it only works well if everyone in the lobby does it) is zero buttons mode. turn on auto accelerate and tilt controls (optionally smart steer) and just wave your controller around like a madman without touching a single button (so no items either). soft drifting is key if you want to consistently win

[@AshleyTheDinosaur]

This is one of the "challenges" i ipose on myself when I play with the family. They get a choice of 3 No Items No Drifting (which includes no hopping) 1 Lap head start No items is the easiest to deal with, 1 lap head start just means I get a bullet and instantly catch up, no drifting is 100% the hardest thing, I go from easily winning to sometimes coming 5th

[@Vinnay94]

Yeah I did No Drifting with my friends and still Won. I intentionally slowed down as well and trust me, I'm not even that great at MK8D. I'm not trying to put down my Friends, but just felt like sharing that.

[@TylerSoriano]

that second race was absolute chaos

[@jaredmurschel7471]

Technically if you turn your vehicle with the right amount of speed, acceleration and force and how tightly you turn you can get a mini turbo boost like when you go to drift

[@soup3ppee]

the absolute roller coaster of emotions during ribbon road!!!

[@WeWontGoAlone]

That ending made me laugh so hard! 🤣

[@Rayan223]

Bro it is just like me when i play this game… I suck so much at it I don’t know how to use drifts and mini-turbos. I go in the walls so much. The difference is you really know the game, at a point when you can make comebacks almost everytime. I would love play like you this game

[@Lauren747]

Shortcat being so good he had to make the challenge harder

[@1have2manycakes]

Shortcat's rages are really cute :3

[@adcyuumi]

@Shortcat - Got a cart for you (or anyone interested really) to try if you've never: - kart version: Dry Bowser w/ Tanooki Kart, GLA Tires, and Paper Glider - bike version: Dry Bowser w/ Master Cycle Zero, GLA Tires, and Paper Glider It's a faster vehicle with still-high acceleration and mini-turbo, plus amazing traction. Also have this one if you've never tried it either. Similar idea; fast but without stat weaknesses: - also this one: Dry Bowser w/ Sports Coupe, GLA Tires, and Paper Glider This one is to dominate on anti-gravity tracks, as opposed to tracks with off-road/icy bits.

[@NootNoot02]

I discovered that chanel not so long ago, and I already almost watched everything I hope you’ll get the fame you deserve

[@TeamBlueToad]

I kid you not, back when i was new to Mario Kart, i didn't knew you could drift. So literally every single one of my races was like this. I still managed to win a lot, though.

[@andrea_sur_yt]

When you said "I need a bullet" you made me remember of the "I need more boolet" guy 😭

[@gameygames135]

That's what everyone I play locally with asks themselves

[@itsyaboijosh15]

That's me at 14:22

[@wf4860]

This reminds me of playing Mario Kart DS with my DS’s broken L/R buttons! Despite that, I defeated my friends so consistently they started copying my driftless turns :3

[@jugutierrez]

Yo what hahahahah

[@AvaThroughFire]

Alternate title: Playing Mario Kart like my dad.

[@AverageSeaCucumber]

Me; a Mario Kart noob who somehow went 10 years of playing Mario Kart without ever gaining the capability to properly drift:

[@cuccoses]

when i got mario kart 7, i didnt know anything about the game and i straight up did not know about drifting until i got mk8, and i somehow got all the 100cc cups with 3 stars

[@libertybiberty7941]

Shortcat: *does a challenge video* Also Shortcat: *Beats the challenge in under 3 tries*

[@orangethecuber8309]

Yo I don’t even have a switch or play mario kart, but these vids are so enjoyable for some reason. Thanks, Shortcat.

[@thedarkcity4084]

"The grip run is better than the drift run" - Nakazato

[@carlossaldivar4386]

0:25🙂 everything else doesn't matter just go here🙃

[@MinusMadi]

Smart steering mushrooms is like when that Nascar driver used the wall to speed up as much as possible without losing speed on the turn

[@onebear6504]

I imagined it would be done by racing 200cc + braking + turning, but then again you'd lose lots of speed that way huh. You'd complete this challenge some day 😌

[@DanielDeLeon69]

Shortcat Back At Again With Another Mario Kart Video!😎😎😎

[@dontmindme4197]

The fact that you thought hopping made that easy is crazy lmao bro I can’t even race with drifting letting alone if I tried to hop through the track

[@TheXmen]

Just watching shortcat’s amazing skill inspires me to one day be a pro at Mariokart

[@HanfGranaDE]

Best MK chanel for shure!

[@dannywilkes6601]

I was thinkin of no hopping then bamm! You did it!😊

[@kamou84]

i used to do this in online mario kart wii when i was small! i love seeing people lose to someone not using a major technique in the game!

[@nickygian]

This is how I used to play the wii game back when I knew nothing

[@Kavukamari]

honestly smart steering was kind of clutch in a couple places, i wonder if it's possible to use it to benefit in a real match if you see you wont make a turn at your speed

[@madeofmandrake1748]

9 year old me playing SMK Wii:

[@Swu1863]

Shortcat's channel is growing faster than a bullet bill

[@RedMango.]

Best intro ive ever seen

[@GSBlitzen]

Challenge for you shortcat: Beat as many dlc track nintendo ghosts as you can, Shroomless :)

[@Toguta1]

When I was a kid, I had an old DS lite that used to belong to my older brother. It was kinda banged up and the L and R buttons did not work. I learned to play without drifting at all, and I still use X to use items to this day. But yeah, when I was doing 150cc and mirror mode, it was a real struggle without drifting.

[@PixelShiftss]

I feel like any challenge is possible with bagging, the real challenge is winning without bagging!

[@armin980]

I was doing that exact same challenge, 200cc and no drift is insane XD

[@Conning157]

I used to do this when I was really little and I didn’t know drifting or hopping or tricking was a thing

[@MaxwellBunten]

The Peach Circuit Race was unbelievable

[@MidgetCat129]

Smart Steering lets you in the off-road after around 1 second if you have off-road items. It also steers you very sharp when you drive the wrong way 😂

[@Mathwizardgamer]

This must have been the hardest challenge you have done.

[@Shortcat321]

It went from easiest to hardest

[@ItsSoraval]

Could have used this video back when my shoulder buttons on my 3DS were broken on Mario Kart 7 😭

[@almostambidextrous]

I don't play online at all, but lately I've been doing a thing in 150 cc races where I try to ONLY use orange or purple mini-turbos, no blue ones allowed to try and get my mini-turbo stats such that the blues are less than %50 of the total. I've had to change my lines on a lot of tracks to make that happen. If you're looking for a challenge, how about that??? (Btw I enjoy your content, I don't watch any other MK players on YT but somehow you got me hooked enough to watch nearly all of yours, damn cat.)

[@Shortcat321]

Wow, crazy challenge. I might try it!

[@citriosis]

Dude you crushed MY dreams with that ending and I don't even go here 😭

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

No drift? Takes me back In Super Circuit, when I had no Idea drift was a thing, and mysteriously, hopping would reposition my turning straight xD

[@maridiancrest243]

Shorcut has so much confidence beating bots and acting like he didnt actually finish last place. Its just what Nintendo's skilled developers intnended. It fools kids and small minded youtubers everytime and keeps them playing

[@micahfurlow2624]

This feels like an extremely obvious rage bait comment Or maybe it's extremely ironic

[@matthewsmith2095]

"Hmm, I don't want to ruin my new car and tires so I think I will not drift. But driving in the water is okay" Wario 2023

[@Hehehehe0792]

Try and win a game while only looking at the mini map.

[@StalinkTz]

sick idea, although idk how that would work lol

[@Hehehehe0792]

@@StalinkTz exactly, that's why it would be a hard, worthy challenge.

[@djroscurro9859]

I feel like the only game where this would be relatively easy would be MKDS lmao

[@aboxonmydesk319]

@@djroscurro9859and 7

[@Megaleg]

And super Mario kart

[@XdefLovesMinecraft]

Next up: No Drift, No Hop, No Smart Steering, No Handling

[@KingKieran28]

People trying to win normally Shortcat:

[@alexreese5460]

The recording corrupted 😂😂 15:29

[@cameronfallon2108]

Lol

[@ericslingerland5472]

so many of these challenges seem to be "how good is bagging" xD

[@Ashinle]

I remember how I used to play MKDS without drifting cause the DSi had the worst trigger buttons. It surprisingly worked out pretty well. 4:05 oh my god that's such a luck streak haha!

[@tntdude999]

When I first played mario kart, I didn't know about drifting, so it looks a lot like what you did.