List of Super Mario Kart glitches
This is a list of glitches in the game Super Mario Kart.
Glitches
NOTE: Unless otherwise noted, all names are conjectural.
Drive Forever
The player must be in Battle Mode and select one or two players. Either player needs to lose all of their protective balls and when they do, they should keep pressing the accelerate button. If their timing is right, it is possible to continue to drive around even without any balloons.[1]
Invincibility Music
There should be two players racing. One must pause while the other should be under the effect of a Star. When the effect runs out, the Star jingle will still play.
Still Going
In Battle Mode, the player needs to hold the gas before, during, and after they lose their last balloon. Sometimes they will be able to continue driving around and battling. If the player erroneously presses the 
button, they will go to the menu, but they will still be able to drive around until they press another button.
Turn Off Music
In any two-player game, after Lakitu gives the green light, the player must keep mashing 
in both controllers. Occasionally, the music will not play.
Unidentified Flying Balloons
In Battle Course 2, if the player jumps out of the course with a Feather, they will be picked up by Lakitu and they will disappear from their opponent's screen, but their balloons will remain.
Lap around the Start
The glitch works in Ghost Valley 1. The player will need a Feather and possibly a character with a high handling stat, such as Koopa or Toad. They should be next to the Start line, possibly to the far left, and use a Feather to end up behind the lap. If done correctly, they will have completed a lap simply by doing this.
Continue boost
The player should pick up a Mushroom. They should use it and hop towards the nearby corner. If done correctly (which can take a few tries), the player should always be facing left regardless of whether or not they are steering and they will be under the effect of a Mushroom for longer than usual. The effect can wear off, in which case the player will need to do the trick again. The player should get a lap time of under 10 seconds.[2]
Bounce and End
In Donut Plains 1, the player must steer to the right, hit the wall, and hop continuously. If done right, Lakitu will count a lap almost every second.[2]
Save time by falling
In Ghost Valley 1, the player should go to the right while hopping and fall. Their position will decrease, but after they get 8th it will go back to 1 and Lakitu will count the lap.[2]
Lava finish
In Bowser Castle 1, the player will need a Feather and be in the fourth lap near the Start line. They should use the Feather to jump to the left. If done correctly, the race will finish.[2]
OB Double lap
In Mario Circuit 2, the player should go near the jump to the end and go as far left as they can. If you finish out of bounds, Lakitu will count two laps.[2]
Glitched lap counter
By doing any of the glitches above, Lakitu will occasionally show glitched lap counters such as "LAP 05" or, rarely, "LAP 16". "LAP" is normal, but the right side of the counter will be invisible, showing the mentioned numbers in a pile of red glitch tiles.[2]
CPU stuck in endless loop
In Mario Circuit 2, during a Grand Prix, place a Banana Peel just before the big jump near the end of the course. If done correctly, one of the CPU characters will get stuck in an endless loop of failing the jump (due to having to avoid the Banana Peel) and trying again.
In the rare case that Princess Peach throws a Poison Mushroom just before the jump, this glitch will also result in all the CPU characters being stuck in the endless loop as long as the Poison Mushroom is there. When the Poison Mushroom is taken, the glitch ends.
