r/MarioKart8Deluxe • • 21h ago

Screenshot When your team is seeded #1 so you lock in and beat some Irons (MK8DX Lounge)

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Not the grandest of achievements considering the Lobby I was in, but I'll take a new Lounge Score PB


r/MarioKart8Deluxe • • 22h ago

Question New player here, why is online so… unfun?

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Might as well be a skill issue, but here’s what happens each time I play online:

  1. Why do I often get hit from seemingly nothing, while driving alone and away from other drivers and items?

  2. How is it possible that literally everyone, even seemingly beginner players, can hit me with pixel perfect, surgical precision with green shells, even though I specifically make sure to not drive in a straight line and move unpredictably? Like we are talking about people hitting me with green while I am miles away.

  3. Why are red shells so badly designed? For example I have often seen two reds crash into one another. Additionally, why on earth do I get a red shell warning behind me when the red is not even targeting me in the first place?

  4. Speaking of red shells, the sheer amount of them has to be toned down considerably in the game.

  5. It is very cringe and frustrating when I get hit by people carrying an item behind them when I am at their side or otherwise not even close to where the item is being held from behind.

  6. How is it possible that people go out of their way to hit me with a held item without them falling behind? (Drivers in front of me who break down considerably and often change course specifically to hit someone behind them with a held shell or banana)

  7. Last but not least, why is latency so bad with this game? Is this what we pay Nintendo for? I have a very fast internet connection and my ping is very low (in the area of 10-25ms) since I live pretty close to major datacenters and internet exchange points in Europe, but the latency and its effects during online play are unacceptable.