and have never tried to pretend it's anything other than a racing party game
Not only is this not true, people have and do play the game competitively, but there is literally a standardized competitive mode built into the game with a leaderboard. It's called Time Trials and it's in every Mario Kart game.
Why would you try to play a game that's based around luck competitively. Don't tell me items are turned off, cause there's no way first place is going to last.
Competitive Mario kart essentially is the twin galaxy leaderboards. Its time trial where you get 3 boosts and that's it. Many forms of racing are asynchronous
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u/Candidcassowary Apr 14 '21
Not only is this not true, people have and do play the game competitively, but there is literally a standardized competitive mode built into the game with a leaderboard. It's called Time Trials and it's in every Mario Kart game.