Beating Ran in Dragon Kart?

[The Minted Lady]

She is literally the last pirate crew member I don't have because I just cannot get ahead of her in the race. If something happens and I fall behind, there is no getting ahead of her or catching up to even damage her. My main problem is with bumping into the walls. I don't know how/when to initiate a turn/slide to avoid that, and that slows you down significantly. Has anyone here managed to beat Ran, and if so, how? It's frustrating me to try now.

[Mixedbeats18]

I did it twice, second time I needed to change camera to give a better view of the track, grabbed turbos, coins, and thunder while praying for David she makes a mistake, also you ever jumped on the track? On playstation is X the button to jump, the slide comes right after it,

[AnonTwo]

Make sure you're doing jump->slide turns. If you do that properly nobody should be able to outspeed you.

Of course hit every boost and aim for the boost items too

Slide turns alone should also reduce the amount of bumping into walls, which you absolutely need to not do

[The Minted Lady]

I do the slide turns and still bump into the walls. About when do you do them?

[Mixedbeats18]

Pratice makes perfect took me about ten tries, before getting lucky on the track so relax, focus, pratice a lot

[Eunha]

beat her on first try (this easier than dragon kart in like a dragon ichiban), just need to jump slide every time u turn and only pick boost item, dont forget to upgrade your car too.

[Mr.Kill]

I beat her with the default cart. You can get a headstart boost by accelerating at the 2 second mark during the countdown. This will let you get in front of her. then just keep going as fast as you can and periodically look behind you so you can body block any attempt for her to retake 1st place.