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I've noticed that sometimes when I crash into other Karts, we both spin out — but then I get a speed boost, and continue flying past them.
What factors are at play here? Should I always try to be ramming my opponents? I seem to have noticed this mostly when the Karts are in anti-grav mode — is that a requirement to get this speed boost?
There are 2 levels of boost. If you are driving a kart, you can tell which one you get by how many of your exhausts spit fire. If both spit fire, then you've got the maximum boost. If you are driving a bike, then your bike will do a wheelie when you get the maximum boost.
If you watch the numbers come on the screen it goes 3 - 2 - 1. The numbers kind of drop in from the top. You need to hit the button just as the number 2 gets to the bottom of it's downwards animation. It takes a bit of practice but after a while it becomes second nature.
Another tip is to count it down in your head - then you get the timing just right naturally!
Drafting, also known as slipstreaming, is a technique that allows for a short speed boost. If a player trails behind another racer for a certain period of time, the player's vehicle receives a temporary speed boost. If the position is held for about 3-5 seconds, the player will be surrounded in a blue wind with a modest speed increase. The boost lasts for about 3 seconds, or until the player hits a wall, obstacle, racer, or item. It can last as long as a Mushroom boost.
Screenshot from Mario Kart 8 of drafting effect:
Best Answer
If you run into another driver with a boost you can steal it from them by colliding with their kart.
While in zero gravity mode, crashing into any kart will give you a boost.
Quotes from an IGN article.