Ever since Mario Kart 8’s second DLC pack arrived last week, fans and players have been deliberating on just how game-changing the new high-speed 200CC difficulty mode truly is. Apparently, it changes things up enough to render “fire hopping,” the game’s most controversial exploit, effectively inert.
Fire hopping was first discovered shortly after Mario Kart 8 came out last summer as a way to artificially extend a racer’s speed boosts. By flipping the joystick on the Wii U controller back and forth in a rapid, repetitive motion at just the right moment when coming off a boost, players could maintain their enhanced speed indefinitely. Since players found it, they’ve continued to debate about whether it counts as a legitimate technique in the Mario Kart 8 toolkit, or if its a cheap exploit that people should stay away from in the interests of maintaining fair play.

http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2015/04/27/m...opping-useless