Editing Racing game (section)

===Kart racing===
{{main|Kart racing game}}
[[File:SuperTuxKart_in-race_(2018).png|thumb|''[[SuperTuxKart]]'', an example of a kart racing video game]]

Kart racing games have simplified driving mechanics while adding obstacles, unusual track designs and various action elements.<ref name="AI">{{cite book|last1=Schwab|first1=Brian|date= 2009|title=AI Game Engine Programming|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbMLAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 |publisher=Cengage Learning|page= 192|isbn=978-1-58450-628-7|access-date=2014-11-27}}</ref> Kart racers are also known to cast characters known from various [[platform game]]s or [[animated cartoon|cartoon television series]] as the drivers of "wacky" vehicles.<ref name="Archi">{{cite book|last1=Gregory|first1=Jason|date= 2009-06-09|title=Game Engine Architecture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=az_Oi9mSSiIC&pg=PA19 |publisher=CRC Press|page= 19|isbn=978-1-4398-7918-4|access-date=2014-11-27}}</ref> Kart racing games are a more [[Arcade racing|arcade-like]] experience than other racing games and usually offer modes in which [[player characters]] can shoot projectiles at one another or collect [[power-up]]s.<ref name="Archi" /><ref>{{cite web| title=The Kart Racing Genre| url=http://www.gamelitist.com/2012/06/the-kart-racing-genre/| author=Adedeji, Shola| date=2012-06-14| publisher=Gamelitist| access-date=2014-12-02| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211113252/http://www.gamelitist.com/2012/06/the-kart-racing-genre/| archive-date=2014-12-11}}</ref> Typically, in such games, vehicles move more alike [[go-kart]]s, lacking anything along the lines of a [[gear stick]] and [[clutch pedal]].<ref name="AI" /><ref name="Level Up!">{{cite book|last1=Rogers|first1=Scott|date= 2014-04-11|title=Level Up! The Guide to Great Video Game Design |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2LNaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA502 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|page= 502|isbn=978-1-118-87721-0|access-date=2014-11-27}}</ref>

While [[car combat]] elements date back to earlier titles such as [[Taito]]'s ''[[List of Taito games|Crashing Race]]'' in 1976, the kart racing subgenre was popularized by [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Super Mario Kart]]'' in 1992 for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] (SNES), which spawned the ''[[Mario Kart]]'' series. The game was slower than other racing games of the time due to hardware limitations, prompting the developers to use a go-kart theme for the game. Since then, over 50 kart racing games have been released, featuring characters ranging from [[Nicktoons]] to ''[[South Park]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ryan|first1=Jeff|date= 2011-08-04|title=Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1k-6ksl3uLsC&pg=PT102 |publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-1-101-51763-5|access-date=2014-11-27}}</ref>