Here's How Long It Takes To Drive Across Mario Kart World's Huge Map

Mario Kart World brings some open-world, Forza Horizon-like flavor to the Nintendo Switch 2 launch game line up, along the way giving rise to an obvious question: How long does it take to drive across Mario Kart World's, well, world?According to recent hands-on previews by various outlets, we now have an answer--around 9-10 minutes. For Game File's Stephen Totilo, who drove as Wario in the game's Free Roam mode as far into the eastern sea as he could go before proceeding west on a cross-country road trip, the drive took a little over 10 minutes. Other outlets, like Digital Trends, reported a cross-map drive taking around nine minutes.There will likely be some variation in driving times depending on the character and kart being used, as well as other factors. According to Rolling Stone, the default difficulty for which Mario Kart World was designed around is 150cc, so it's likely Game File and Digital Trends' timed drives were done at that speed. Like in normal races, players can also pick up coins that increase their speed while driving in Free Roam, which would decrease how long it takes to drive across the map.Continue Reading at GameSpot

Jun 3, 2025 - 22:40

Here's How Long It Takes To Drive Across Mario Kart World's Huge Map

Mario Kart World brings some open-world, Forza Horizon-like flavor to the Nintendo Switch 2 launch game line up, along the way giving rise to an obvious question: How long does it take to drive across Mario Kart World's, well, world?

According to recent hands-on previews by various outlets, we now have an answer--around 9-10 minutes. For Game File's Stephen Totilo, who drove as Wario in the game's Free Roam mode as far into the eastern sea as he could go before proceeding west on a cross-country road trip, the drive took a little over 10 minutes. Other outlets, like Digital Trends, reported a cross-map drive taking around nine minutes.

There will likely be some variation in driving times depending on the character and kart being used, as well as other factors. According to Rolling Stone, the default difficulty for which Mario Kart World was designed around is 150cc, so it's likely Game File and Digital Trends' timed drives were done at that speed. Like in normal races, players can also pick up coins that increase their speed while driving in Free Roam, which would decrease how long it takes to drive across the map.Continue Reading at GameSpot