as cheri says bikes are more manoeuvrable and accelerate faster, but are easily knocked off course.
cars better in a straight line not so good on corners and tight spaces.
carefully study the characteristics of each vehicle and choose by using and trying out.
when you are happy, stick to it as you get used to the way it handles.
have you tried the internet racing really good fun (except sometimes you get hackers getting in and spoiling the fun, by ruining everybodys race and winning every race, if you see them just get out of the race and start anew.) nintendo need to sort out these people who seem to enjoy spoiling what should be a fun time.
2016-05-26 14:59:22 UTC
I prefer the middleweight class because they majority of the bikes are good all around. I personally do not like the mach bike for grand prix because of the poor acceleration. If you hit a wall, or hit bananas, or fake item boxes, or red/green shells, it is a challenge to maintain a high position in the race. Poor acceleration has caused me to lose many races that could've been won otherwise. My favorite vehicle on the WHOLE game is the Dolphin Dasher, and then the Jet Bubble, but if you are having trouble on Mirror Mode, you may not have unlcoked these yet. So a great alternative is the Magikruiser! GREAT aceleration and offroad, which makes it PERFECT for Grand Prix. OF course, the Jet Bubble, Dolphin Dasher, and Magikruiser all have the severe drifting which takes getting used to, but it makes EVERYTHING so much easier once you get good at it. As for characters, any character in the selected weight class will work. My favorite lightweight: Koopa Troopa, middleweight: my mii in outfit B, but next would be Bowser JR., and Heavyweight: Dry Bowser. but once again, the character you choose only affects what vehicles are available to you.... Hope this helps. -allen
AFC4EVA2010
2010-01-10 08:38:39 UTC
Bikes are usually better on speed but Karts are better on handling but I rather go for a bike
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2010-01-10 08:48:00 UTC
the best bike would be the mach bike, magicbike or shooting star and the flame runner. the bescharacters would be funky kong, didddy long, bowser jr, mario, luigi, baby luigi , well it depends on the selection of bike and karts each character has
2010-01-10 08:37:31 UTC
I use the cars because it seems like they have better handling.*
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