What Are The BEST CONTROLS For Mario Kart Tour? | DRIFTING GUIDE

Learn the best controls for Mario Kart Tour and learn how to drift efficiently with Abdallah's Tips and Tricks, on Android (& IOS) with Abdallah's Family-Friendly Commentary in HD 1080p 60 fps!
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About Mario Kart Tour:
■ Mario Kart takes a world tour!
Mario and friends go global in this new Mario Kart as they race around courses inspired by real-world cities in addition to classic Mario Kart courses! These destinations will be featured in tours that rotate every two weeks! In addition to courses based on iconic locales, some of your favorite Mario Kart characters will get variations that incorporate the local flavor of cities featured in the game!
■ Endless Mario Kart fun at your fingertips!
The Mario Kart series known and loved by many is ready to take the world by storm - one smart device at a time! With just one finger, you can steer and drift with ease and sling devastating items as you go for the gold in cups filled with new and classic Mario Kart courses.
■ Nab 1st place with items and Frenzy mode!
In Mario Kart Tour you have access to an arsenal of powerful items that can mix things up on the racetrack! Turn up the heat by activating the new Frenzy mode, which gives an unlimited supply of a certain item and makes you invincible! Make the most of the ensuing chaos, as Frenzy mode only lasts a short time!
■ Collect drivers, karts, badges, and more!
Earn Grand Stars by racing or fire off the featured pipe to receive more drivers, karts, and gliders! You can also proudly display badges, earned by completing certain challenges, next to your in-game name!
■ Bonus challenge courses put a twist on traditional races!
In certain races, 1st place isn't always the goal. With names like "Vs. Mega Bowser" and "Goomba Takedown," these bonus challenge courses demand a different approach to gameplay and strategy!
■ Race to increase your online rank!
Boost with the best of 'em! Your high scores will determine how you compare to other players all over the world. Keep practicing and trying out different combinations of drivers, karts, and gliders to increase your score and rise to the top!
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[@juanwashington-cruz2294]

"Manual" drift mode should just be called only drift

[@jackoutdoors3752]

drift only sounds better

[@JohnKerbaugh]

Really wish there was a hand break 🙁

[@BunneoQ]

i miss wii

[@lineseeking]

now they've introduced a steer option.

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

Gotta love this guy for making so many guides for Mario Kart Tour even for players who don't want to pay a penny out of their pocket for this game.

[@ethancharles2746]

ElectroBlastLuigi why should anyone give money to this literal cashgrab.

[@ajsabum]

Kyle Joseph It isn’t just a cash grab

[@ethancharles2746]

Life_is_Harddd so it’s a game where I have to pay 20$ USD to play as Mario in MARIO Kart. Not to mention all cosmetics grant advantages, so basically pay to win. If you don’t buy stuff ur gonna progress slowly. Or to mention the game isn’t even FINISHED yet. Because they want money ASAP. So we’re paying for an unfinished game that doesn’t have multiplayer. A game in development for 10 on this. It’s subscription is more expensive than SWITCH ONLINE for one YEAR.

[@ajsabum]

Kyle Joseph Mario isn’t locked behind a pay wall. I saw him in the daily shop a few weeks ago. And they didn’t release multiplayer because they are probably still preparing their servers to handle all the players

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

@@ethancharles2746 Come on man... If you have money and want to use it for this game, go ahead, it's optional. Just be considerate about it. It's really not that serious if you SAVE your coins and rubies like I did. It's not the end of the world when it comes to characters and items you get for each tour. They come back in later tours, even Pauline.

[@moisesramirez9654]

"I'm using tilt controls" is actually good for this game

[@moisesramirez9654]

@@dh4444 that's why you use both.

[@InfernoSynth]

Moises Ramirez no manual drift is better

[@wesleyjrz]

Tilt controls is best in landscape games.

[@Daniel328DT]

Manually drift with your thumbs and steer with the gyro. If you don't like gyro, then get use to tap steering. You can only really steer mid-air or while gliding in manual properly.

[@sinfulgamer_yt6234]

I'm using drift

[@anagab5936]

He wasn't even playing at his best and still got almost 10k. Dang.

[@justinbean971]

The things that happen when you have the right carts and such

[@0WN3RBogbat]

@@justinbean971 he is hitting all the coins as if its a piece of cake

[@laurentaylor3491]

Easy

[@oksat6495]

You have to screw up in order to get less than 10K nowadays

[@ItsRenegade]

Love the consistency for this game! Thank you (don’t stop)

[@juleanepemberton7172]

I really hope the new cups don't make you get 11k+ to get 5 stars 🙄 I can't even get over 9k

[@_curtis]

Peachette cup is a nightmare they're all 9 - 10,000+ :(

[@charmelocool]

Juleane Pemberton it’s possible but sumtimes just not those certain cups. I’ve had 12k b4 but it wasn’t on a map that need 10k for stars -_-

[@lilkeyla5769]

the highest I got is 9k

[@stephaniemartinez1806]

What!! I can't even get to 9k.......

[@juleanepemberton7172]

@adlaide77I hope you can get King Boo in the shop soon ❤ I'm not sure if Luigi is in the shop I pulled him from the pipe

[@LunaLuna-cz7er]

The hopping is so annoying with manual drift. I can’t get the hang of it.

[@TeresaG.]

Me neither, so I don't use manual drift and I'm in 1st place in my tier. 💪🏻

[@babylonian]

great guide! i'm curious how you feel about the "Steer / Drift Button Display" setting they added back in July - do you use it?

[@AbdallahSmash]

Always do. When my jump turns aren't small enough, I use a slight drag on the steer button to straighten out.

[@melissita77]

Thank you SOOO MUCH !! you helped me to use the manual drift ! It takes a lot of practice but I’m finally learning and getting better scores ! THANK YOUUUUU keep up the good work

[@arseuna2795]

Manual Drift for the races and Automatic Drift for the Bonus Challenges is how i do 😗

[@littleastro7948]

I’ve been using gyro+manual drift since the release of the game. I find it very easy to slightly move with the gyro in a straight line and easy to drift.

[@JoaoVictor-fh4on]

Man that smart wheel tip was great; I didnt know why i couldnt get off the track for a turbo

[@Arcadegamer67]

Thank you, you've gave me so many good tips

[@cristianakelley3139]

Thanks for your informative video. Great job!

[@parabones5683]

Thanks for the tips! Helped me a lot ^_^

[@AdrianBigyes]

Thanks! That worked for me very well.

[@Lemoncaake]

Thank you so much. This is rlly helping me out.

[@Sweet__Violet]

Smart steering and simple drift worked for me. 💖

[@p3dr0_o7]

Violet Henderson same

[@Roxana24de]

I'm so thankful. I watched so may Video's, but could understand how it works. Now where I could watch at your fingers, its easier to understand. And it works great 😁👍

[@avery6026]

For all of those people who said first *B L U E S H E L L*

[@KaotikBlueShell]

Am I a joke to you...

[@Hayds126]

Superhorn :p

[@jericoy.]

Frenzy Blue Shell

[@leavemealone2154]

Green shell with perfect aim

[@brianleahy3453]

Another great video 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@KIDALOO]

Trying to switch to manual and yeah...learning curve. Thanks for the great vid Abdallah!

[@movement1487]

Very useful, thanks!

[@Emo_Parker]

Great guide, Abdallah.

[@retiredyoutuber9247]

Thanks for the advice abdallah.

[@supernova11711]

Thanks for this!!!

[@jerodwatson6492]

Manual drift with manual drift seems to be the sweet spot for me. And dragging while tilting will and can drastically tighten or stretch your drift angle

[@anagab5936]

Thanks for this video! I couldn't really use manual drift because I couldn't get coins and crashed all the time or got off the road. I didn't know you could steer while drifting 10/10

[@JeeenJeeen]

I lost count of how many times I accidentally threw an item. Whenever I'm flying with a glider and I swipe down in order to raise the glider, I let go of an item and throw it back hahah.

[@tommyvu8374]

hold up u can do that I thought glider can only go left and right

[@JeeenJeeen]

@@tommyvu8374 Haha, yes you can. Either swipe up or down to let it sink or to raise it. In some races you can slowly let the glider sink on to a dash panel and then raise it again for a boost.

[@goldendocsonic2012]

I didn’t kno that until the glider level

[@afelix]

@@tommyvu8374 Yes. It's explained in one of Lakitu's tips that shows up just before the Glider Challenge in Wario Cup, where you *need* to steer up and down in order to get 3 stars.

[@aloahboi341]

Love your channel

[@hiodom8971]

Loving this game!

[@saulmarin5431]

Never clicked so fast bro, thanks for this cuz i sucked at drifting lmao

[@bastian3598]

Gosh Abdallah gives me nostalgia and Im happy and sad. Gotta miss 2014-2015 man Those were the days lol

[@bastian3598]

@@Flygono03 i remember ANIMAL CROSSING and I miss it

[@joan8x220]

2014 was when life was EASY

[@jonblablabla1014]

Good video 😄👍

[@ronfran1492]

I have been playing for a few months and am ready to make the switch. Training wheels off! Manual + Gyro now! Thank you for this video!

[@kameronfarrow5402]

Thank you!!

[@mkl_]

Thanks for the video, only found this channel today but it's interesting to see the styles from others. I swapped to manual drift only immediately when I started, but hold my phone "normally" with the left hand and use my right index finger with the right thumb touching the last joint of it for drifting, since I felt like that gave me a lot more control. It's a neat game, but I wish they'd have a no items mode with no extra points from karts, gliders, and characters inclusive for the ranked mode, so that times could be compared. (Mario Kart 8 had this in online multiplayer - we're of course lacking this feature for now as well). The whole point system feels a bit weird, since you're not trying to be fast, you're trying to collect coins and hope for a frenzy if you're playing ranked mode or trying to get 5 stars, especially when you're lower level and don't have a kart with "bonus points x2". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@eklipsegirl]

I dislike manual drift. Thankfully, they have implemented a drift button, which works for automatic drift just fine, so I can manage those Ultra Mini Turbos just fine and stick to the control scheme which is pleasant to play. I've never learned to use that manual drift thing, but now, thankfully, it has become completely irrelevant.

[@cesarinho22584]

Me too, I have been playing Mario kart for a year and a half but now I can't reach S1 or playing with friends because they beat me, they do mini turbos in straight line and I can't do that

[@unknwn224]

Cool video vro

[@kotazad3115]

I agree with you on everything as I play manual + gyro but I have to say that I recently tried puting on auto item and it helps rolling boxes faster for more chances of geting frenesies, that's valuable. Pros and cons I guess

[@mariokungfu2216]

You will get 1 mill I just know it. Love your videos

[@Link-ji7kx]

I can’t get ahold of Manual Drift. Especially on really curvy tracks. Also, in my game, there’s a Steer button in the bottom middle of my screen. I don’t ever know when to use that.

[@joshuak4553]

I've hit #1 on a couple scoreboards using manual drift only, but I might learn gyro to micro adjust. I hold my phone the same way as in the video

[@rostaranto3883]

I love me some *DEMON* toad. So adorable!

[@Daniel328DT]

Team Manual drift without gyro for me. I agree the tap steering is a bit annoying especially in 200cc. Try turning on a high ramp, it's crazy easy to mess up. At least I have control over my drifts.

[@AnwarAli-ic2kc]

Nice

[@professorsfavorite]

I was gonna change from manual drifting but I think I'm able to control manual drift very well now

[@steamacolyte4916]

Love you vids dude keep up the good work . I just wanted to comment and say that is it possible to be ranked 1st and still keep auto item on, smart steering on, and manual drift off. I have done it every week so far. This video did inspired me to try out new combination though so thanks for that. Cheers mate.

[@steamacolyte4916]

Well this week has me at second place, only 600 points from 1st. If the shop would be kind enough to stock a Luigi for me I would be ever grateful.

[@electr_icity4613]

I never actually considered using my thumbs. Personally, I just use my right pointer finger for drifting instead. I'll try the other control set to see if it works better for me. Thanks, Abdallah.

[@arseuna2795]

Can’t believe you weren’t using your thumb 😳

[@akashicmelanin]

if they made it compatible with a controller plug-in, that’d be cool, too, to give you the Switch feel. I’ve been using manual and smart steering, being that I go for speed and control. I’m at level 80 with a tier of 35.

[@ApartmentThe]

I ain't never gonna get this ! since the start of the game I couldn't do it...now goin back to try learn bit can't it !!

[@Ilmattosulcolle]

While I agree that the best scheme is Manual + Gyro, you also need to keep your phone still and steady while playing. This is not my case since i move my hand a lot and unintentionally end up making turns while i just want to go straight. I guess only manual is the way to go for me, but sure it feels like a hard mode

[@unbeleevabil9451]

I luv u Abdallah

[@bigoof6300]

Hey Abdallah I enjoy your content and want to help out your viewers. So if you use the regular steering the one with the arrow, while you are drifting if you put another finger on the screen, you can also stretch out a drift like u should us with the manual drifting. Hoped I helped some of you guys have a good one :)

[@AbdallahSmash]

Interesting!

[@roxasdracun9294]

For me using the manual drift mess sometimes a combo because it sometimes takes a while to go where I want.

[@KITTYKATTAK]

Winning 20 gems in the tournaments is doable without drift or gyro and using auto item... but this was definitely helpful! 👍🏾

[@5hadowboom528]

Overpowered

[@xxtaylorcheerjbhsxx]

I just don’t understand how you drift in the center of the track. I’m literally running into walls 😭

[@user-10021]

Taylor Leigh you eventually get used to the speed and learn it automatically, the higher the speed is the harder it is to keep straight (200cc is the only one causing problems in some tracks)

[@xxtaylorcheerjbhsxx]

PlatinumBladeStudios Thanks! You just gave me the idea to lower the speed to practice .

[@sinfulgamer_yt6234]

Just use right left

[@PrincetoonsYT]

Me too

[@0WN3RBogbat]

Mario kart without drifting is like Pizza without cheese

[@balaenopteramusculus2858]

0WN3RBogbat pizza without cheese is better

[@JessieJamesPlays]

i play mario kart without drifting :)

[@goaway9386]

Also I recommend if ur new use smart steering then use time trials (if it exists) without smart steering to explore off-road so you can see what the cuts are

[@goaway9386]

I don’t play Mario kart tour I just watch people play

[@bobbygilmore2076]

Yes! You made the video I request! Thanks!

[@GatoEpico]

the best thing is to drift behind an AI to get extra speed and then pop up the ultraturbo right after for longer speed boost. If you cant go full manual drift then activate move assist and practice in 100cc till you get the stuff , then deactivate move assist and keep only manual drifthing in any cc. Without move assist some invisible walls dissapears for you , so you can get slowed down by getting off the road or take other routes like in 6:57 with an ultraturbo or an item

[@ShadowBorn1979]

I like using Manuel drift and as for control setup I like the tilt setup where instead of having the phone straight up and down you can have it sideways

[@PrincetoonsYT]

I usually just turn of every thing and play the game with landscape mode but now im practicing with manual drift

[@spiritleaf2159]

You can now only drift Me:...Deja Vu!!!

[@drller6388]

just me or when anyone sees a vid posted by abdallah they automatically click fast af

[@pkmnlover3812]

i actually use power steering and manual drift along with power saving and auto-item i believe and it works for me

[@alexaw.4905]

I tried your techniques exactly how you did it onscreen, but every time I do Manuel drift, I end up 6th or last place, all the time. So it's either Steer mode, getting first place, or manuel Drift and getting last. I give up. I'm going to keep doing Steer. Manuel sucks.

[@caslusfilho]

I'm really having a hard time getting this controls. Could you do a tutorial or some?

[@profoundlycan]

I initially started with smart steering and gyro. I then turned off everything but gyro and did pretty well, but it's just practically impossible to obtain the types of turbo needed for a genuinely decent score in gyro, so I switched to manual drift controls. Definitely a learning curve and while I can get a decent score, I have the hardest time keeping myself from drifting from side to side and shooting my items when I didn't want to. I didn't think to actually keep my thumb moving from side to side, so I would always remove it to get myself back into a straight line and a lot of hopping. Time for some more experimenting with controls.

[@gonzalodiez6336]

I actually like to play with auto item and drift on

[@kavongyan2658]

If you dift and pin drivers to the wall you get a combo... also I play regular without the manual drifting or any assist but I do need to work on it

[@Ansel_G]

Thanks this helps I am on team manual drift without gyro and with auto items on Also I think it would be kind of funny if you said to abdallahsmash that like button lol

[@megaedge2762]

It depends what you are better with. Also it sucks when you are first the whole race, then at the end you get blue shelled.

[@frankie8180]

Thats the case for every single mario kart game

[@Sweet__Violet]

Or red shelled and they give you a coin item lol 😆

[@Fooglegod]

bruh hand cam was a good call. Instantly start putting +1k on courses I was stuck on 4 stars to get the 5. 😁

[@martinlopes3254]

I just realized how lucky i am, free to play and have dry bowser and pauline

[@wesleyjrz]

I have Dry Bowser, Metal Mario and Mario (hakama) "I won him today lol". Free to play too.

[@grogu3034]

I hate u

[@tommyvu8374]

@@wesleyjrz HAMEKAMEHA!

[@wesleyjrz]

@@tommyvu8374 yep hahaha

[@kadinhomustaine]

Me too and I got Metal Mario because of the free golden pass.

[@HarleyAverage]

Manual drift with auto-item. I like to get new items and my dropped items more often block a shell from behind, or take out a character. There is the chance I can get hit when the new items are coming in but overall I have found it more helpful.

[@AbdallahSmash]

Especially for RANKED.

[@muddybeat78]

Personally. I use manual drift and gyro since drifts dont let you do tiny adjustments on the fly

[@PrincetoonsYT]

quick tip if you keep bumping into walls or cant control the game well with only manual drift on turn on smart steering

[@FroztiProductions]

You'd think the mobile version would be easier. I could compete professionally on the switch but I look drunk in this game.

[@madierin8525]

manual is just so awful, there’s no way that I’m ever going to be able to do them ultra turbo boost challenges

[@AbdallahSmash]

Gotta break out of your comfort zone.

[@MutantDestroyer]

@@AbdallahSmash comfort zone is very comfortable and... zony?

[@jorgefeliciano-amezquita]

Thanks for the video and clearing up with tips and tricks lol Now I’ll be pro like you. You the Master, me the grasshopper

[@moose6370]

“666 demon toad” Best quote of the century

[@arandominternetuser4507]

"666 demon toad" -Abdallah 2019

[@beastyboy-en8zo]

The power of Christ compels you

[@dusty_bones]

Manual drift. Left thumb steers left, right thumb steers right. Items with both thumbs👊

[@publismiley1384]

I use automatic but bc of ur video ima try manual !!

[@fsktt]

THIS... WAS... EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Artuar3CRaFT]

I wish we had Controller Support for Mario Kart Tour

[@thehawaiianabstract2520]

Can you make a video on the last cup? It is hard for me and my friends to get 9k points more or less

[@maikybourgeois5086]

Rainbow road and few others are hardcore with only manual drift but it's the best setting

[@teresavacarr7851]

Hi Abdllah, how are you and jess doing? And how are your cats doing

[@DeShawrma1517]

I like your idea of playing with two hands 🤲

[@turinmormegil7715]

I feel kinda weirded out with both control schemes, but more with the Manual. What I mean is that both seem incomplete: Auto Drift allows you to determine whether it will be a slight turn or a drift, but in some case (cars) that's really not true, sometimes you've gotta turn too much just to make a simple drift, and I've already lost so many combo multipliers because some cars take too much time to make a drift, while other's get too much drift and stray you from the coins easily (let's not forgetthat it also doesn't allow Ultraminiturbo, or, in other words, it doesn't have the same combo potential as it's counterpart). The Manua Drift, on the other hand, allows you have more control on drifting and to get more combos, but you lose control on the slight turns. It just feels weird for me that you can't gently scroll for the right/left just to have a little turn without jumping sideways and doing a drift on a straight path. You either stay still to move straight, or radically turn for a difte. Summing it up, none of them grant you true freedom over the movement.

[@S1lent_Thunder]

I enjoy using gyro and smart steering

[@pisderata]

literally I use the "beginner" and I am in league 20 always top 3... is about practice

[@Pulpswo]

I love you

[@epicbruh8655]

Imagine if the meta severely changed by what controls you use?

[@LandonGotGood]

Early gang rumors are that sonetimes the best youtuber will reply

[@AbdallahSmash]

🧐

[@LandonGotGood]

Omg he replied🤠🤙

[@MutantDestroyer]

im a living example that u can master the game without manual drift

[@jonjonr6]

I don't understand how the manual drift works differently on my devices than his. When I turn it on, and touch the screen to drift, I can't disengage that direction until I stop touching the screen. So if I need to switch from a right turn to a left turn, I have to step the drift, then the kart darts in the direction I'm pointing, then I can change direction, which is slow and takes too long.

[@ray_b0mb]

Thankfully they added a Drift button