Circuit Special

The Circuit Special is an unlockable kart body in Mario Kart 8. The kart resembles a Formula One car, more specifically the ones seen in F-1 Race, another Nintendo game on the NES and Game Boy. It also looks similar to the Sprinter (B Dasher Mk 2 in the PAL regions and Japan) from Mario Kart Wii. In fact, its Dutch name is the Sprinter 2.0, either a reference to the B Dasher (Sprinter in Dutch), or the actual Sprinter (B Dasher Mk 2 in PAL regions and Japan).

It offers a speed and weight boost, but it hinders in acceleration and especially traction; it shares its stats with the Sports Coupe, Mach 8, B Dasher, and P-Wing. It shares the same sound with the Sports Coupe and is one of the few vehicles in the game to have a supercharged engine, along with the aforementioned karts.

A CPU-controlled Yoshi, Rosalina, Metal Mario, and Pink Gold Peach may occasionally use this kart body with the Standard tires.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it is now available from the start. CPU Bowser and King Boo occasionally use this body during races

Stats

• Ground Speed: +0.5
• Water Speed: +0.25
• Air Speed: +0.5
• Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.25
• Acceleration: -0.25
• Weight: +0.25
• Ground Handling: 0
• Water Handling: 0
• Air Handling: 0
• Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25
• Traction: -1
• Mini-Turbo: -0.5

Color schemes

The Circuit Special has four different varnish colors. They are similar to the Sport Bike.

Varnish	Decals	Characters	Mii Colors	Mii amiibo Racing Suits
blue	100% Organic Antifreeze Boomerang Bros. International Airlines Mushroom Pistons	File:YoshiRed-MK8.pngFile:YoshiBlue-MK8.pngLight-blue YoshiFile:YoshiWhite-MK8.pngBlue Shy Guy Light-blue Shy GuyFile:ShyGuyWhite-MK8.png	Red, Blue, Light-blue, White	Mario Suit, Hylian Suit, Captain Falcon Suit, Fox Suit, Toad Suit, Rosalina Suit, Mega Man Suit, Sonic Suit, Pikmin Suit
File:CircuitSpecial-Green.png green	1-Up Racing Galaxy Air Mushroom Piston Propeller Toad Transport	Green Shy Guy	Green, Light-green	Luigi Suit, Yoshi Suit, Animal Crossing Suit
File:Princess Orange Special-01-01.png orange	Peach & Daisy Princess Orange Galaxy Air	File:YoshiPink-MK8.pngFile:YoshiOrange-MK8.pngPink Shy GuyOrange Shy Guy	Orange, Pink	Peach Suit, Kirby Suit, Varia Suit
File:CircuitSpecial-Black.png Black/Purple/Yellow	Bowser Oil Lemmy's Tire Service	File:YoshiYellow-MK8.pngFile:YoshiBlack-MK8.pngYellow Shy GuyFile:ShyGuyBlack-MK8.png	Yellow, Purple, Brown, Black	Donkey Kong Suit, Bowser Suit, Wario Suit, Pac-Man Suit

Gallery

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  Toad's blue Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen.

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  Peach's orange Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen.

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  Yoshi's green Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen.

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  Bowser's black Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen.

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  Toad, in his blue Circuit Special.

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  The Circuit Special, in anti-gravity mode.

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  Rosalina, in her blue Circuit Special.

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  Mario, in his blue Circuit Special.

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  Luigi, in his green Circuit Special.

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  Baby Luigi, in his green Circuit Special.

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  Roy Koopa, using his black Circuit Special.

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  Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, with King Boo on his black Circuit Special

Trivia

• Ecluding male Miis and DLC, Donkey Kong is one of few males who has the orange/yellow varnish color. The other one is Larry Koopa.
• Like the Sport Bike, the green varnish is the only one to not be used by any large body frame characters.
• This is one of the few vehicle bodies where Peach, Daisy, and their baby counterparts share one of the color schemes, while Rosalina and Baby Rosalina's color scheme is separate from the other two princesses and their baby counterparts. In this case Peach, Daisy, Baby Peach, and Baby Daisy all use the orange/yellow varnish while Rosalina and Baby Rosalina use the blue/white varnish.
• Excluding female Miis, the Circuit Special's green varnish is the only one to be used by only male characters, as the other three varnish colors are used by at least one female character.