Ride truck
The title of this article is official, but it comes from a Japanese source.
If an acceptable English name is found, then the article should be moved to the new title.
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| Appears in | Mario Kart World (2025) | ||
| Variant of | Cargo truck | ||
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Ride trucks[1] are controllable variants of cargo trucks found in Mario Kart World. They resemble the normal trucks from the game, with a few modifications: They have an extended engine compartment housing a large exposed Fire Flower-shaped engine, two significantly larger exhaust stacks connected to the engine, and their trailers have neon red signs with the words "Mario Kart" on them. Additionally, their second trailer always has its door open, showing a dark interior with glowing streaks of light and a ? Block symbol at the center.
By driving into the open trailer, players are able to take temporary control of the truck, which grants them a larger size, increased speed, and invulnerability to most obstacles. Players may drive the ride truck for a total of 20 seconds, after which they get launched forward as the truck disappears. The truck's horn will sound three times consecutively when it is about to disappear, with the last horn releasing them. A ride truck can also be destroyed if it falls in water, is sucked in by a ride UFO, or collides with another player controlling a vehicle. While the truck is immune to most obstacles, its second trailer may get knocked off while driving it. This has no adverse effects to the truck. Ride trucks are commonly found in any mode of the game driving alongside normal traffic on various roads in the game. Ride trucks cannot use Dash Panels or Glide Ramps.
While driving a ride truck, Photo Mode cannot be accessed. The player also cannot rewind to a time prior to exiting the vehicle.
Missions[edit]
Ride trucks are featured in the following missions:
| Image | In-game text | Location | Time limit (seconds) | Description | Sticker |
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Roar down the road in an explosive action scene! | Mario Bros. Circuit | 15.00 | The player must drive a ride truck through several cars, buses and trucks. | 
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Borrow some upgrades to reach the goal! | DK Spaceport | 40.00 | The player must drive a ride truck through various obstacles to go from DK Spaceport to Crown City. Obstacles include Passin' and Clappin' Chucks, Bob-omb Cars, pickup trucks, truck trailers and oil drums. At the end, a ride heli is used to cross the bay. | 
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Hitch a ride on the runaway truck! | Faraway Oasis | 12.00 | The player must drive along a road to reach a ride truck that they can hijack to smash through a bus and another cargo truck which blocks the goal ring. There are some ramps for the player to trick off of to help them catch up to the cargo truck. There are three rings that each add 8 seconds to the timer. | 
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Grab the truck to barrel through the shortcuts! | Dandelion Depths | 20.00 | The player must control a ride truck to crash through various obstacles while cutting shortcuts through the meandering road going downhill. Clappin' Chucks, a Boom Boom, Bullies, cars, Bob-omb Cars and buses appear as obstacles. | 
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Gallery[edit]
Mario entering a ride truck
A ride truck being controlled
Names in other languages[edit]
| Language | Name | Meaning | Note(s) | Ref. |
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| Japanese | ライドトラック Raido torakku |
Ride truck | [1] |
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ando, Shinichi, Fuyuki Ogihara, Yuichi Yoshida, Koichi Watanabe (Colorfield), Reito Akashi, Yudai Ino, Tomohisa Kato, Kazuya Teramura, and Noritaka Mitsuda (2026). 『マリオカートワールドパーフェクトガイド』. Tokyo: Kadokawa (Japanese). ISBN 978-4-04-733845-6. Page 90.
