Slick
- This article is about the tires in theMario Kart series. For the character fromSaturday Supercade, seeSlick and Shorty.
| Slick | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Strong stats | Speed, Weight |
| Average stats | None (MK7) Handling (MK8) None (MK8D) |
| Weak stats | Acceleration, Handling, Off-Road (MK7) Acceleration, Traction (MK8) Acceleration, Handling, Traction (MK8D) |
| Appears in | Mario Kart 7,Mario Kart 8,Mario Kart 8 Deluxe,Mario Kart Tour |
TheSlick tires are a set of unlockable tires inMario Kart 7,Mario Kart 8, andMario Kart 8 Deluxe. They resembleFormula OnePirelli P Zero tires, which (except for the wets) are alsoslicks.
Overview[edit]
Mario Kart 7[edit]
InMario Kart 7, the Slick tires provide the strongest speed boost (tied with theGold Tires), while also offering a small weight boost. Their acceleration is hindered slightly, but their handling and off-road are hindered heavily, and their handling is tied with theMonster,Red Monster, and Gold Tires for having the weakest handling among all thekart parts. They are also tied with the Gold Tires for having the worst off-road boost in the game.
In terms of hidden stats, the Slick tires excel very poorly while underwater, but they are also one of the very few tires that boost speed, but do not have a negative impact on air handling.
When compared to the Gold Tires, the Slick tires are slightly lighter and have much worse sea handling, but have better air handling and acceleration. Also, unlike the Gold Tires, which hinder drifting, the Slick tires boost drifting positively. The Slick tires are the only tires in the game to boost both speed and drift in a positive way, and also are the fastest tires in the game to provide a positive drift boost.
Mario Kart 8 /Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
The Slick tires return inMario Kart 8 andMario Kart 8 Deluxe as unlockable tires, with their appearance being altered to an extent. Their statistics are also different in that they no longer have a negative impact on handling in any terrain, and do not boost speed as much as inMario Kart 7. However, the Slick tires still have one of the worst water speed stats in the game along with theWood tires, but their water handling has been improved to make up for it. They are also the fastest tires while on any of the anti-gravity portions of a track and their air speed has been increased as well, but their traction stat is the worst in the game.
The Slick tires also have a variant called theCyber Slick, sharing the same stats as them.
InMario Kart 8 Deluxe, the Slick tires still share their stats with the Cyber Slick tires and their water speed has been slightly improved, though the air speed is significantly worse. The acceleration, handling, traction and mini-turbo stats have also been further worsened. The Slick tires still have the worst traction stat, and have the lowest stat total out of all tires in the game. CPULuigi uses these tires with theCircuit Special.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
The Slick tires return inMario Kart Tour, used by theCircuit Special,Black Circuit,Green Circuit andCarrot Kart. Red versions are used by theBlue Soda, light green versions are used by theDark Trickster, pink versions are used by theWild Pink andSakura Sports Coupe. gold versions are used by theSports Coupe 2022 andFlowery Badwagon, silver versions are used by theJukebox Buggy, pink and silver versions are used by theCupid's Arrow, yellow-lined versions are used by theLightning Streamliner andBlooper Shuttle, yellow-rimmed versions are used by theGreen Speeder, red and orange versions are used by theFlaming Speeder, blue and silver versions are used by theBlue Speeder, light pink versions are used by thePink Speeder, red and gold versions are used by theHoliday Speeder, and gold and green versions are used by theGold Trickster.
Stat boosts[edit]
Stat values are out of 6.
Mario Kart 7[edit]
- Speed: +1
- Sea Speed: -1
- Air Speed: 0
- Acceleration: -0.25
- Weight: +0.25
- Handling: -1.25
- Sea Handling: -1.25
- Air Handling: 0
- Off-Road: -2.5
- Mini-Turbo: 0
- Stability: 0
- Drift: +1
Mario Kart 8[edit]
- Ground Speed: +0.5
- Water Speed: -1
- Air Speed: +0.5
- Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.5
- Acceleration: -0.25
- Weight: +0.25
- Ground Handling: 0
- Water Handling: 0
- Air Handling: 0
- Anti-Gravity Handling: 0
- Traction: -1
- Mini-Turbo: -0.25
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
- Ground Speed: +0.5
- Water Speed: -0.75
- Air Speed: -0.75
- Anti-Gravity Speed: +0.5
- Acceleration: -0.75
- Weight: +0.25
- Ground Handling: -0.25
- Water Handling: -0.75
- Air Handling: -0.5
- Anti-Gravity Handling: -0.25
- Traction: -1.25
- Mini-Turbo: -0.75
Gallery[edit]
Mario Kart 7[edit]
The icon for the Slick tires
Artwork ofRosalina'sBirthday Girl with Slick tires
Metal Mario'sB Dasher equipped with the Slick tires
Metal Mario's Birthday Girl equipped with the Slick tires
Peach's Birthday Girl equipped with the Slick tires
Daisy's Birthday Girl equipped with the Slick tires
Rosalina'sBirthday Girl when equipped with the Slick tires
Honey Queen's Birthday Girl equipped with the Slick tires
TheEgg 1 equipped with the Slick tires
TheBarrel Train when equipped with the Slick tires
Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[edit]
Mario's kart, equipped with the Slick tires
Metal Mario's kart, equipped with the Slick tires
Iggy's kart, equipped with the Slick tires
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Slick tires on the Circuit Special
Slick tires on the Black Circuit
Slick tires on the Green Circuit
Slick tires on the Carrot Kart
Slick tires (light green) on the Dark Trickster
Slick tires (pink) on the Wild Pink
Slick tires (pink) on the Sakura Sports Coupe
Slick tires (red) on the Blue Soda
Slick tires (gold) on the Sports Coupe 2022
Slick tires (gold) on the Flowery Badwagon
Slick tires (gold/green) on the Gold Trickster
Slick tires (silver) on the Jukebox Buggy
Slick tires (pink/silver) on the Cupid's Arrow
Slick tires (yellow lines) on the Lightning Streamliner
Slick tires (yellow lines) on the Blooper Shuttle
Slick tires (yellow rims) on the Green Speeder
Slick tires (red/orange) on the Flaming Speeder
Slick tires (blue/silver) on the Blue Speeder
Slick tires (light pink) on the Pink Speeder
Slick tires (red/gold) on the Holiday Speeder
Model fromMario Kart Tour
Model fromMario Kart Tour (light green)
Model fromMario Kart Tour (pink)
Model fromMario Kart Tour (red)
Model fromMario Kart Tour (gold)
Model fromMario Kart Tour (silver)
Model fromMario Kart Tour (pink/silver)
Model fromMario Kart Tour (yellow lines)
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | スリックタイヤ[?] Surikku Taiya | Slick Tire | |
| Chinese | 光头轮胎 (Simplified) 光頭輪胎 (Traditional)[?] Guāngtóu lúntāi | Bald tires | |
| Dutch | Glad[?] | Slick | |
| French(Canadian) | Antiglisse Lisse(Mario Kart 8)[?] | Anti-slip Smooth or slick | |
| French(European) | Lisse[?] | Smooth or slick | |
| German | Slick[?] | Slick | |
| Italian | Da corsa[?] | Race | |
| Korean | 슬릭타이어[?] Seulik Taieo | Slick Tire | |
| Portuguese | Liso[?] | Smooth | |
| Russian | Слики[?] Sliki | Slick | |
| Spanish(Latin American) | Lisa[?] | Smooth | |
| Spanish(European) | Liso[?] | Smooth |
