How does Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit work?

Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit brings the fun of the Mario Kart series into the real world by using a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch Lite system to race against opponents using a physical kart.

Players place gates to create a custom course layout in their home. Players then control the kart on the Nintendo Switch system while watching the live video from the kart’s camera on the Nintendo Switch game screen or TV (if playing in TV mode while docked).

The physical kart responds to boosts in-game and in the real world, stops when hit with an item, and can be affected in different ways depending on the race.