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.

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 with the Monster and Standard tires, respectively. It now only shares stats with B Dasher and P-Wing, boosting speed and weight while lowering acceleration, handling, and traction.

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

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 * Ground Speed: +0.5
 * Water Speed: -0.5
 * Air Speed: -0.25
 * Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.25
 * Acceleration: -0.75
 * Weight: +0.25
 * Ground Handling: -0.5
 * Water Handling: -0.25
 * Air Handling: -0.75
 * Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25
 * Traction: -0.5
 * Mini-Turbo: -0.75

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

Trivia

 * Like the Sport Bike, the green varnish is the only one to not be used by any large body frame characters.
 * The blue/white varnish almost contained the same amount of characters that also used the blue Biddybuddy.