Category rules

Mario Kart Wii Leaderboard Rules

The leaderboard has 3 categories: Unrestricted (UR), No Ultra (NU), and No Glitch (NG) Anything not explicitly forbidden is allowed.

Unrestricted forbids cheats

• TASes must fully replicate on an unmodified Nintendo Wii system using an unmodified first party controller
• Arbitary Code Execution exploits are forbidden

No Ultra forbids key checkpoint exploits

• All restrictions from Unrestricted apply to No Ultra
• Every key checkpoint on the course must be reached in order before completing a lap
• You may not benefit from any strategies exclusive to a more permissive category at the point you begin a flap

No Glitch forbids major physics engine exploits and some strategies

• All restrictions from Unrestricted and No Ultra apply to No Glitch
• You may not benefit from any strategies exclusive to a more permissive category at the point you begin a flap

The following physics engine exploits are banned:

• Using a wall to gain significant height without losing speed
• Partially or fully passing through the solid side of wall collision
• Avoiding a death or being counted OOB when that would otherwise occur
• Gaining large amounts of external velocity from any source other than gravity or reject road

Additionally, the following strategies are banned:

• All Courses
  • Performing a delayed lap count
  • Using a respawn to save time
  • Using a ghost checkpoint to save time
  • Using a wallride to save time
  • Driving backwards to reach a key checkpoint
• Mushroom Gorge
  • Using ODM (Outside-Drift Momentum) on a slow ramp
• Coconut Mall (CM)
  • Exiting the play area
• Grumble Volcano (GV)
  • Rock hop
  • Rockless hop
• Bowser's Castle (BC)
  • Ending turnskip
  • Spiral skip
• GBA Bowser Castle 3 (rBC3)
  • Yellow ramp turnskip
• DS Desert Hills (rDH)
  • Lake cut

Leaderboard eligibility rules

• TASes are timed according to the in-game timer at the end of a race
• TASers must provide the input log for their record
• TASes are considered to be set at the time a public video encode is released, or the RKG is submitted to the verification team for https://mkwtas.com whichever is sooner.