Weight Classes

DThe weight class of a character determines how fast they are, how quickly they can accelerate, how heavy they are, and more.

The Weight Classes
There are 6 weight classes in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, These are all of them listed from least heavy to most heavy:

Very Light
Very Light characters mostly have very poor speed, good acceleration, very poor weight, very good handling, good grip, and a good mini-turbo.

The Very Light characters include: Baby Daisy, Baby Luigi, Baby Mario, Baby Peach, Baby Rosalina, Lemmy, and Dry Bones.

Light
Light characters mostly have poor speed, good acceleration, poor weight, very good grip, and a good mini-turbo.

Light characters include: Koopa Troopa, Lakitu, Larry, Shy Guy, Toad, Toadette, Wendy, Isabelle, and Bowser Jr.

Medium
Medium characters mostly have average speed, decent acceleration, below average weight, decent handling, and an average mini-turbo.

Medium characters include: Daisy, Peach, Yoshi, Tanooki Mario, Cat Peach, Male Villager, Female Villager, Inkling Boy, and Inkling Girl.

Medium Heavy
Medium Heavy characters mostly have decent speed, average acceleration, average weight, average handling, average grip, and a below average mini-turbo. Meaning they are mostly balanced.

Medium Heavy characters include: Mario, Luigi, Ludwig, and Iggy.

Heavy
Heavy characters mostly have very good speed, below average acceleration, good weight, poor handling, poor grip, and a poor mini-turbo.

Heavy characters include: Donkey Kong, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Rosalina, Roy, Waluigi, Link, King Boo, and Gold Mario.

Very Heavy
Very Heavy characters mostly have extremely good speed, poor acceleration, very good weight, poor handling, below average grip, and a poor mini-turbo.

Very Heavy characters include: Bowser, Wario, Morton, and Dry Bowser.