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In 2016, OMG! Ubuntu! called SuperTuxKart 'the best kart racing game to not feature Mario, Toad or Diddy Kong'. In 2009, TechRadar cited it as one of the best games to put on a Linux netbook.

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Linux Journal also praised the game, saying that 'the courses in SuperTuxKart are fun, colorful and imaginative' and that 'If you've played the original, you'll be impressed by the new, hugely improved, SuperTuxKart.' Although it did not make it into the APC Mag top five free games, it received an honorable mention in 2008.

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In 2007 Full Circle Magazine named SuperTuxKart as one of the top five racing games available for Linux, describing it as the game to try if you're 'tired of realistic driving'.

In 2004, TuxKart was selected by The Linux Game Tome to be their 'Game of the Month' project.

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Force feedback is extremely uncommon for free software games. In September 2021, SuperTuxKart 1.3 was released, it has support for force feedback. In May 2019, Joerg 'Hiker' Henrichs stepped down as a lead developer of SuperTuxkart, with 'Benau' and 'Alayan' taking over as the new project leaders. However, as of October 2021, SuperTuxKart is not yet downloadable on Steam. In March 2017, SuperTuxKart was greenlit on digital distributor Steam. Antarctica Rendering Engine uses OpenGL 3.3+ (or OpenGL ES on suitable platforms) and GLSL for most of the graphical work. In early 2018, Antarctica switched to using PBR in the git version of the game. This enabled much better graphics with features such as dynamic lighting, ambient occlusion, depth of field, real-time shadow mapping, and more. On April 21, 2015, version 0.9 was released which used a highly modified version of Irrlicht, including an entirely new graphics renderer dubbed Antarctica.

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The migration of the code repository from SourceForge to GitHub was officially announced on 17 January 2014, though the assets repository and downloads remain on SourceForge. In 20, the game participated in Google Summer of Code as a mentoring organization. In 2010, SuperTuxKart switched away from using SDL and PLIB libraries (used through version 0.6.2) for graphics and started using the Irrlicht Engine. The game's assets (textures, models, sounds, music, etc.) are licensed under a mixture of free content and DFSG conforming licenses: GPL, CC BY, CC BY-SA, and Public Domain. Historically licensed under version 2 of the GPL, in 2008 the game's source code was relicensed to the GPLv3. 'Auria') joined the project and eventually replaced Coz as one of the project leaders after his retirement. In 2006 Joerg 'Hiker' Henrichs resurrected the project and, with the help of Eduardo 'Coz' Hernandez Munoz, released the game in a playable state. The project was forked as SuperTuxKart, but remained in an unplayable and unmaintained state. The project ultimately collapsed and was abandoned in March 2004. Due to internal disagreements in the TuxKart project, development stalled. SuperTuxKart is based on TuxKart, a project initiated by Steve Baker in April 2000. SuperTuxKart 0.7, the first version to use the Irrlicht Engine After the player defeats Nolok in Fort Magma, the final track of STK, Tux rescues Gnu from his prison. Nolok then visits Tux and tells him that he has kidnapped Gnu unless Tux and his friends can defeat Nolok, the 'King of the Karts', Gnu would become his supper. Story mode is used to unlock tracks and characters for single and multi-player modes.Īt the beginning of story mode, Gnu, the leader of the free/libre and open-source world, is captured by Nolok, the villain in STK, with his spaceship. Unlike Mario Kart, STK has a story associated with gameplay, similar to Crash Team Racing. The mascots for many other projects are available as add-ons from SuperTuxKart's add-ons website. The character Nolok does not represent a particular open source project, but was created by the SuperTux project as the antagonist of Tux. The official playable characters of SuperTuxKart are the mascots of free and open-source projects. Networking modes were introduced in version 1.0. The game supports single player, local multiplayer, WAN multiplayer, and LAN multiplayer modes. For example, Mozilla Thunderbird plays the referee, flagging the start of the race and saving players when they drive off the course. The game features the mascots of several open source projects. SuperTuxKart 's gameplay is similar to that of the Mario Kart series, but also has distinct elements, such as collecting and using cans of Nitro. Split-screen 4-player multiplayer in SuperTuxKart (2017, 0.9.3)