Circuit Special
The Circuit Special is an unlockable kart body in Mario Kart 8. It resembles a Formula One car, 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 and the Mach 8. Similarly, the Sport Bike also has both a green and an orange/yellow varnish that greatly resemble the green and orange/yellow varnish for the Circuit Special.
Stats
Stat values are out of 6.
- Speed: +0.5
- Acceleration: -0.25
- Weight: +0.25
- Handling: 0
- Traction: -1
Color schemes
| Body | Trim | Decals | Characters |
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| #2a3aff | black | 100% Organic Antifreeze Boomerang Bros. International Airlines |
       
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| #32CD32 | black | 1-Up Racing Galaxy Airlines Mushroom Piston Propeller Toad Transport |
     
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| gold | orange | Peach & Daisy Princess Orange |
       
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| black | gold darkorchid |
Bowser Oil Lemmy's Tire Service |
      
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Gallery
The blue/white varnish.
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The orange/yellow varnish.
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The black varnish.
Toad's blue Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen.
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.
Toad, in his blue Circuit Special.
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.
Trivia
- No Medium|middleweight racers use the black Circuit Special color scheme.
- Just like the Sport Bike, Donkey Kong is one of few males who has the orange varnish color, however, this time, he is joined by Larry Koopa, who is the second only male who has this color scheme. But Larry uses the red and blue color scheme instead of the yellow and orange color scheme for the Sport Bike, which makes Donkey Kong the only male character (excluding male Miis) to use the yellow and orange Sport Bike.
- Wendy O. Koopa doesn't share her Circuit Special color scheme with the other female characters (this excludes female Miis). In this case, she uses the black Circuit Special, instead of the blue one or the yellow and orange one.
- Also, if female Miis are excluded again, this makes the green Circuit Special the only color scheme of the Circuit Special to not have any females use it.
