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'''''SuperTuxKart''''' is a free and open source [[Racing Game]] inspired by [[Mario Kart]] and other racing games. It's is a Librefork softwareof the discontinued ''TuxKart'', and runs under the [[MarioGame KartEngine|Irrlicht Engine]]. clone which''SuperTuxKart'' features some of the most well-known libre software mascots, including Tux (the mascot of Linux), Konqi (the mascot of KDE), Wilber (the mascot of the GimpGIMP), and GNU (the mascot of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|GNU]]). The game runs under the [[Game Engine|Irrlicht Engine]]. For many years, it operated on a basis of little-to-no [[backstory|lore]], butuntil thatVersion has0.8's recentlyrelease [https://supertuxkartin 2012.net/Discover changed].
 
The game can be downloaded for free [httphttps://supertuxkart.net/Main_Page on its website] - the aforementioned backstory can be viewed [https://supertuxkart.net/Discover here] as well.. Its predecessor's website can be found [http://tuxkart.sourceforge.net/ here].
 
Not to be confused with ''[[Tux Racer]]''.
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* [[Build Like an Egyptian]]: The "Shifting Sands" track.
* [[Car Fu]]
* [[Crossover]]: the premise being that allAll the libre mascots, no matter which unrelated project they are 'from', live (and recreate) in the Mascot Kingdom (spoofing the Mushroom Kingdom).
* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]: In the story mode race against Nolok in the story mode, Nolokhe gets to set bubblegum (which for him looks like some sort of green slime with spikes) and activate a flyswatter (which for him looks like a hammer) at will. Given Nolok's [[Artificial Stupidity]], however, it doesn't help him all that much.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Tux.
* [[Jungle Japes]]: The "Amazonian Journey" track. Mild example with the "Secret Garden" track.
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* [[One World Government]]: Despite multiple countries in the world, they all seem to be ruled by Princess Sara as the 'Mascot Kingdom'.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** OneIn the older versions, one of the predefined messages for the item swapper is "[[A Wizard Did It]]"; another for the anchor is "[[The Curse of Monkey Island|<player> pays the next round of grog]]".
** One of the predefined messages for the anchor is "[[The Curse of Monkey Island|<player> pays the next round of grog]]".
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: A frictionless variant on two stages: "Snow Peak" and "Northern Resort".
* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: Several instances involving the use of the anchor item.
* [[Unlockable Content]]: ManyClearing the Story Mode unlocks many of the tracks, the Follow The Leader gametype, and adds [[Secret Character|GNU]], by beatingto the story moderoster.
* [[Wacky Racing]]