Star Ranks are a classification on how skilled a player is in Mario Kart: Super Circuit and every mainline game since Mario Kart DS. The player earns them for Grand Prix and Mission Mode. There are three variations of star ranks. There's 1-star rank, 2-star rank, and 3-star rank, 3-star being the hardest to earn. To get the 1-star rank, the player needs to get 36 points or higher (54 or higher in later games). To get the 2-star rank, the player needs to get 38 points or higher (57 or higher in later games). To get the 3-star rank, the player needs to get a maximum of 40 points (60 in later games). However, in Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart Wii, falling off a pit at a certain time may cancel the star ranks in a cup. As well as hitting walls or colliding with fixed objects, driving off-road (unless it is with a boost), crashing into beasts such as Goombas or Moo Moos, and staying in 9-12th place for too long. Using Items to avoid getting hit by other items add bonuses to your Star Rank, as well as using these items to hit other CPUs.
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- Wii version explanation (should probably also mostly apply to DS version): http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/942008-mario-kart-wii/43533083