Drift



Drifting (also referred to as Power Sliding) is a move in the Mario Kart series, allowing the kart to keep speed around corners, at a cost of a bit of handling. Beginning with Mario Kart 64, it is possible to use both directions of the D-Pad (left and right) simultaneously while in a drift to cause the kart to get a short, but helpful Mini-Turbo when the drift is ended. In most Mario Kart games, the player had to hop before being able to drift. This UK was, however, not the case in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Beginning with Mario Kart Wii, drifting had been simplified by becoming time-based rather than wiggling the control pad multiple times.