Mario Kart 8: How To Earn Stars (The Fast Way)

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Earning stars in is a great way to unlock rewards and show off your rank, but it can be time-consuming if players don't utilize a trick to earn them quickly. At least one star in every class of every cup must be obtained for players to earn a specific golden reward.

For every cup, a star must be won at 50cc, 100cc, 150cc, 200cc, and Mirror mode. Winning a trophy does not always guarantee a star either, as stars are based on a point system, and trophies are based on placement. Players must earn over 54 points in the cup to obtain at least one star.

To earn three stars for a Grand Prix Cup in, players must place 1st on all four tracks. Even placing 1st in three and 2nd in one will only reward two stars for that cup since only a perfect 60 points earn the third star.

When first starting, many players may take the obvious approach by racing the first Grand Prix Cup at 50cc, winning, and then proceeding from there. Though this method isn't necessarily wrong, it will require a lot of unnecessary time that need not be wasted. However, it is worth knowing that once a higher-level Grand Prix Cup is earned, the gold trophy is automatically filled in for every level below that.

So, if a player has no trophy earned in a specific Grand Prix Cup, they can complete the cup at 150cc, earning three gold stars, and the 50cc and 100cc levels will be auto-filled with three Gold Stars and a Gold Trophy. This means that players can go through and earn three stars in every 150cc Grand Prix Cup without having to do any of the 50cc or 100cc race levels at all but still receive credit. Be sure to equip yourself with a fast setup in , as 150cc can be challenging to win.

If 150cc proves too tricky, completing 100cc is still a good time saver as it