Kart Racers - Game Sack

Episode 136 - Kart racers added very fun aspects to the normal "Go faster to win" aspect of most racing games. Here we take a look at some of the more interesting ones. What's your favorite kart racer? How about least favorite?
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[@mrhoeivo]

I know you guys get sick of "BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS GAME?!" comments, but you are aware that CTR: Crash Team Racing on the PlayStation is widely considered to be one of, if not THE best kart racers ever made, right? Your segment on Crash Nitro Kart made it seem like you'd never even heard of it. It's a shame you chose such a mediocre sequel to represent the series instead of the legend that preceded it.

[@GameSack]

mrhoeivo We've already talked about that one. I liked Nitro. I like how it was 720p. It was far more mediocre on the non-Xbox consoled. I don;t think it's a shame at all. If we only ever talked about the most well-known games, our show would suck.

[@mrhoeivo]

Game Sack Then you should have at least given it one of the old "We already talked about this game on an earlier episode, but we'd be remiss if we didn't mention CTR" segments like you did with Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Also, this video spends 5 entire minutes talking about Mario Kart, so I don't think you can argue against talking about well-known games. If your response to this is something to the effect of "Well, we obviously couldn't skip over Mario Kart in an episode about kart racers", then I don't think you appreciate the influence CTR had.

[@LukeTSManager]

Game Sack Still waiting on a Koei episode. Mainly an episode that is not only about the Warriors franchise. :)

[@AMBPineapple]

Game Sack He has a good point you know...

[@Timic83tc]

Game Sack Pacman World Rally wasn't on XBOX.

[@causticlimes3287]

The end bits in your videos are the best parts sometimes, and it's a shame how most people probably skip over them because they come after the credits.

[@clammymantis4884]

Warning: 90% of comments are about soft-modded Wii's and CTR.

[@hateeternalmaver]

Dangit, I just wanted to tell Dave about how softmodding my Wii was the best thing I ever did... I guess that's what happens if you're watching videos from three years ago. ,o)

[@PeteSkerritt]

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is my favorite game in this genre. Sumo Digital did a great job with it. The drift mechanic in this game is more manageable for me than in the Mario Kart games and the amount of unlockable SEGA-related goodies is crazy. In fact, the unlockable scheme reminds me a bit of what Sumo did with SEGA Superstars Tennis, which was pretty enjoyable in its own right. I agree with Joe that the sequel, Transformed, falls just short of its predecessor... though the OutRun and Afterburner tracks are really cool. Since Joe mentioned Pac-Man World Rally, I really should make time to give it a try. I bought it cheap (disc-only) a while ago for the PS2 and haven't tried it yet. Dweezil Zappa, huh? That's interesting. I have to say that the music heard in the gameplay clips definitely sounded good to me. I know that Motor Toon Grand Prix was mentioned in the comments already, and that's one that I would've mentioned myself as a kart racer not seen in this episode. Boy, Polyphony Digital sure got big after that relatively unknown title. Some game called Gran Turismo or something... Another awesome episode, guys. Thanks for putting it together!

[@debasishsamal7726]

Wow

[@theSato]

Debasish Samal That's how you write a proper youtube comment

[@mickael486]

There was a rumor that SUMO Digital (LBP3) were prepping to make Modnation Racers for the PS4. Haven't heard anything for a couple months though.

[@dantemustdie00]

Peter Skerritt The first game did had the better character roster for sure, (through Joe Musashi, Gillius Thunderhead, NiGHTS, Vyse, and AGES made Transformed's roster fantastic just for those characters alone), but the tracks were very repetitive as in their themes and what game their based on, half of them were Sonic themed and from Heroes which sucked, transformed did it much MUCH better with the track selection. Not just but the music is far superior with music remixed while the first game lazily just ripped music from the games (and some in bad quality as well.

[@nuksucow]

Peter Skerritt Transformed seems much more polished to me.

[@elmastaa]

Good video as always but where is CTR?

[@MegaManNeo]

***** This game rocks. No doubt.

[@konradszkudlarek]

***** There is Crash Nitro Kart which is succesor to CTR and in my opinion it's all like CTR and even better.

[@TheBLBShow]

***** CNK was good but you couldn't really get the same kinda speed as in CTR. Gameplay kinda felt too basic for me

[@konradszkudlarek]

TheBLBShow You're right... Sense of speed afects only on us on PAL region. For NTSC speed feels proper. CTR was re-framed for PAL but CNR weren't. So try US NTSC version and you will see diference

[@TheBLBShow]

***** Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Gotta try that someday.

[@n64glennplant]

Diddy Kong racing :-) my all time fav for single player, Mario kart 64 for multiplayer :-)

[@Redhotsmasher]

Might be the nostalgia speaking, but DKR is the best kart racer ever, period. It simply spanks MK64 in every department, and that really says something considering MK64 is itself a great game! Only shame Rare pushed the N64 so hard they had to axe music and AI to make more than two players work at all, and that we'll probably never see a sequel. Then again, with Playtonic rising from the ashes of Rare like an epic Phoenix, I guess I should never say never...

[@Redhotsmasher]

Redhotsmasher Oh, and to clarify, I meant that there's no music or AI opponents with more than two human players, single and two player most definitely has AI racers and brilliant music by David Wise!

[@AlphaOmegaSin]

Is it me or does the announcer in Mod Nation Racers remind you of the announcer from Wave Race Blue Storm?

[@WarriorRazor]

AlphaOmegaSin I got that vibe too

[@AK-is3xt]

It's you

[@onihaiena6152]

Biff Tradwell and Gary Reasons are best announcers. (Those are their names in ModNation)

[@XgamerdaveX]

My favourite is the first Crash Team Racing on the first PlayStation.

[@TheTommeke26]

yeah can't believe they did not mention this.

[@kabutops87]

Mario kart 64 will always be my favorite one. Lots of good times spent with that game especially on multiplayer.

[@plumdumpster]

Your skits at the end are quickly becoming my favorite part of each episode.

[@VideoGameTakeOut]

I was kinda sad to not see Motor Toon Grand Prix. That game is the best.

[@BrasilGT]

VideoGameTakeOut The first and the second. :D

[@TheTorreuh]

VideoGameTakeOut Had so much fun with this game, so much stuff to unlock too!! Great PS1 game.

[@neozeed1984]

VideoGameTakeOut yeah I was surprised it wasnt covered. great game

[@rulitopechocho]

VideoGameTakeOut I was expecting that game as well, early ps1 era was awesome, I still have my ps1 controller before the dual shock

[@8-BitEric]

Lmao that ending!

[@WarriorRazor]

8-Bit Eric Ewwww!

[@Harp00nX]

8-Bit Eric how could you! lol

[@outerspacebass]

Was that really your advantage?

[@nickstoltz167]

I would expect no less.

[@n0isyturtle]

8-Bit Eric ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@neatonito2748]

Great timing for this episode. My friend and I played Sonic & Sega All Stars for about 4 hours just the other day. First time I had ever played it. Great Game!!

[@MilesMetal]

This episode was awesome! Game Sack is quickly becoming one of my favourite KZbin channels. These long, thirty minute episodes give me something to look forward to each week. Thanks, and keep it up. :D

[@GamesDiddley]

daledenton1132 So refreshing! E-begging gets right on my tits!

[@Maztuhmind]

Their videos remind me of classic g4 when it used to be about video games.

[@Blueflag04]

If you like game sack you should check out classic game room that is good too

[@ArcaneToaster]

Double Dash will always hold a special place in my heart

[@dadabubz2674]

I never knew they're so many kart racing franchises out there.....but now I know....Thanks Game Sack!!

[@FoxMan_FF]

I'll be completely honest- I like both Mickey's Speedway USA and Chocobo Racing. I think they're underrated gems with solid gameplay, although picking the right characters will make the games much easier, I've noticed- character balancing isn't particularly good in either of those games. They've also both got great soundtracks, MS:USA in particular. Lots of great ear worms in that, especially Colorado, the hardest track in the game. Also, it's good to know that someone else shares the love for Super Circuit! There needs to be more GBA representation in Mario Kart 8, in my opinion.

[@theedge205]

Street Racers, Biker Mice from Mars,Rock& Roll Racing are some of the games I had dun with during my childhood.

[@shinyhunting17]

The first game that I ever played/owned was called Speed Freaks (aka as Speed Punks). It was a hugely underrated PS1 kart racer, if your into kart racers I'd recommend it.

[@ashfoxx85]

ShinyHunterCVC As long as it isn't Rascal Racers, just mentioning it in the comments section is making Caddicarus nervous.

[@shinyhunting17]

ashfoxx85 lol, was that a really bad kart racer?

[@ShogunGin0]

I got a kart racing series that I'd like to see you cover: the Snowboard Kids games. Strictly speaking, they're not *technically* kart racers, since you play as kids snowboarding (obviously), but make no mistake, it functions exactly like a kart racer. There's three in the series. The first two are on N64, and the last on DS. The first game got a Japan-only expanded port with more characters, CD quality audio and animated cutscenes. My favorite is the second one, since it had its control improved so that it's less stiff, and the enemy A.I. is a lot less cheap. Seriously, the final boss race in the first game took me years to finally beat because of how insanely advantaged the unique boss racer is programmed. Both N64 games have a variety of fun, colorful tracks, and have very enjoyable music, though I would say that the first has overall better music, the final boss song of 2 is my favorite BGM in the series. Honestly, Snowboard Kids 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. You'll notice I didn't mention the DS game, SBK Snowboard Kids. That's because it made a lot of changes that didn't work in one way or another. Some were interesting ideas that just didn't pan out, like items that upgrade as you do tricks, and others that just make me facepalm. It at least has great character control (don't use a 3DS analog stick, it'll make you spin out), but doing tricks is too slow. You have to tap the touchscreen in several places to make the racer do a trick, but by the time you've finished tapping, you'll probably crash halfway into the trick. The draw distance on obstacles is *horrendous*, and the faster you go, the closer to you they first appear. They changed most of the returning characters' personalities to overall more unpleasant ones. The unique and strange tracks are gone, and now the tracks are at real life cities. Each character is only allowed to fire one unique character-specific projectile, and the balance for them is way off. There is only one boss fight repeated three times, each time the same, but slightly harder. And the music sucks, I can only think of one track that's just decent. And since the DS game didn't sell well, it looks like the series is dead in the water.

[@JosephCoco]

I realize you guys just cover console games, but for anyone curious, there's an arcade/DOS game named Wacky Wheels which was inspired by Mario Kart SNES. Ancient DOS Games covered it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpK5i4iBi9SjgdU

[@Turai12]

Thanks for the nostalgia blast, had completely forgotten about this gem.

[@madfinntech]

Joseph Coco I played that more than Mario Kart back in the day. No one had SNES except one rich kid, but few of my friends had PCs that could run such a game. I was pro Amiga at the time and on console side had only the Mega Drive.

[@Dasyati]

Joseph Coco I had the Skunny Kart shareware instead of Wacky Wheels :/

[@JPKesseler]

Almost every video I've seen from you guys feels as if it shouldn't work, but it does. From a purely production viewpoint, the scripting, delivery, pacing and relevance feels not quite right. Yet, aw schucks, you both come across as sound lads who it'd be cool to play a game with and there's charm pouring out of ever available space. You've hit on something which is cool, pure thumbs up.

[@FurEngel]

This video just gave me an idea: MARIO KART MAKER. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!

[@instantshow4333]

I like this. I'm pretty late to the gamesack party, I hope Joe and Dave aren't dead.

[@GameSack]

Not yet. Soon, though!

[@Bukark]

Speed Freaks (Speed Punnks in US) for the PS1 deserves an inclusion in a future episode, as does S.C.A.R.S. for PS1/N64.

[@talkingin8bit679]

Sometimes I forget that there is more kart racers out there than just Mario kart. It was great to be reminded of a lot of them. Thank GameSack!!!!

[@PaladinDusty]

Wacky Races on the Sega Dreamcast

[@Haunted4Dan]

I think this video did a good job at introducing the topic of the kart racing genre for your channel. People gonna nay until they fed. I can't tell if anyone has suggested a few of these, not that the following are tremendous or anything. Certainly worth one play through though. -Motor Toon Grand Prix -Snowboard Kids -Freaky Flyers -Cro Mag Rally I think two of those may have been featured in previous episodes though.

[@Michirin9801]

I bet you guys (especially Dave) had a LOT of fun with this episode xD Mario Kart Super Circuit is my favourite game in the series! I just love those flat tracks and I think it has the best sound and music in the whole series!

[@davebladegun3009]

Sega All Stars really is the most fun racing game I've ever played. I have sunk tons of time into that game and it never gets old.

[@CarozQH]

No Action Girlz Racing?!?! I AM DISAPPOINT.

[@Goombasareawesome]

MOVE OVA SISTA!

[@sonicplys64]

Goombasareawesome memes for days

[@-DeScruff]

Lego Racers 1 was one of my favorites growing up, and I usually get the urge to play it once a year. I dunno how the PS1, or N64 versions hold up since Ive only played it on the PC. It was awesome that you could build your own racer and build your own kart. Ive heard that using more parts to build your kart actually affects the way the kart handles. - You earn more parts, and different car bases by winning circuit races. The levels and parts have good variety since they are all from different Lego sets, from Pirates, Medieval, Space, exc. The power ups are kinda cool. You pick up certain colored blocks for certain kinds of powerups. Reds are forward attacks, Blues are shields, Yellows are traps, and Greens are boosts. You can also pick up up to 3 white blocks which makes the power ups even better. Normally using a green block is like a single Mushroom in Mario Kart, but getting 3 white blocks and a green block teleports you a fair ways forward. Getting hit by an attack causes you to loose 1 white block if you have one. The only things I dislike is that every circuit has 1 boss character who is clearly better, and usually sticks to a certain kind of power up (shields, attacking, boosts). Every other racer has the same AI, and aren't that good even on their own track. Also Boosts are by far the best powerup. There is a reason only the final boss "Rocket Racer" goes specifically after the green power ups.

[@TheMentalRelapse]

He took advantage of the advantage!

[@BouncekDeLemos]

Thank you for mentioning the arcade Mario Karts! Many people I've talked to never even knew they existed!

[@MutedVideo]

Quote from Crash nitro kart part " You can earn boost by pressing the hop button and landing at the angle". What? They didnt even say a thing about power sliding, the one of the best features of Crash Nitro Kart and Crash Team Racing. Not showing Crash Team Racing, arguably one of the best karting game, is a blasphemy.

[@brucifer48060]

Good video guys thx. Couple racers I want to try now because I havnt played em. I would add that chocobo racing has a build a racer. When you finish story mode you get to build a racer with stats based on how well you did thru the story mode. A nice little feature.

[@Freako]

No Speed Freaks/Speed Punks? Sadface.

[@jacobyne]

Freako Don't forget Muppet Race Mania, Toy Story Racer and CTR on the Ps1. Those games were great.

[@alexk8792]

Freako Speed Punks is cool, and I have that game since I was a kid. Plus, CrystalFissure uploaded some gameplay footage of the early alpha version of Speed Freaks recently

[@thesimmertron2685]

Also Lego racers

[@MrRaivokasMagma]

Freako Speed Freaks is for me the best kart racer. Something in the handling just feels right.

[@Freako]

MrRaivokasMagma I just remember great 4 player sessions with friends.

[@MultiPlatGamerGuy]

My favorite kart racing game is Lego Racers! I really liked the characters, the tracks, and how you can create your own kart!

[@TonyLikeGames2]

Unsubbed for not reviewing every game in existence!

[@frankiewild99]

Bro left out alot of the main ones.

[@TheArmouredGoose]

As everyone has said the original CTR is brilliant, a lesser know racer that I remember having a lot of fun with is Muppet Racing, it has loads of weird courses and a fair few secrets to discover. Thanks for the awesome content guys!

[@fenrir3097]

No Crash Team Racing? Seriously?

[@ilopominecrafter]

Nofumasa Baba next vid

[@DustinBatchelor]

It's not cart racing, but watching these videos made me want to play multiplayer Circuit Breakers on the PS1. So good.

[@WedgeStratos]

After seeing the PSP gameplay of ModNation Racers, I am GLAD I bought the PS3 version only. I hate to be rude, but you guys should honestly have not bothered with the PSP version.

[@jorgealves8319]

TheUltimaXtreme It's a good looking game for the PSP and runs smooth

[@table255]

They got the PSP for free

[@R2akaThuNDaChiCkeN]

Best kart game is crash team racing (ctr). story mode was a lot of fun and the map designs were great especially with the first game to have zero gravity sectioms and crazy jumps.

[@westhammer]

Crash Team Racing is the best.

[@kholdkhaos64ray11]

At least I'm not the only one who finds Super Circuit as one of their favorite MK's. Also, I'm surprised they didn't like Mickey's soundtrack, and not play CTR. I thought they would've skipped Nitro Kart 'cause no one talks about that one. Might I suggest Crash Tag Team Racing (not to be confused with Crash Team Racing). It's got a plethora of cool ideas you may like. It's very different.

[@inchinman]

This is by far my favourite video from you guys, plus you don't sound robotic.

[@stoffe99k]

You forgot Crash Bandicoot: Tag Team Racing ;-;

[@Chriserino]

***** "much better" ..wtf is much more better-er? Do You even fucking england ? :P

[@Chriserino]

***** ffs do you even have cognitive faculties? If i have to explain how to england, you're obviously too dumb to understand the corrective england i have englightened upon thine england also what the fuck ? quote? I quote myself you blue waffle... Sentence is intact, or do you remember you can't england :D You english fuck :D

[@vbigboss3737]

***** Does that have anything to do with anything?

[@Chriserino]

***** LOL whatever dude. I guess I should expect someone who says "much more superior" wouldn't grasp the joke on your use of english :D Might as well have said "much more better-er" lol get it now?

[@Chriserino]

***** LOL yep, predictable comeback from someone who can't england or have a laugh about england :) Grow a funny bone and shove it up that vag on the rag :)

[@MarcBarkyMarta]

I think Dave was right on the money with his two favorites. I'd like to try the Sega All Stars though. Also, if you mentioned the Sega All Stars stuff, I'm surprised you didn't include any Sonic Drift games.

[@liamh1982]

Street Racer warrants a mention as one of the first (if not THE first) attempts to rip off Mario Kart wholesale, although the characters are actually vaguely inspired by Street Fighter II hence the name. Is there is to be a Kart Racers part II, also consider mentioning: Sonic Drift (just because) Firebugs (PS1, may be tricky though as it was a European release only - strangely a spiritual sequel to the Rollcage games!) Looney Tunes Space Race (really fun even if the rubber-banding is brutal) Wacky Races (only the DC/PS2 and maybe the GB Color versions though, the rest are awful) Bomberman Fantasy Race (you talked about Bomberman Kart, you may as well mention this) Formula Karts (an actual karting sim, the Saturn version is arguably the definitive one - it's called the Special Edition after all!) F1 Race Stars (I know they're not actually karts but it's more the feel) Atari Karts (would be a laugh at least) BC Racers (I know you've mentioned it before but that's never stopped you)

[@RuneskyProductions]

Mickey's Speedway USA was always one of my favorite N64 games. It's very in-depth and just difficult enough to keep you interested and not give up. Great controls, simple and adequate weapons, unlock-able characters, fast-paced battle mode. Just an all around great game, not even compared to other kart racers. I played it to 100 percent because I was just having that much fun. Definitely recommended to anyone on the fence about playing it!

[@RuneskyProductions]

Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 are the only Mario Karts I enjoy. All the others always seemed so slow paced.

[@GuerilleroX]

Man 8bit Eric should quit using the Nes Advantage as an butt plug.

[@djjameswyld]

after watching a few of your videos i went back and played the sonic racing games and the f1 kart game you are right all three are amazing.. thank you... :)

[@PershonsPlace]

*cough* Kirby Air Ride *cough*

[@LeviathanRX]

I love me some Chocobo Racing: Protip Hold square and tap X rapidly for sharp turns. The spell system is one of the more interesting sets of powers in a kart game. Also Squall is in the game along with his emoblade.

[@gear3817]

why 'Blur' is not counted? (Coughing) SUPERCARS.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Now THAT was some quality Gamesack, from start to finish.

[@tetrisdave]

Andrew Vrba Thank You!

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Game Sack Dave You're very welcome!

[@ALitleBitSpecial]

Not softmodding your Wii is just insanity! It's a soft mod & at this point why not squeeze the most our of the system. I didn't realize the Mario Kart GP games were available, since Namco is behind those games is the engine the same as the ps2's Pacman racer?

[@GameSack]

My Wii is softmodded but it is extremely convoluted. I often forget even how to work it since I don't power it on very much and it's not self-explanatory at all. Tons of different apps many of which do the same thing. Getting games on there seems to be a chore. I dunno man. Unless you're gonna sit there and regularly play with your Wii it just doesn't seem worth it. I kind of avoid my Wii since it is softmodded and just use the Wii U since it is less convoluted. Even the original Xbox hacks are much less convoluted.

[@TacticalPower88]

+Game Sack blasphemy!!!

[@LuigiXHero]

it really depends on the hacks you are using. For example to play the arcade mario karts all you need is the homebrew channel, nintendon't and the iso and bam done.

[@mingern5236]

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[@izzie31]

Turn on wii launch nintendont start mario karp gp, the end.

[@TylerSteven9]

I really liked this episode... over the last few years I've definitely had the most fun playing Double Dash.

[@Reinscorpion]

What about Lego Racers 1 and 2?

[@jeffwhite7158]

Mod Nation on PS3 was a really great game, but had one fatal flaw... The super cheap AI. You could be running a perfect race, be in first place, way ahead... and then right at the last part of the last lap, get hit from an AI attack and watch everyone pass you to lose the race. But the racing itself, the challenges, the creation and customization system were so good!

[@MMasterDE]

Jeff White Don't forget the awful load times...

[@Dzzy123]

Jeff White I really want another one on the PS4

[@dogmd7]

Crash Team Racing is also pretty damn good.

[@5002seven]

I'd imagine the extra lubrication would make the stick perform at its highest capacity, giving you some really smooth movements. 8BitEric seems like a really thoughtful guy for modding it for you!

[@GamerNRetro]

Diddy Kong Racing > Mario Kart 64.

[@TiredFerret]

Some others that come to mind are Zero Gear, Speed Punks, and the original Crash Team Racing. I loved playing Speed Punks and very few people I've met seem to know about it. If you were wondering about the influence of Diddy Kong Racing on the Crash racing games, the development team on CTR tried out DKR maps to get the mechanics down.

[@aryinc]

Mario kart 8,must be up there with the best. Personally i think mario kart 8pisses over sonic racing.

[@ryanhines-kazama4904]

I really enjoyed the Mario Kart series and can't wait for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to come to the Switch at the end of this month. And I think you're wrong about Pac-Man World Rally. It came out on PlayStation 2, GameCube, PC, and PlayStation Portable. There was going to be an Xbox version but it was cancelled for unknown reason.

[@RabidKanid]

I REALLY don't like Diddy Kong Racing.

[@xGeneticzz97]

I loved MK: Double Dash on Gamecube, such good tracks and Items, the double kart feature implemented was perfect and the drift..oh the drift!!!

[@edwnx0]

This genre is one of the genres I miss the most from consoles. First time I hear about Sonic & All-Stars Racing and I just saw that both of the games are on Steam!

[@ManectricReturns]

Bomberman Fantasy Race is my favourite ever :) Then again I haven't played it since I was like 8. But I still love it for the memories.

[@overweightactor]

There's more to Chocobo Racing than what was said in this video. For starters, there are a bunch of unlockable characters (including Squall and Bahamut), and a custom character creator.

[@MadPanicGaming]

I'd have to say that Super Mario Kart on SNES is probably my favorite too, it's classic and just a ton of fun. Speed Punks on the PS1 is a great kart racer that kind of flew under the radar, also can't forget about Rockman Battle & Chase, it's a really fun Mega Man kart racer that lets you take parts from defeated racers' karts and incorporate them into your own, really fun game imo.

[@willeysingleton3057]

by far the best advice iv ever heard from a gameing youtube channel someone gave you 20 dollers and this game id pass

[@PerfectBlade20]

Modnation racers is my favorite by far. Deep customization where you can make your own characters, tracks and karts aswell as download other people's. It's also fast and the power up system is more skill based than in Mario kart, it's about risk vs the reward.

[@SuperNintendoZach]

You guys are so thorough, so very, very thorough.

[@rodrigomolinsky]

There is that Mario Kart arcade machine in my city! I didn't know it was rare, so I think I'll may try one day.

[@Wordsfrommyfaceofficial]

Good to see Pac Man World Rally getting some love, it really is a good game. My theory is, after Namco made the arcade version of Mario Kart, they took the code and just slapped a Pac Man Skin on it with a few extras. Battle modes are also pretty interesting, though racing is more fun to me.

[@ColourShedProductions]

I think the reason Crash Team Racing wasn't on this episode is because it was already on another one 'Games That Time Forgot'. Eventually making it into another Kart Racer episode...

[@retroNES2600]

Me and my friends always called the blue shells from Mario cart "Blue Angels". I think it's so much cooler sounding then the actual name given to them which is "Spiny Shell"

[@JMFSpike]

There are so many kart racers out there that I imagine you'll have to do a part 2 eventually. I'm impressed that you got in as many as you did though, and you even included a handful of titles that I wasn't even aware of! Nice job! The only ones I know of that aren't in this video you've already covered in other videos, except for Jak X.

[@rogersherman3546]

I never got into Kart Racers so I never knew about Chocobo Racing, thanks for the info I love FF so I will definitely try to get it.

[@ButcherKC]

I always thought Chocobo Racing was an underrated game and used to play it with my cousin for hours on end. I don't think it was mentioned in the short segment but their were unlockable characters like the air blimp (SS Invincible) that went insanely fast, you could also race as Cloud, Squall, Bahamut, a Cactuar and a handful of others once you unlocked them. Some of the characters floated giving them an advantage against ice (this games version of the Mario Kart banana) as they would float right over it unaffected. After beating the Story mode you could build your own racer by creating a unique color scheme for existing racers and you would get X amount of points to put into their stats depending on how well you raced.

[@ryang239]

Hey Game Sack Game Sack Dave I really love your videos nothing else to say no complaints just thought you should know I appreciate every time I get a notification saying you have a new video up!

[@tetrisdave]

Ryan Green Thanks!

[@crackcorn0404]

Sonic and Sega All Star Racing is fantastic. I think the commentary during the races really makes things feel fast paced. I also love Mario Kart Double Dash, on spite of most people crapping on it. Lately though, it's been all Mario Kart 8.

[@TheJonnyKage]

A lot of great memories of playing Star Wars Pod Racer on the N64, though it is quite debatable as to how well that game has held up.

[@Mike-schmike]

A kart racer called "cel damage overdrive" was really interesting. All the weapons, physics and controls are like nothing else i've ever played. I also really like "muppets race mania" its a lot slower than other kart racers. But good music, good design and a hell of a lot of muppets to play as.

[@gauthier314]

Street Racer is definitely a hidden gem in the kart racing genre.

[@megasilverx1268]

Mega Man: Battle & Chase is an interesting kart racer on the PS1 since it mixes the weapon getting mechanic of Mega Man with racing. It was never released in North America, but you can play it from the Mega Man X Collection for the PS2 and Gamecube.

[@HelloQro]

I used to play bomberman racing back in the day, not the one you showed, but one were you ride bunnies, i enjoined it quite a lot, but my favorite is most certainly crash team racing.

[@poisonouslead85]

I bet you've guys have heard this before, but your show gives me the "good old days of Tech Tv and G4" vibe.

[@tetrisdave]

poisonouslead85 Thanks!

[@sonicgamer955]

I dont know if its considered a kart racer, but kirby air ride is one of my favorite games of all time.

[@Dongled]

I wish I had mentioned the lack of rubber banding in my review for Chocobo Racing so I'm glad you guys mention it here. I still really had fun with the game despite the courses being a bit rough to play through at times.

[@BiohazardEXTREME]

Can't believe you guys left out Jak X Combat Racing. It's one of the only kart racing games that I actually had so much fun mastering that I was able to beat it all the way through, and the robust story mode was amazing. Hope you include it in the next one.

[@The_Game_Hunters]

Great video guys. Disney's Magical Racing Tour for the PS1 and Madagascar Kartz for the DS are both decent kart racers that didn't make the cut. The original Super Mario Kart for the SNES is still my all time favorite.

[@jsrfmaster]

SuperKarts on MS-DOS (developed by Manic Media) was pretty fun, you could earn money on the track to buy parts to build up your stats for the next race. Some hidden areas on the track you would discover by bumping into walls that would be full of cash.

[@jasonciafre6958]

You guys missed one. The best one. With the most memorable characters ever. Atari Karts for the 64 bit Jaguar. It not only came out a year before Mario Kart 64 but had the advantage of a numeric key pad! Do the math guys. ALSO Sonic drift, but... ehhh. Joe I could not agree more. All star racing is a great game. Also its a little known fact back in the late 90s Philly was just a ship yard that mickey and friends carted on. Crazy times here in Philly. It was great meeting you guys at too many games. Keep up the good work

[@gillythekid]

that end skit actually killed me

[@boss_pedal]

Great episode. I'd love to see a part two with games like Lego Racers 1 and 2, Crash Team Racing and Street Racer (which has a really fun soccer mode) or even some of the awful ones like the Sonic Drift series on Game Gear, and games inspired by the kart racing genre like Snowboard Kids.