Wondering how to get higher scores in Mario Kart Tour for some serious bragging rights? Don’t worry: this guide has you covered.
Recommended VideosBecause of this mobile game’s microtransaction-heavy setup, that requires significantly more luck than skill, unfortunately. But there are ways to ensure you get maximum points with a little effort.
How to Get Higher Scores in Mario Kart Tour
In most cases, choosing the higher cc version of a track will net you more points, so typically, you want to go with 200cc. However, on some of the later tracks, the 200cc versions are much more difficult, so you may actually get a higher score going with the 150cc version instead.
That option aside, the best way to increase your points is strongly dependent on using higher tier vehicles, riders, and gliders that are preferred for each course.
From there, your level point total will vary wildly based on the RNG of landing a frenzy (three of the same item when you hit an item box), which means learning the map layouts to pick up as many item boxes as possible
Keep in mind you can only get a frenzy if you have the preferred driver for the track. Otherwise, you can only get one to two items per box, and that means constant pipe pulls until you manage to snag the right drivers.
New York Tour Course Combos
Below, we list out every preferred driver, kart, and parachute for each level. These will get you the maximum number of points.
As of this writing, Musician Mario has the highest number of favored courses for bonus points, so that’s the driver you want to aim for with your early pipe pulls.
What happens if you don’t get any of them after the tutorial? That’s where re-rolling comes in (see below).
CourseDriverKartGliderNew York Minute (Mario Cup) Musician Mario Yellow TaxiBull’s Eye Bonzai Fare Flier 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
(Mario Cup) Baby Peach Super Blooper
Mach 8 Parafoil Mario Circuit 1 (Mario Cup) Mario Mach 8
B Dasher Super Glider
Gold Glider GCN Dino Dino Jungle
(Donkey Kong Cup) Dry Bowser
Donkey Kong Flame Flyer
Barrel Train Bob-omb Parafoil Toad Circuit (Donkey Kong Cup) Toad
Toadette
Peachette Mushmellow
B Dasher Parachute
Gold Glider 3DS Rock Rock Mountain
(Donkey Kong Cup) Donkey Kong
Yoshi Blue Badwagon
Barrel Train Parafoil
Swooper GCN Yoshi Circuit (Yoshi Cup) Yoshi Black B Dasher
Turbo Yoshi Parachute 3DS Daisy Hills (Yoshi Cup) Daisy
Musician Mario Daytripper
B Dasher
Turbo Yoshi Parafoil
Flower Glider 3DS Cheep Cheep Lagoon
(Yoshi Cup) Baby Peach Soda Jet
Super Blooper Parafoil N64 Koopa Troopa Beach
(Koopa Troopa Cup) Mario
Koopa Troopa Gold Blooper
Koopa Dasher Shell Parachute
Peach Parasol New York Minute
(Koopa Troopa Cup) Pauline Soda Jet
Yellow Taxi Fare Flier 3DS Rock Rock Mountain R
(Koopa Troopa Cup) Diddy Kong
Metal Mario Badwagon
Barrel Train Parachute
Bullet Bill Parachute 3DS Toad Circuit (Toad Cup) Toad
Toadette
Peachette Mushmellow
B Dasher Gold Glider Shy Guy Bazaar (Toad Cup) Metal Mario
Shy Guy
Pauline Gold Blooper
Badwagon Glower Glider
Fare Flier CGN Yoshi Circuit R (Toad Cup) Peach
Musician Mario Bad Wagon
Mach 8 Shell Parachute
Bullet Bill Parachute SNES Mario Circuit 1R
(Peach Cup) Peach Gold Blooper Fare Flier
Peach Parachute Yoshi Circuit (Peach Cup) Yoshi Black B Dasher
Turbo Yoshi Parachute 3DS Daisy Hills (Peach Cup) Daisy
Baby Daisy Daytripper Shell Parachute GBA Bowser’s Castle 1
(Bowser Cup) Bowser Bullet Blaster
Badwagon Bullet Bill Parachute
Bob-omb Parafoil GCN Dino Dino Jungle
(Bowser Cup) Donkey Kong
Dry Bowser Flame Flyer Bob-omb Parafoil New York Minute R (Bowser Cup) Musician Mario Black B Dasher
Gold Blooper
Yellow Taxi Fare Flyer
Bullet Bill Parachute Cheep Cheep Lagoon
(Dry Bones Cup) Mario
Dry Bones B Dasher
Super Blooper Peach Parasol Mario Circuit 1 (Dry Bones Cup) Mario B Dasher
Mach 8 Super Glider
Gold Glider 3DS Rock Rock Mountain T
(Dry Bones Cup) Toad
Musician Mario Blue Badwagon
Mach 8 Parafoil
Swooper 3DS Toad Circuit T
(Toadette Cup) Toadette
Peachette Mushmellow
Birthday Girl Parafoil
Gold Glider New York Minute R
(Toadette Cup) Musician Mario
Pauline Black B Dasher
Gold Blooper
Yellow Taxi Fare Flier GCN Dino Dino Jungle T (Toadette Cup) Bowswer
Dry Bowser Turbo Yoshi Shell Parachute
Swooper 3DS Daisy Hills (Daisy Cup) Daisy
Musician Mario Daytripper
Birthday Girl
B Dasher Flower Glider Dino Dino Jungle R (Daisy Cup) Diddy Kong
Peachette Barrel Train Swooper 3DS Shy Guy Bazaar T
(Daisy Cup) Daisy
Dry Bones Bullet Blaster
Blue Badwagon Bullet Bill Parachute
Bob-Omb Parafoil
Re-Rolling For Better Drivers
If you don’t get lucky on your first pulls or you don’t want to spend money on microtransactions, you can boost your score by going through the lengthy process of re-rolling.
With Mario Kart Tour, the re-roll process isn’t long because it has a bunch of steps. Rather, it’s because of how much of the game you have to play before getting to the pipe pulls you’ll want to re-roll.
It takes about 15 minute to complete the tutorial and go through all four maps of Mario Cup before getting your free rubies to fire off the pipe four times and get your first drivers.
If you don’t get Musician Mario (or whatever driver and kart you were looking for), head to the main menu and:
- Select Settings
- Then scroll all the way to the bottom
- Select “Start Fresh“
- Delete “All Saved Data“
Then, you can start over, complete the Mario Cup, and get your four free pulls again.
That’s all you need to know about how to get higher scores in Mario Kart Tour. Trying to complete more challenges or find other secrets? Be sure to bookmark our growing list of Mario Kart Tour guides here, including:
- How to do 30 mini turbo boosts in a single race
