Tire
- This article is about the vehicle part used in the Mario Kart series. For other uses, see Tire (disambiguation).
Tires (also known as wheels and written as tyres in British English versions) are vehicle parts that appear in the Mario Kart series. In Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, the player can select tires to use for their vehicle, and this alters the stats of the vehicle.
History[edit]
Mario Kart 7[edit]
Tire customization first appears in Mario Kart 7. Which tires are selected affects the stats of the kart.
Standard
Normal
Gold Tires
Gold Wheels
Wood
Wooden
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Tire customization returns in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The stats have not changed much from the previous game. In anti-gravity, tires visibly turn on their side with a blue glow, and their speed and handling stats are altered. In addition to the new tires, every tire from Mario Kart 7 excluding Mushroom and Red Monster returns in these games.
Standard
Normal
Wood
Wooden
Blue Standard
Normal Blue
Hot Monster
Funky Monster
Gold Tires
Gold Wheels
Triforce Tires
Triforce Tyres
(In Mario Kart 8, exclusive to the The Legend of Zelda × Mario Kart 8 DLC)
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
In Mario Kart Tour, tires are not customizable and have no effect on stats. However, the tires of a kart are not a part of each kart's model but instead their own models loaded for each specific kart. Additionally, every tire from Mario Kart 7 is used on at least one kart, and there is an unused StdR_Red tire in the game's files.
The name shown under each tire render in the following table is its internal file name, while the name shown on the left side is the tire's name as it was known in previous games (if linked) or otherwise conjecturally derived from its internal name (if unlinked).
| Name | Group | Tire | Kart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bicycle | Bicycle |  Bicycle_Black |
  
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| Gold Bicycle |  Bicycle_Gold |
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| Pink Bicycle |  Bicycle_Pink |
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| Monster | Big |  Big_Black |
   
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| Black-Red Monster |  Big_BlackRed |
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| Black-Yellow Monster |  Big_BlackYellow |
 
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| Dark Blue-Yellow Monster |  Big_DarkBlueYellow |
 
| |
| Light Green-Orange Monster |  Big_LightGreenOrange |
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| Pink Monster |  Big_Pink |
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| Blue Monster | BigB |  BigB_Blue |
 
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| Snowflake Monster |  BigB_LightBlue |
 
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| Black Monster | BigR |  BigR_BlackBlack |
 
|
| Gold Monster |  BigR_Gold |
 
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| Red Monster |  BigR_Red |
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| Silver Monster |  BigR_WhiteSilver |
 
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| Holiday Monster | BigRainbow |  BigRainbow_Holiday |
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| Rainbow Monster |  BigRainbow_Rainbow |
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| Spiky Monster | BigToge |  BigToge_Black |
 
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| Silver Spiky Monster |  BigToge_BlackSilver |
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| Brown Spiky Monster |  BigToge_Brown |
 
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| Pink-Purple Spiky Monster |  BigToge_PinkPurple |
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| Red-Pink Spiky Monster |  BigToge_RedPink |
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| Yellow Spiky Monster |  BigToge_Yellow |
 
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| Off-Road | Block |  Block_Black |
      
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| Black-Gold Off-Road |  Block_BlackGold |
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| Green Off-Road |  Block_BlackGreenWheel |
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| Black-Purple Off-Road |  Block_BlackPurple |
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| Silver Off-Road |  Block_BlackSilver |
  
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| Bronze Off-Road |  Block_Brass |
 
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| Gold Off-Road |  Block_Gold |
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| Retro Off-Road |  Block_White |
  
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| Green Retro Off-Road |  Block_WhiteGreen |
 
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| Burger | Burger |  Burger_Brown |
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| Gold Burger |  Burger_Gold |
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| Capsule |  Burger_TabBlueRed |
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| Blue-Green Capsule |  Burger_TabGreenBlue |
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| Pink Capsule |  Burger_TabPinkPink |
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| Green-Yellow Capsule |  Burger_TabYellowGreen |
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| Black Brick Blocks | Drum |  Drum_BlockBlack |
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| Brick Blocks |  Drum_BlockBrown |
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| Gold Brick Blocks |  Drum_BlockGold |
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| Drum |
