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I'll never forget the feeling of playing Mario Kart for the first time
everything was just so much simpler back then in the time time seemed to move a
lot slower and ever since that day I've been
chasing that feeling just trying to recreate it any way that I can and after
burning through every version of Mario Kart that exists nothing has quite been
able to do the trick [Music]
one thing that I had yet to try if playing Mario couldn't give me that
sense of wonder then maybe living it could and the only way to feel like I'm
truly living in the world of Mario Kart is to build a Mario Kart that I can
drive in third person so I feel like I'm in the game third person meaning instead
of seeing things like this I'll be seeing them like this just like the
character so this is first person this is third person first person third
person first person not that so first things first I gotta
build a go-kart and to do that I'm gonna need a bunch of wood and I'm also gonna
need Wheels I'm gonna need axles I'm gonna need a motor and I'm gonna have to
wait a long time for that stuff to be delivered
that delivery guy is like super strong now this stuff included instructions
which I definitely didn't need because I've done this before once when I built
a Tesla and another time when I built a tank so I knew what I was doing and I
didn't need anyone to tell me how to do my job all right now that I've got some
Wheels it's time to build a frame now once again I knew what I was doing I've
done this before I had the tools the materials The Experience hypothetically
nothing could go wrong until you know something went wrong
it was my foot steering it wasn't
working and I had no idea why [Music]
dude I'm not sure I don't know anything about this I know all about superhero
stuff you need some superhero stuff done let me check your Tesla video I'll see
what you did different uh oh whoa look at the comment section what you gotta be
kidding me no I'm not about to let Dale garvinson
prove me wrong I'll show him I'm gonna build the sickest Mario Kart he's ever
seen thank you
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Carlini and the purple dude and inconvenience them as much as possible
consider it done
throw me that motor [Music]
okay so this go-kart needs a lot of work I need to hook up the motor I need a
place to sit and I'm still waiting on the steering but the most important part
other than to how I'm gonna see everything in third person is the fact
that this isn't just a go-kart this is a Mario Kart and in case you haven't
noticed Mario Karts look insane I mean like well this one's just a just a
sneaker but this boring design was just not gonna cut it if I was gonna make
myself feel like a kid again I was gonna have to blow my own mind it was gonna
have to go crazy fast and it was gonna have to look crazy cool kind of like
this seat here super cool now I've built all sorts of things with these motors
here so I've had all sorts of practice with these batteries and these motored
kits but none of that experience quite prepared me for what was about to happen
next it's been like five hours and I don't know what I'm doing wrong but
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yeah so things weren't looking good but did I give up of course I didn't give up
because I knew that if I just kept trying for a few more minutes I'd figure
it out in no time okay so I've been working on this for
I don't even know how long now I've totally lost track of all time it is
completely dark outside now so I tried everything that I possibly could to get
this thing working and nothing worked turns out the brand new foot pedal that
came with the motor doesn't work but when I hook it up to the one inside the
tank it works fine so I gotta get in here and take this one out okay ladies
and gentlemen I present to you I'm going to bed okay so the motor is officially
done yes I'm laying on the floor I'm really tired I went to bed at like 1am
but um the cart's looking pretty cool now and I'm still waiting on the
steering [Music]
thank you oh man
that looks confusing you're telling me all I want to do is feel like a kid
again and I just there's always something in the way
things used to be so easy I don't know man was riding a bike easy the first
time you did that no what about Bionicles were those easy no what about
Lego no Pokemon no Checkers no walking that's still hard using power tools
skateboarding Mario car no Pogo Sticks no high fives no chewing food that was
really hard see I don't think it used to be easy I think you just need a new
perspective yeah a third person perspective you know once I finish this
I'll be able to and you're gone cool all right let's do this
now I had no idea what I was doing with this steering kit but what I did know is
that I was one step closer to feeling like a kid again and that was also one
step closer to proving this Dale garvinson guy wrong honestly he's
probably just jealous because to him I am a kid and he probably wishes he could
feel like he was my age again huh it's kind of like there might be some like
underlying message here or something but anyway okay this looks sick but the big
question is is it gonna support my weight because there's a lot going on
over here so I guess this is the Moment of Truth we're gonna sit on here oh this
is actually really this is really sturdy this is sick and
I'm just gonna be [Music]
uh-oh we got a problem when I turn the steering wheel the wheels go the wrong
way it didn't take me long to realize that I just put this thing on there
backwards so once I turned it around it worked perfectly fine but now that I had
that figured out it was time to move on to more important matters like securing
the steering wheel so it doesn't fly out the window while I'm driving and would
you look at that look who made a Go-Kart with actual steering take that Dale and
for the exterior I decided to go with green grass inspired by Mario and these
green tubes inspired by Mario and now I had a Mario Kart that looked like it was
straight out of the game now that this thing looks like a proper
Mario Kart it's time for a test drive now I'm not too sure how fast this thing
will go but I got this speedometer app here and I'm shooting for like 30 miles
an hour so let's see what this thing can do now I was definitely nervous about
this thing falling apart at such high speeds but nothing gets me in the zone
like some music [Music]
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these sick earbuds three cons on a mission to prove that you shouldn't have
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go with 20. and no I think that I think I think it just goes 20. still too fast
oh yeah okay now that we know that this thing works and goes crazy fast it's
time for the most exciting part getting it to drive in third person and for that
I'm gonna need a headset that I can connect to a camera that goes behind me
so I can see myself so I quickly hopped online and found the perfect headset and
ordered it right away
hey [Music]
dude what my car are you kidding me your socks this some red dude just shrunk my
car and took off in my package can you do some superhero stuff oh yeah I can do
superhero stuff [Music]
hey you
what's up bro give me back that parcel no can do socks Man actually it Sox's
really it's a lame name no it's not it's really cool and also I'm gonna need that
package back as well you're gonna have to pry it from my warm cuddly hands so
it's gonna be like that [Music]
what static electricity wow ah it kind of hurt
Now give me the parcel take it take it
ow [Music]
all right looking good looking really good oh whoa this is interesting I think
it'll be a lot better when I uh am facing the other other way I guess this
is what it feels like to be a hand all right let's try some am I looking at you
okay let's try some stairs and okay okay
that ain't it see if I if I went down the stairs with my eyes closed it would
almost be easier okay if I can get this camera mounted somewhere over here that
should allow me to see from this angle here this was it this was literally the
last part and I was about to feel like I was actually in a video game this was
about to be the coolest thing that I have ever built and it was gonna be like
the most fun I've ever had this was gonna be unlike anything I've ever done
before and I was gonna remember this for the rest of my life
and that's when it hit me I will never feel that feeling again
because that moment is gone and we can't go back
and if we spend all of our time trying to recreate the past we're gonna miss
the present in this moment right here is the only moment that matters
"It's
Fine" by Chasper playing