>>15491559If you're only watching the EN streams then it may seem like there are more simplistic shortcuts since they rarely bother to use them. However, MK8D does encourage the type of corner cutting and off-road boosting you'd see in CTR. If you watch prior hololive tournaments you can see that mushrooms and stars are the most valuable items to the top players because they offer the best way to shorten gaps and overtake other players while still requiring a decent amount of control. Also, some of the shortcuts that are more visible like the ones on DK Jungle and Twisted Mansion require players to know how to make more precise pre-emptive drifts.
