# SuperTuxKart

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/supertuxkart/

6 people recommended SuperTuxKart in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free open-source kart racer that people find fun, with an active community and downloadable add-on cars. Caveat: not as polished as some games, and some arenas are too large.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Viable free game option (2 comments in the sample): "Supertuxcart, Openlara a bunch of games stuff is viable." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45789617)) "the only good I know being tuxkart haha" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45880883))

## What people warn about

- Not as polished (1 comment in the sample): "though not as polished (and many of the arenas are a little too large in my opinion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47392974))

## Other racing games people recommend

- [Snowboard Kids 2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/snowboard-kids-2/): 9 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Road Rash](https://hackerapproved.com/p/road-rash/): 8 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize
- [Assetto Corsa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/assetto-corsa/): 6 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize
- [Snowboard Kids](https://hackerapproved.com/p/snowboard-kids/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SuperTuxKart", https://hackerapproved.com/p/supertuxkart/ (6 recommend, 1 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.