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Engine class

A race setting, named for engine size, that raises every kart's speed as the difficulty goes up.

stubAlso: cc, speed class, 50cc, 100cc, 150ccUpdated 2026-10-22
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An engine class sets how fast a race runs. Mario Kart 64 reads every kart’s top speed from a row for the class, and Time Trials always use the 100cc row1.

  • Top speedMario Kart 64 (1996). 50cc, 100cc, and 150cc set top speeds of 290, 310, and 320, with 4 more for the three light drivers.1

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GameYearHowNote
Mario Kart 641996Top speed50cc, 100cc, and 150cc set top speeds of 290, 310, and 320, with 4 more for the three light drivers
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Mario Kart 64 1996In the US version of Mario Kart 64, in Grand Prix and Versus the engine class sets each kart's top speed from gTopSpeedTable when it spawns: 290 at 50cc, 310 at 100cc, and 320 at 150cc for Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Bowser, and 4 more for Yoshi, Toad, and Peach. Extra uses the 100cc numbers, Time Trials always reads the 100cc row, and Battle gives every driver 245.Code

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  1. ^ abIn the US version of Mario Kart 64, in Grand Prix and Versus the engine class sets each kart's top speed from gTopSpeedTable when it spawns: 290 at 50cc, 310 at 100cc, and 320 at 150cc for Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Wario, and Bowser, and 4 more for Yoshi, Toad, and Peach. Extra uses the 100cc numbers, Time Trials always reads the 100cc row, and Battle gives every driver 245.Coden64decomp/mk64
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    63//  Mario  Luigi  Yoshi  Toad   D.K.   Wario  Peach  Bowser
64f32 gTopSpeed50cc[] = {
65    // 50CC
66    290.0, 290.0, 294.0, 294.0, 290.0, 290.0, 294.0, 290.0,
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68f32 gTopSpeed100cc[] = {
69    // 100CC
70    310.0, 310.0, 314.0, 314.0, 310.0, 310.0, 314.0, 310.0,
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72f32 gTopSpeed150cc[] = {
73    // 150CC
74    320.0, 320.0, 324.0, 324.0, 320.0, 320.0, 324.0, 320.0,
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76f32 gTopSpeedExtra[] = {
77    // Extra
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    src/data/kart_attributes.c lines 63–86 at 58cfcb0 · upstream ↗
    89    switch (gModeSelection) {
90        case GRAND_PRIX:
91        case VERSUS:
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95            player->topSpeed = gTopSpeedTable[gCCSelection][player->characterId];
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98        // Uses 100CC values
99        case TIME_TRIALS:
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103            player->topSpeed = gTopSpeedTable[CC_100][player->characterId];
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106        case BATTLE:
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110            player->topSpeed = gTopSpeedTable[CC_BATTLE][player->characterId];
    src/spawn_players.c lines 89–110 at 58cfcb0 · upstream ↗
    160#define CC_50 0
161#define CC_100 1
162#define CC_150 2
163#define CC_EXTRA 3
164#define CC_BATTLE 4
    include/defines.h lines 160–164 at 58cfcb0 · upstream ↗
    187#define MARIO 0
188#define LUIGI 1
189#define YOSHI 2
190#define TOAD 3
191#define DK 4
192#define WARIO 5
193#define PEACH 6
194#define BOWSER 7
    include/defines.h lines 187–194 at 58cfcb0 · upstream ↗

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