F-Zero GX (GameCube)

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Car Setup Tips

Pay attention to the Machine Setting graph before racing. Each F-Zero racer can be customized by moving the slider to the left or the right.

Acceleration / Left-Balanced:
Move the line to the left to balance the car for quick turning. This setting is appropriate for technical courses with many sharp turns and few long straights. The car will boost off the start much faster and perform better while drifting. When using a car balanced for acceleration, use the drift turn technique (press L and R while turning) to prevent speed loss in corners.

Top Speed / Right Balanced:
Move the line towards the right to balance the car for faster top speeds. This setting is best for courses with long straights (or pipes) and few sharp turns. The car doesn't drift as well and has lower acceleration after impacts or from the start line. Use the slide turn technique to navigate around corners (press R while turning right, L while turning left) and follow the apex of the curve for best results.

Garage

When you are in the garage, don't pay attention to the part rating. What you want to pay attention to is the chart at the bottom right. The larger the section graphed, the better the vehicle. I have found that what you want to go for is max speed and grip. With these settings, you will be ahead of the crowd.

Jump Glitch - "Spaceflying'"

It is possible to make either the Paper Craft (with parts Speedy Dragon, Garnet Phantom, and Euros-01) and the Maximum Dragon (with parts Speedy Dragon, Maximum Star, and Sunrise 140) fly and skip over large sections of several courses. To do so, set them to full acceleration and find a method of falling off the track. As you fall, hold right on the joystick and R or left on the joystick and L, and move in semicircles in the air back and forth to move across the course while remaining aloft. This enables you to float over the hidden checkpoints in the various tracks allowing you to cheat and skip most of the track for an easy win.

Lateral Shifting

This tip is best achieved on the "lateral shift" level. While driving, aim at the inside of any of the blind corners, just to the outside of the posts. You would normally fall off, but if you push back towards the middle of the track at the last second, you will fly across the gap and receive a large boost when you land on the road. When you first try this, instead of turning back towards the middle of the track, use the L and R buttons to drift in the right directions. This is easier than actually turning the ship, but the boost will be slightly smaller. This trick can be done on any course with any vehicle, but the custom "scud spider z" seems to be very fast and not too difficult, whilst some are nearly impossible. This trick can knock about 5-7 seconds off the first lap alone on this particular course, hence the trick's name.

Mini-movies

Every character in the game has a mini-movie that will play during the credits if you complete any cup on Master difficulty in first place with that character. Custom machines will not work.

MovieHow to unlock
Arise Zoda II! Zoda’s Road To World Domination?Beat with Zoda.
Baba’s Secret Training "Ooh, No Peeking!"Beat with Baba.
Best Buddies Gomar and ShiohBeat with Gomar and Shioh.
Bio Rex Eat Or Be EatenBeat with Bio Rex.
Black Shadow BloopersBeat with Black Shadow.
Castaway’s Blues Dr. ClashBeat with Dr. Clash.
Close Call! Captain FalconBeat with Captain Falcon.
Cyberdancer John TanakaBeat with John Tanaka.
Daigoroh’s Samurai DojoBeat with Dai Goroh.
Deathborn’s AssaultBeat with Deathborn.
Dr. Stewart’s Image TrainingBeat with Dr. Stewart.
Enter the Dai San GenBeat with Dai, San, and Gen.
F-Zero Fanatic DraqBeat with Draq.
Fighting Mid-Lifer Antonio GusterBeat with Antonio Guster.
Go Beastman!Beat with Beastman.
Got it all figured out! Genius Digi-BoyBeat with Digi-Boy.
Hard Luck Bodybuilder Michael ChainBeat with Michael Chain.
Highway Star LeonBeat with Leon.
I’m The Hero! PhoenixBeat with Phoenix.
Jody Summer’s Cosmic DanceBeat with Jody Summer.
Jumping Jack Levin! The SuperstarBeat with Jack Levin.
Jungle Fever BillyBeat with Billy.
Lily This Ain’t The BathhouseBeat with Lily.
Magnificent Guitar Hero Super ArrowBeat with Super Arrow.
Mighty Gazelle, Transform!Beat with Mighty Gazelle.
Moonlight Outlaw Samurai GorohBeat with Samurai Goroh.
Mr. EAD’s Baking ClassBeat with Mr. EAD.
My Princia, Mandala DanceBeat with Princia.
Night Fever! James McCloudBeat with James McCloud.
Occupation: Deliveryman Roger BusterBeat with Roger Buster.
Octoman Exuberant PosingBeat with Octoman.
Pico Polishing Up The License To KillBeat with Pico.
PJ the Funky Taxi DriverBeat with PJ.
QQQ’s Dangerous VacationBeat with QQQ.
Ruthless Hitman Don GenieBeat with Don Genie.
Shadow Boxer Silver NeelsonBeat with Silver Neelson.
Spade How To Prepare a Delicious DinnerBeat with Spade.
The Charm Of Mrs. ArrowBeat with Mrs. Arrow.
The Resurrection Of The SkullBeat with The Skull.
Tragedy In The Laundromat Blood FalconBeat with Blood Falcon.
Wild Super Model Kate AlenBeat with Kate Alen.

New Mute City Music

In the F-Zero GX Shop, enter X, X, X, Y, X, X, X, Y, Z, Z, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT.

Sonic Oval

To unlock the AX Mute City Sonic Oval, beat the AX Cup.

Toggle the Subtitles

When you Beat Any Cups on any difficulty in Grand Prix mode when Mr.Zero is going to interview you Press Z to toggle the subtitles to hear the spoken dialogue. This also works on the CGI FMV sequences in Story Mode.

Unlock AX Machine Parts

To unlock the AX machine parts, beat Story chapters on the Hard difficulty.

Unlock AX Pilots

Beat the Story Mode chapters on Very Hard to unlock AX Pilots.

Unlock AX Tracks

To unlock AX Tracks, get first in AX Machine Tracks or beat all the grand prix on Master.

Unlock Dark Schneider

To unlock the Dark Schneider, beat all of the chapters in Story Mode.

Unlock Diamond Cup

To unlock the Diamond Cup, come in first place in the Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Cups (on Standard or Expert).

Unlock Diamond Cup

To unlock the Diamond Cup, come in first place in the Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald Cups (on Standard or Expert).

Unlock Ghosts

To Unlock Time Attack Ghosts, come 1st in the records in random Time Attack stages.

Unlock Master Class

To unlock Master Class, come in first place in the following Cups on Expert: Ruby, Emerald and Sapphire.

Unlock qqq

To Unlock qqq you must defeat Chapter 3 in Story mode on Very Hard.