Kart racing games have simplified driving mechanics while including unusual racetrack designs, obstacles, and vehicular combat.
Kart racing games are known to have simplified driving mechanics while adding obstacles, over-the-top racetrack designs, a wide range of background music and various action elements.
[1] Kart racing games are a more arcade-like experience than other racing games and usually offer over-the-top gameplay in which player characters can shoot projectiles against one another, collect power-ups to gain advantage, or perform special techniques to gain a speed boost.
[1][2] Typically, in such games, vehicles move more like go-karts and scooters, lacking anything along the lines of a gear stick and clutch pedal.
[13] In the late 2010s, Mario Kart 8 and its Deluxe port became the best-selling racing video game of all time.