Hi. I'm New to speedruning and want to have some fun playing around with Mario kart Wii races. But I am confused. On the page that covers Mario kart Wii speedruns, there are different run categories based on races, "skips", and items. What are skips? And how do you change item settings? Please let me know!

skips are anything that skips a significant part of the track, and is not intended in the game (such as wario's goldmine pipe bounce/respawn, grumble volcano rock hop,lava respawn, or the rock at the beginning, coconut mall glitch, etc.). To change item settings, click on rules in the top right of the screen after clicking on VS (while on the solo or team menu).