Gold Standard

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Gold Standard Strong stats Speed, Weight Weak stats Acceleration, Off-Road (MK7) Acceleration, Traction (MK8) Appearances Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe The Gold Standard (known as the Gold Kart in Europe and Australia) is an unlockable kart part in Mario Kart 7 and Mario Kart 8. As its name implies, the kart is a gold-painted version of the Standard Kart. CPU players never use the Gold Standard, along with the Gold Tires, and the Gold Glider, making this body player-exclusive. Mario Kart 7 The Gold Standard, as it appears in Mario Kart 7. In Mario Kart 7, the Gold Standard can be unlocked by collecting 20000 coins, or by earning 10000 VR in Wi-Fi races. The Gold Standard gives a good boost for speed and weight, but hinders the acceleration and off-road stats. In a way, the Gold Standard is the polar opposite of the Pipe Frame kart body, in terms of which stats are boosted and hindered, but its hidden stats are affected differently. When the Gold Standard body is combined with the Gold Tires and Gold Glider, they complete the whole Gold Standard. This kart gives great speed (the 2nd biggest boost in the game) and good weight, but has a negative acceleration and handling boost, and has the worst off-road in the game. Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe The Gold Standard returns in Mario Kart 8. It has received a small detail change: instead of the character's emblem, the Gold Standard's logo is a number 8 from the game's logo with a wreath of olive leaves around it. This kart and the GLA are the only kart bodies that don't display the characters' emblems. It is unlocked by getting a star rank on every GP cup for every engine class. The Gold Standard offers a strong boost in speed and a slight boost in weight, but slightly hinders acceleration and highly hinders traction. Its stats are the same as those of the Mach 8, Circuit Special, Sports Coupe, B Dasher and the P-Wing vehicle bodies. In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, it is unlocked by getting a star rank on every GP cup in Mirror mode. Stats Mario Kart 7 Speed: +0.25 Sea Speed: 0 Air Speed: -0.25 Acceleration: -0.25 Weight: +0.25 Handling: 0 Sea Handling: 0 Air Handling: 0 Off-Road: -0.25 Mini-Turbo: -0.25 Stability: 0 Drift: -0.25 Whole Gold Standard Speed: +1.25 Sea Speed: -1 Air Speed: -0.25 Acceleration: -0.75 Weight: +0.75 Handling: -1.25 Sea Handling: 0 Air Handling: -1 Off-Road: -2.75 Mini-Turbo: -0.25 Stability: 0 Drift: -1.25 Mario Kart 8 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 Whole Gold Standard Ground Speed: +0.75 Water Speed: 0 Air Speed: +0.75 Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.5 Acceleration: -0.75 Weight: +0.75 Ground Handling: 0 Water Handling: 0 Air Handling: 0 Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25 Traction: -1.5 Mini-Turbo: -0.5 Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese ゴールドカート Gōrudokāto Gold kart Spanish Dorado Golden French Or Gold Dutch Gouden Kart Golden Kart German Gold-Standard Gold-Kart (Mario Kart 8) Gold Standard Gold Kart Italian Kart d'oro Kart of gold Portuguese Ouro Padrão Kart Dourado (Mario Kart 8) Gold Standard Gold Kart Gallery Wario driving the Gold Standard (Mario Kart 8). Donkey Kong driving the Gold Standard in Mario Kart 8. Trivia The Gold Standard's steering wheel is gold in Mario Kart 7, but in a first-person view, it will remain black, unless the player has earned the Golden Steering Wheel by doing 100 races with at least 80 using gyro. [Edit] Mario Kart 7 Drivers Starting Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Yoshi • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Toad • Koopa Troopa Unlockable Princess Daisy • Wario • Rosalina • Metal Mario • Shy Guy • Honey Queen • Wiggler • Lakitu • Mii Karts and Parts New Karts Standard • Gold Standard • Birthday Girl • Bumble V • Bruiser • Soda Jet • Tiny Tug • Cact-X • Koopa Clown • Cloud 9 • Zucchini • Blue Seven • Bolt Buggy Retro Karts B Dasher • Egg 1 • Barrel Train • Pipe Frame Tires Standard • Gold Tires • Roller • Slim • Slick • Sponge • Mushroom • Wood • Red Monster • Monster Gliders Super Glider • Gold Glider • Peach Parasol • Flower Glider • Beast Glider • Swooper • Paraglider Courses Mushroom Cup Toad Circuit • Daisy Hills • Cheep Cheep Lagoon • Shy Guy Bazaar Flower Cup Wuhu Loop • Mario Circuit • Music Park • Rock Rock Mountain Star Cup Piranha Plant Slide • Wario Shipyard • Neo Bowser City • Maka Wuhu Special Cup DK Jungle • Rosalina's Ice World • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road Shell Cup N64 Luigi Raceway • GBA Bowser Castle 1 • Wii Mushroom Gorge • DS Luigi's Mansion Banana Cup N64 Koopa Beach • SNES Mario Circuit 2 • Wii Coconut Mall • DS Waluigi Pinball Leaf Cup N64 Kalimari Desert • DS DK Pass • GCN Daisy Cruiser • Wii Maple Treeway Lightning Cup Wii Koopa Cape • GCN Dino Dino Jungle • DS Airship Fortress • SNES Rainbow Road Battle Stages Retro Stages GBA Battle Course 1 • N64 Big Donut • DS Palm Shore New Stages Honeybee Hive • Sherbet Rink • Wuhu Town Items and objects Banana • Barrel • Blooper • Board • Bob-omb • Boost Pad • Bullet Bill • Burner • Coin • Daisy Cruiser • Emblem • Fire Flower • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Kart • Launch Star • Lava • Lightning • Lucky Seven • Oil Slick • Mushroom • Ramp • Red Shell • Spiny Shell • Star • Super Leaf • Trophy Enemies and species Cheep Cheep • Clampy • Cobrat • Fish Bone • Frogoon • Ghost • Goat • Goomba • Penguin • Piranha Plant • Rocky Wrench • Screaming Pillar • Stingby • Super Thwomp • Swoop • Tiki Goon • Thwomp • Toad • Unagi Techniques Drift • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming • Trick Miscellaneous DK's Tree House • Finish Line • First-Person View • Gallery • Glitches • In-game statistics • Item probability distributions • Media • Pre-release and unused content‎ • Staff [Edit] Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Racers Light Toad • Koopa Troopa • Shy Guy (Light Blue* · Black* · Green* · Yellow* · White* · Blue* · Pink* · Orange*) • Lakitu • Toadette • Baby Mario • Baby Luigi • Baby Peach • Baby Daisy • Baby Rosalina • Lemmy Koopa • Larry Koopa • Wendy O. Koopa • Isabelle* • Dry Bones** • Bowser Jr.** Medium Mario • Luigi • Princess Peach • Princess Daisy • Yoshi (Light Blue* · Black* · Red* · Yellow* · White* · Blue* · Pink* · Orange*) • Iggy Koopa • Ludwig von Koopa • Tanooki Mario* • Cat Peach* • Villager (Male)* • Villager (Female)* • Inkling Boy** • Inkling Girl** Heavy Rosalina • Metal Mario (Gold**) • Pink Gold Peach • Bowser • Donkey Kong • Wario • Waluigi • Roy Koopa • Morton Koopa Jr. • Link* • Dry Bowser* • King Boo** Any Mii Vehicle parts Bodies Karts Standard Kart • Pipe Frame • Mach 8 • Steel Driver • Cat Cruiser • Circuit Special • Tri-Speeder • Badwagon • Prancer • Biddybuggy • Landship • Sneeker • Sports Coupe • Gold Standard • GLA* • W 25 Silver Arrow* • 300 SL Roadster* • Blue Falcon* • Tanooki Kart* • B Dasher* • Streetle* • P-Wing* • Koopa Clown** Bikes Standard Bike • Comet • Sport Bike • The Duke • Flame Rider • Varmint • Mr. Scooty • Jet Bike • Yoshi Bike • Master Cycle* • City Tripper* ATVs Standard ATV • Wild Wiggler • Teddy Buggy • Bone Rattler* • Inkstriker** • Splat Buggy** Tires Standard • Monster • Roller • Slim • Slick • Metal • Button • Off-Road • Sponge • Wood • Cushion • Blue Standard • Hot Monster • Azure Roller • Crimson Slim • Cyber Slick • Retro Off-Road • Gold Tires • GLA Tires* • Triforce Tires* • Leaf Tires* Gliders Super Glider • Cloud Glider • Wario Wing • Waddle Wing • Peach Parasol • Parachute • Parafoil • Flower Glider • Bowser Kite • Plane Glider • MKTV Parafoil • Gold Glider • Hylian Kite* • Paper Glider* Courses Nitro cups Mushroom Cup Mario Kart Stadium • Water Park • Sweet Sweet Canyon • Thwomp Ruins Flower Cup Mario Circuit • Toad Harbor • Twisted Mansion • Shy Guy Falls Star Cup Sunshine Airport • Dolphin Shoals • Electrodrome • Mount Wario Special Cup Cloudtop Cruise • Bone-Dry Dunes • Bowser's Castle • Rainbow Road Retro cups Shell Cup Wii Moo Moo Meadows • GBA Mario Circuit • DS Cheep Cheep Beach • N64 Toad's Turnpike Banana Cup GCN Dry Dry Desert • SNES Donut Plains 3 • N64 Royal Raceway • 3DS DK Jungle Leaf Cup DS Wario Stadium • GCN Sherbet Land • 3DS Music Park • N64 Yoshi Valley Lightning Cup DS Tick-Tock Clock • 3DS Piranha Plant Slide • Wii Grumble Volcano • N64 Rainbow Road DLC cups Egg Cup* GCN Yoshi Circuit • Excitebike Arena • Dragon Driftway • Mute City Triforce Cup* Wii Wario's Gold Mine • SNES Rainbow Road • Ice Ice Outpost • Hyrule Circuit Crossing Cup* GCN Baby Park • GBA Cheese Land • Wild Woods • Animal Crossing Bell Cup* 3DS Neo Bowser City • GBA Ribbon Road • Super Bell Subway • Big Blue Battle Courses Wii Moo Moo Meadows*** • GCN Dry Dry Desert*** • SNES Donut Plains 3*** • N64 Toad's Turnpike*** • Mario Circuit*** • Toad Harbor*** • GCN Sherbet Land*** • N64 Yoshi Valley*** Battle Stadium** • Sweet Sweet Kingdom** • Dragon Palace** • Lunar Colony** • 3DS Wuhu Town** • GCN Luigi's Mansion** • SNES Battle Course 1** • Urchin Underpass** Other Items and objects Boo** • Banana • Barrel • Boomerang Flower • Boost Pad • Bullet Bill • Cart • Crazy Eight • Feather** • Fire Flower • Fire Chain • Golden Mushroom • Green Shell • Item Box • Lightning • Mushroom • Oil Slick • Piranha Plant • Red Shell • Roller • Spiny Shell • Stamp • Super Horn Enemies and species Bone Piranha Plant • Boo • Fish Bone • Fishin' Lakitu • Ghost • Goomba • Goomba Tower • Mini Toad • Noki • Piranha Plant • Screaming Pillar • Super Thwomp • Tiki Goon Techniques Anti-gravity • Drift • Gravity • Highlight Reel • Hop • Mini-Turbo • Rocket Start • Slipstreaming • Spin Boost • Trick Miscellaneous Andrew • DK's Tree House • Emblem • Finish Line • From the Pit • Highlight Reel • In-game statistics • Item probability distributions • Mario Kart Band • Mario Kart TV • Miiverse • Pre-release and unused content • Soundtrack • Staff • Stamps * - Indicates downloadable content ** - Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe *** - Indicates exclusivity to Mario Kart 8