{"id":132409,"date":"2023-03-12T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-146386"},"modified":"2023-03-12T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T02:30:00","slug":"mario-kart-8-deluxe-version-2-3-0-character-vehicle-performance-balance-changes-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/03\/12\/mario-kart-8-deluxe-version-2-3-0-character-vehicle-performance-balance-changes-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Version 2.3.0) Character &amp; Vehicle Performance Balance Changes Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4101e76a005ae\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4101e76a005ae\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4101e76a005ae\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"fq49Xq_FG8Y\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Earlier this week, Nintendo rolled out the Wave 4 DLC for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a> on the Switch. The patch notes specifically mentioned how Version 2.3.0 improved the performance of &#8220;some characters and vehicle customisations&#8221; and now we know what exactly has been updated.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the rundown courtesy of the Japanese website Mario Kart Blog <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reddit.com\/r\/mariokart\/comments\/11mki0n\/mk8dx_version_230_all_balance_changes\/\">via Meester_Tweester on the Mario Kart subreddit<\/a>) &#8211; explaining how most racers have had their ground, water, air and anti-gravity speed stats increased. Other characters, vehicles and tires have also had their mini-turbo values increased.<\/p>\n<p>One other thing to note is that the &#8220;timer glitch&#8221; in Time Trials has been fixed, making recordings more accurate.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mariokart\/comments\/11mki0n\/mk8dx_version_230_all_balance_changes\/ @ 2023-03-12T23:44:18+00:00 --> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"reddit-card\"><p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mariokart\/comments\/11mki0n\/mk8dx_version_230_all_balance_changes\/?ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share\">MK8DX Version 2.3.0 &#8211; All Balance Changes<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/mariokart\/\">mariokart<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>You can view the original patch notes story in the link below. Version 2.3.0 major content update as noted was the Wave 4 DLC &#8211; including 2 new cups, eight tracks (including Yoshi&#8217;s Island), and the classic character Birdo, who originally appeared as a racer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gamecube\/mario_kart_double_dash\">Mario Kart: Double Dash!!<\/a> on the GameCube.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, there are now an additional five slots in the character selection menu, with Nintendo previously confirming more racers from past entries in the Mario Kart series would be returning.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:146230,146193,144990 @ 2023-03-13T00:45:37+00:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Have tried out the Wave 4 DLC in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe yet? How are you finding it so far? Tell us below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Earlier this week, Nintendo rolled out the Wave 4 DLC for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on the Switch. The patch notes specifically mentioned how Version 2.3.0 improved the performance of &#8220;some characters and vehicle customisations&#8221; and now we know what exactly has been updated. Here&#8217;s the rundown courtesy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}