GKART

{{Short description|2010 video game}}

{{Primary sources|date=July 2011}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = GKART

| image =

| developer = TiMi Studio Group

| publisher = {{ubl|Tencent Games|Garena}}

| engine = PhysX

| released = Microsoft Windows

{{Video game release|WW|October 1, 2010}}

Android, iOS, HarmonyOS{{Video game release|CHN|December 29, 2017|WW|January 16, 2019|VIE|December 18,2018|CHN|December 26, 2024}}

| genre = Racing

| modes = Multiplayer

| platforms = {{ubl|Microsoft Windows|Android|iOS|HarmonyOS}}

}}

GKART, also known as QQ Speed or Speed Drifters,Zing Speed, is a massively multiplayer online kart racing game developed by TiMi Studio Group and published by Tencent Games and Garena. The game was originally released in China as QQ Speed in 2010 and gained enormous popularity in China, with a record number of 2 million players online at the same time in 2011.{{cite web | url = http://speed.qq.com/web201008/page/introduce.shtml | title = QQ Speed Intro | accessdate = 2011-06-10 | archive-date = 2023-03-08 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230308050134/http://speed.qq.com/web201008/page/introduce.shtml | url-status = live }} The game was heavily inspired by Nintendo's Mario Kart franchise.{{cite news |last1=Nakamura |first1=Yuji |last2=Amano |first2=Takashi |title=Mario Kart Tour Shows Promise of Mobile Hit for Nintendo |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-23/hands-on-with-nintendo-s-chance-for-a-1-billion-mobile-hit |access-date=30 January 2021 |work=Bloomberg.com |agency=Bloomberg News |date=23 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523175112/www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-23/hands-on-with-nintendo-s-chance-for-a-1-billion-mobile-hit |archive-date=2019-05-23}}

Garena introduced GKART to 13 countries including Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and the United States in 2011. GKART was selected into the World Cyber Games (WCG) at Singapore and China the same year.{{cite web | url = http://games.qq.com/esports/zt/WCG2010/index.htm | title = WCG China | accessdate = 2011-06-29}} The game was shut down on 31 March 2012, before it was later re-released. The mobile game version was launched on 29 December 2017 as QQ Speed: Mobile in China, on 16 January 2019 as Garena Speed Drifters for markets outside mainland China,and on 18 December 18, 2018Zing Speed for only Vietnam.

{{As of|2020|1}}, QQ Speed has {{nowrap|700 million}} players worldwide, including {{nowrap|200 million}} mobile players.{{cite news |last1=Forde |first1=Matthew |title=Tencent's TiMi Studios discuss Call of Duty: Mobile, Pokémon partnership, and 2020 trends |url=https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/interview/72374/tencents-timi-studios-call-of-duty-pokemon-and-2020-trends/ |access-date=26 January 2020 |work=Pocket Gamer |date=January 16, 2020 |archive-date=26 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200126064716/https://www.pocketgamer.biz/asia/interview/72374/tencents-timi-studios-call-of-duty-pokemon-and-2020-trends/ |url-status=live }} The mobile version grossed {{US$|799 million|long=no}} during 2017{{ndash}}2018.{{cite book |title=Special Report: Evolution of Mobile Esports for the Mass Market |url=https://nikopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Evolution-of-Mobile-Esports-for-the-Mass-Market.pdf |publisher=Niko Partners |date=August 2019 |page=19 |access-date=30 January 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626111128/https://nikopartners.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Evolution-of-Mobile-Esports-for-the-Mass-Market.pdf |url-status=live }}