Tell Us Dammit: Explaining The Mario Kart Drift

I was reading this article about Mario Kart 8 and remembering the time I tried to explain to my wife, a Mario Kart noob, how to drift. It was really, really hard. How would you explain the Mario Kart drift in one succinct, easy to understand sentence?

I found it really, really difficult. It’s interesting: the Mario Kart drift seems really easy and once you understand how to do it, it is really easy — but it’s actually a very complicated thing made easy with muscle memory. We’ve been drifting since Mario Kart 64. We take it for granted now, but newbies need to learn all over again. It’s like trying to teach a crawler how to toddle! HOW HARD CAN IT BE!

So that’s the question I’m asking you today: how would you explain Mario Kart drifting to a complete noob?


The Cheapest NBN 1000 Plans

Looking to bump up your internet connection and save a few bucks? Here are the cheapest plans available.

At Kotaku, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you'll like too. We have affiliate and advertising partnerships, which means we may collect a share of sales or other compensation from the links on this page. BTW – prices are accurate and items in stock at the time of posting.

Comments


36 responses to “Tell Us Dammit: Explaining The Mario Kart Drift”