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 🤫

[@that_brick_trooper3794]

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?

[@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 ❤

[@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?

[@stoopidhaters]

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.

[@studioanimations]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@koult45]

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

[@MarioKartz3861]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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…

[@-LuminoX-Zamasu-]

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

[@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.

[@aerocarter6016]

shortcat videos are absolute bangers

[@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

[@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 😆)

[@Quionol]

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

[@MrZeeweee]

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

[@Papapapapoww]

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

[@madeofmandrake1748]

9 year old me playing SMK Wii:

[@marco.cgamercaputo7867]

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

[@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

[@tromon397]

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

[@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! ☀️ ✈️

[@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

[@starrstruck]

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

[@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 ! 😄

[@Godzatdying]

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

[@retrogamermeme8667]

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

[@nosnebbenben]

Glad I stumbled upon your channel! Made me start playing MK8D again. If this was back in the day, I would've picked you to play Double Dash with every time haha. Would you ever do a one off video on playing the older entries in the series just for fun? Will keep watching from now on, keep up the great videos!!!

[@talissatempleton5298]

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

[@NootNoot02]

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

[@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…

[@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

[@stoopidhaters]

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.

[@soup3ppee]

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

[@TylerSoriano]

that second race was absolute chaos

[@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

[@stoopidhaters]

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.

[@WeWontGoAlone]

That ending made me laugh so hard! 🤣

[@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

[@dannywilkes6601]

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

[@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

[@inflatabledinobuds3269]

I just started watching shortcut and I'm so happy I did these videos are so interesting

[@thedarkcity4084]

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

[@barberr3rab912]

I love shortcat please keep uploading!

[@Lauren747]

Shortcat being so good he had to make the challenge harder

[@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

[@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.

[@Spoopy_man]

Bro your videos are so entertaining.

[@im_yourleftneighbour1755]

Nice challenge that looks real hard. I was wondering if you could do a vid when you explain how the mii works and maybe mii reveal.👍

[@HanfGranaDE]

Best MK chanel for shure!

[@1have2manycakes]

Shortcat's rages are really cute :3

[@DanielDeLeon69]

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

[@YANG_OSC]

the lore for these challenges are so funny🤣

[@gamincaimin9954]

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

[@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

[@fredyjacobchoxommartinez2584]

I was trolled by you hahha nice insane challenge I hope to see more

[@TostitosMangoSalsa]

Yet another banger

[@orangethecuber8309]

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

[@armin980]

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

[@mitchoo2211]

The ending was amazing 😂

[@citriosis]

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

[@Saugstaubervertreter]

Really got me with the last one

[@Swu1863]

Shortcat's channel is growing faster than a bullet bill

[@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

[@WhiphTikoto]

2nd race was sooo lucky gg!!!!

[@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

[@AyrJordan]

the mario kart goat has posted

[@jugutierrez]

The smart steering with shrooms was sooo fun 😂

[@quantumchaos7549]

This was hard to watch. Keep it up!

[@aquawrld]

It’s 1am in aus but shortcat is more important than sleep 😎

[@Shortcat321]

Incorrect but I will not correct you

[@aquawrld]

@@Shortcat321 can always catch up it’s fine ;)

[@andrea_sur_yt]

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

[@RedMango.]

Best intro ive ever seen

[@libertybiberty7941]

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

[@stephenk9453]

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!

[@dust_noir]

He had the mad hops

[@connorbaumann7199]

Nice video idea.

[@Kevcon157]

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

[@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

[@ThatCatLee]

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

[@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!

[@dodocowsmoderator]

Nice video jperm

[@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 😌

[@PixelShiftss]

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

[@tntdude999]

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

[@smittensugar3451]

Idk if you hear this a lot but I love your voice, my guy :)

[@nickygian]

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

[@chitimeofficial]

Ahhh Right in time for my lunch break 😮‍💨

[@KingOlly2024]

this guy is the best mario kart player ever

[@michaela4576]

My glorious king short cat never loses

[@nando5340]

The ending got me lol

[@leonliu9437]

12:06 bro did a front flip 😂👍🏻

[@agustinhernandezrivas-jp7jk]

12:20 Rainbow Road, my favorite GBA track.

[@360master]

That ending got me

[@nutsi3]

1:00 Accelerating: *Am I a joke to you*

[@geozhenkan5105]

Siempre serás el número uno en nuestros corazones

[@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.

[@ericslingerland5472]

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

[@Mathwizardgamer]

This must have been the hardest challenge you have done.

[@Shortcat321]

It went from easiest to hardest