Monster (tire)

The Monster tires are a set of default tires in Mario Kart 7. They offer good speed, weight, and off-road, while hindering the acceleration and handling stats. In fact, the Monster tires offer the highest weight boost, the lowest acceleration boost, and are tied with the Red Monster tires for the best off-road boost. They're also tied with the Red Monster tires, the Slick tires, and the Gold Tires, for the lowest handling boost.

The Monster tires also appear in Mario Kart 8. They look slightly different than they do in Mario Kart 7. There is a varient of the Monster tires called the Hot Monster tires that appears in Mario Kart 8. The Hot Monster tires appear to replace the Red Monster in Mario Kart 8.

Stat boosts

 * Speed: +0.75
 * Acceleration: -0.75
 * Weight: +1
 * Handling: -1.25
 * Off-Road: +1.25