Mario Kart 8 200cc

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Have you ever wondered just how fast your kart goes in 200cc? I did. I also figured out how fast it really is. You see, most tracks in the game don't have any recorded length, but there is one exception I could find: N64 Rainbow Road. It is stated to be 2000m long. I could just run a lap and say that it's good enough, but there I are too many variables that cannot be accounted for very well. Thus, I need to measure out part of the track and then drive over that. And as luck would have it, the track is made up of little squares in Mk8. So, by counting up how many tiles are crossed in a single lap around the track, you can see how long each tile is. I measured, and found the track to be 1102 tiles long. This means that the tiles are 1.815m long, each. Now, the hard part is finding a non-screwy part of the track to test speed on. Most of the straightaways have mandatory boost or those bouncing chain chomps. There is one that does not have either, and it's right where the final leg of the race starts. That straightaway is 60 tiles long. So, we are looking at a 108.9m long distance for our tests. Using Lemmy, the peach parasol, mr scooty, and the roller tires, I found a max speed of 65.77kmh(40.87mph). Using Dry Bowser, the metal wheels, the standard atv, and the standard glider, I found a max speed of 96.34kmh(59.86mph). Thus, we have a range of 65.77kmh - 96.34kmh. In my research of real life 200cc motors, this is a good approximation of how fast they go without changing sprockets or anything like that.