Comment by cout
2 years ago
Given two equal karts I guess top speed would be the same but most courses don't have long enough straights to let you reach full speed.
When I wrote that comment I was thinking one might tune the kart for the driver to make up for lack of acceleration which would reduce top speed.
Actually, I'm talking rubbish since without friction there wouldn't even be a top speed. It's true that having a high top speed is only useful if you have enough time to accelerate up to it!