Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: How to turn off Smart Steering

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe offers some new features compared to the Wii U version, including certain steering aids. We’ll show you how to turn them off here.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Turn off smart controls

New in the deluxe version of Mario Kart 8 is the so-called “Smart Control”.

• This steering aid ensures that you don’t crash into walls or fall into ravines.

• This allows your kart or bike to steer you past hazards without your intervention.

• However, this driving aid is automatically activated and lowers the difficulty level, which reduces the fun of the game, especially for old hands of the genre.

• The cunning control cannot be switched off in the menu or selection screen of the game. To disable it, you must enter a race.

• It doesn’t matter which mode or cup you select. As soon as the race starts, press the plus or minus button. By pressing the L button or using the touch screen, you can now switch off the driving aid.

Control Assist: Disable Car Acceleration

Another control aid is the “car acceleration”.

• However, this help is not activated from the beginning.

• It ensures that the throttle is automatically applied and can also be switched on or off during a race in the menu (pressing + or -) via the R button or the touch screen.

Motion control: Switch off the control option

Motion control refers to control options via the controllers such as shaking movements. The control can be activated and deactivated using the Y button within the races.