F-Zero GX

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Introduction

F-Zero GX is a futuristic racing game released for the GameCube.

Controls

Basics

• File:Control-left.pngFile:Control-right.png: Steer (tilt more for sharper turns)
• File:Control-up.png: Increase speed; decrease flight
• File:Control-down.png: Decrease speed; increase flight
• File:Control-left.png+File:L-button.png: Slide-turn left (reduces speed and turns more sharply)
• File:Control-left.png+File:L-button.png+File:R-button.png: Drift-turn left (increases speed and turns very sharply)
• File:Control-right.png+File:R-button.png: Slide-turn right (reduces speed and turns more sharply)
• File:Control-right.png+File:L-button.png+File:R-button.png: Drift-turn right (increases speed and turns very sharply)
• File:A-button.png: Accelerate
• File:B-button.png: Air Brake
• File:Y-button.png (while pressing File:A-button.png): Boost (after 1st lap, energy is exchanged for short-term speed boost)
• File:X-button.png+File:Control-left.pngFile:Control-right.png: Side attack (vehicle barges sideways slightly to bash opponents)
• File:Z-button.png+File:Control-left.pngFile:Control-right.png: Spin attack (vehicle rotates to bash oppononents)
• File:Dpad-up.pngFile:Dpad-down.png: Change camera angles
• File:Start.png: Pause and display pause screen

Advanced

• Dash Plate Extra Boost - Hit the edge rather than the middle of a dash plate to receive a double boost.
• Shift Boost - Leaving the track and returning to it a split-second later results in a speed boost. Most easily achieved by cutting the square-edged corners on Sand Ocean (Lateral Shift).

Story Mode Walkthrough

Chapter 1 - Captain Falcon Trains

Race 3 laps around a left-bending oval collecting capsules that are littered over the track.

Normal

Capsules: 25

Time Limit: 80 seconds

Capsules are either on the left [L], in the middle [M] or on the right [R] of the track. LAP 1. Go straight ahead to get [M], [M], [M]. The course starts to turn to the left. Get [M], [M], [M], [M]. The course straightens. Get [R], [R]. Get [M]. Get [R], [R]. Get [M], [M]. Get [L]. The course starts to turn to the left. Get [M]. Get [L]. Get [M]. The course straightens. Get [M], [M], [M]. LAP2. The course starts to turn to the left. The course straightens. Get [L], [L], [L], [L]. Now boost to the finish and you're done.

Hard

Capsules: 30

Time Limit: 60 seconds

Very Hard

Capsules: 35

Time Limit: 60 seconds

Grand Prix Circuits

RUBY CUP

• Mute City (Twist Road)
• Casino Palace (Split Oval)
• Sand Ocean (Surface Slide)
• Lightning (Loop Cross)
• Aeropolis (Multiplex)

SAPPHIRE CUP

• Big Blue (Drift Highway)
• Port Town (Aero Dive)
• Green Plant (Mobius Ring)
• Port Town (Long Pipe)
• Mute City (Serial Gaps)

EMERALD CUP

• Fire Field (Cylinder Knot)
• Green Plant (Intersection)
• Casino Palace (Double Branches)
• Lightning (Half Pipe)
• Big Blue (Ordeal)

DIAMOND CUP

• Cosmo Terminal (Trident)
• Sand Ocean (Lateral Shift)
• Fire Field (Undulation)
• Aeropolis (Dragon Slope)
• Phantom Road (Slim-Line Slits)

AX CUP

• Mute City (Sonic Oval)
• Aeropolis (Screwdrive)
• Outer Space (Meteor Stream)
• Port Town (Cylinder Wave)
• Lightning (Thunder Road)
• Green Plant (Spiral)