Kart Arena is a Mode 7 kart racer built into Snake Pot. Everyone races the SAME circuit — a new one is generated from the date, identically on every server and every client, so a lap time set in Chicago means the same thing as a lap time set in Frankfurt.

Drift for boost: hold the handbrake through a corner and the longer you hold it the bigger the kick when you let go — blue, orange, then purple. Blowing the corner to chase a purple costs you more than it pays, which is the whole game.

Surface matters. The road grips, the kerbs rattle you, and the grass will not save you. The car you can see is exactly the car the physics runs — nothing is a bitmap approximation.

Race free or for a stake at any amount. The first 8 players to press READY are in that race and are charged at that moment — never before, so backing out costs you nothing. Winner takes the pot minus 10%; a tie splits it.

You get 30 seconds between races to ready up. Create a lobby, quick-race into an open one, or watch a race already running and ready up for the next. Lights, lap counting and finish order are the server’s — a lap only counts if you actually drove it.