Circuit Special

The Circuit Special is an unlockable kart body in Mario Kart 8. The kart resembles a Formula One car with exhaust pipes below the spoiler, 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 from Mario Kart Wii. In fact, its Dutch name is the Sprinter 2.0, making it a successor to the Sprinter and the B Dasher, which is called Sprinter in Dutch. Its Russian name also means Sprinter when transliterated to English. The emblem is located on the hood.

History

Mario Kart 8/Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

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, P-Wing, and Gold Standard. 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, Wario, Roy, and King Boo occasionally use this body during races, with Bowser using the Monster tires, and King Boo using the Standard tires, respectively. Pink Gold Peach uses the body with the Sponge tires instead. CPU Lemmy and Luigi are also seen using this kart body, with Lemmy using the Standard tires and Luigi using the Slick tires with the MKTV Parafoil instead. The Circuit Special now only shares stats with the B Dasher and the P-Wing, boosting speed and weight while lowering acceleration, handling, and traction.

Mario Kart Tour

The Circuit Special returns in Mario Kart Tour, where it is classified as a High-End kart. Slipstreaming lasts longer and yields more points while using this kart. It uses the Slick tires from Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Unlike before, the kart's varnish does not change depending on the character using it, as it always uses the blue and white varnish. This is due to the fact that the black, purple, and yellow varnish is instead used by a variant of the kart called the Black Circuit, which is also classified as a High-End kart.

Color schemes

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

Varnish	Decals	Characters	Mii Colors	Mii amiibo Racing Suits
Blue/White	100% Organic Antifreeze Boomerang Bros. International Airlines Lemmy's Tire Service Mushroom Piston Princess Orange		Red, Blue, Light-blue, White	Mario Suit, Hylian Suit, Captain Falcon Suit, Fox Suit, Toad Suit, Rosalina Suit, Mega Man Suit, Sonic Suit, Pikmin Suit
Green	1-Up Racing Galaxy Air Mushroom Piston Propeller Toad Transport		Green, Light-green	Luigi Suit, Yoshi Suit, Animal Crossing Suit
Orange/Yellow	Galaxy Air Mushroom Piston Peach & Daisy Royal Patisserie Princess Orange		Orange, Pink	Peach Suit, Kirby Suit, Varia Suit, Inkling Suit
Black/Purple/Yellow	Bowser Oil Lemmy's Tire Service Mushroom Piston		Yellow, Purple, Brown, Black	Donkey Kong Suit, Bowser Suit, Wario Suit, Pac-Man Suit

Statistics

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

Mario Kart Tour

Slipstream Plus Favored Courses
Three Star
Two Star

Gallery

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  Circuit Special in Mario Kart 8

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  Toad's blue Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen

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  Peach's orange Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen

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  Yoshi's green Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen

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  Bowser's black Circuit Special, as shown on the customization screen

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  Toad, in his blue Circuit Special

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  The Circuit Special, in anti-gravity mode

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  Rosalina, in her blue Circuit Special

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  Mario, in his blue Circuit Special

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  Luigi, in his green Circuit Special

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  Baby Luigi, in his green Circuit Special

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  Roy Koopa, using his black Circuit Special

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  Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, with King Boo on his black Circuit Special

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ターボ・ワン Tābo Wan	Turbo One
Dutch	Sprinter 2.0	Sprinter 2.0, a reference to the B Dasher (called "Sprinter" in Dutch) or the Sprinter (called "B Dasher Mk 2" in Japanese and British English)
German	Rennwagen	Racing Car
Italian	Autobolide GP	Speedcar GP
Korean	터보원 Teobowon	Turbo One
Portuguese (NOA)	Relâmpago GTI	Lightning GTI
Portuguese (NOE)	Flash	Flash
Russian	Спринтер Sprinter	Sprinter
Spanish	Relámpago 1	Lightning 1