What makes this game REALLY impressive is how the programmers managed to fit 30-ish racers, the greatest soundtrack ever composed, and Lord only knows how many tracks -- all onto a system with lrss computing power than many calculators today.

Who the hell needs a walkthrough for an outdated, 20-odd year old game? I do!

Thumbs up for keeping the legend that is F-Zero alive!

One neat little technique that i picked up while watching others play F-Zero X was boost drifting. It's where if you have your machine set to acceleration rather than speed and you're coming up on a right hairpin turn, you hit your left trigger that'll cause your machine to strafe to the left, turn your stick to the right making you drift, then boost through the turn at high speeds all at the same time and vice versa for left hairpin turns. Edit: also Captain Falcon is my main

using the boost at the right time is what i focus on first when i started to get decent at the game

A lot of this can be applied to the series in general... though F-Zero X is arguably the hardest to do all of this stuff

Wow that’s a lot of racers. This is a series I’m rather unfamiliar with (as far playing) but always enjoy watching the gameplay footage. Yet another series that Nintendo continues to ignore sadly. When Majora T speaks, I listen 👍

A machine’s weight is also worth mentioning. I’m not sure how much it affects individual driving characteristics, but it does determine how much you get knocked around in a collision with another racer. Probably depends on the other racer’s weight too. That being said I find machines with higher weight are better for GP as you can get knocked around a bit in crowds but it won’t scrub too much of your speed. Roger Buster/Mighty Hurricane is an interesting character in that he has an E body and B grip/boost, but his machine is relatively heavy. Most EBB or EAC craft are generally quite light and get jostled around way too easily to be viable for GP, especially the harder cups.

Blood falcon. He's good for drifting, he's good for flying, he's good for boosting and looks badass.

“So why do you need this?” *Cue “Too bad, you lost your machine” montage

Thanks for this, only ever played GX and the original but been greatly enjoying this one on the NSO

Hi mate! Red Gazelle for the first-up, all speed no body... classic glass cannon. Twin Norita for midgame, and the Skull for late... all big favourites. Yeah, you can guess my slider never goes more than a segment or two from the very far right. Cheers!

Great tips man! Personally white cat or hyper speeder are probably my favorite. Something to keep in mind for Expert difficulty and Master is that you need to take 1st in most races and can only really afford to take top 4 in the last one or 2 tracks

Thanks for the turning tip it helped so much

I am the only one I know, who is not too afraid of this game, to actually play it. my favorite pilot is Jody Summers, she grips the best. I generally use even speed/acceleration but I turn it just a tiny bit to the accel. side.

F Zero X is on Switch Online N64 library recently

Thanks I needed something I play the crap out of gx and others but struggled with this one

i use beast man he's an all around racer

I tried whacking as many opponents as I could, knowing that I could both get extra lives for doing so, and that their score for that track would be a big fat 0, making catchup impossible.

thanks dude

Great vid

but what _is_ grip???

Do characters with lower max speed like Octoman and the twins do worse on track? I always tend to do better with crazy bear iron tiger fire sting ray and such. Also when should I focus on destroying my machines? I usually in a mosh pit let go of the acceleration button do the spin attack and see how many vehicles I can retire

Imma say this Give Black Bull a shot his cars actually really nice. I was looking for my car when playing with my friends and once I tried black bull I was beating them badly with that car. It’s OP

Ooooh Thank you

Good video

I played this game all the time as a kid and never knew I could drift or boost 💀 Now thats its on the switch im trying to see if I can unlock all the cars like my older brother did!

thx you remind me of my math teacher

When do you press A during the start? After 2 or right when he says one?

7:39 Use the boost to get through!

And I'm here beat the whole game with "White Cat." Was it easy? No. Was it fun? Absolutely x3

I love using Bio Rex tbh. Another note for new comers. Side attacking away from a wall you’re going to hit is a good way to minimize time spent towards the wall and possibly let’s you catch any pesky racers on your tail. Also really helpful for dodging gravel. But only do this if you think you’ll slow down or hit a wall/gravel anyways, since it slows you down a little.

I had the slide turn its such a terrible mechanic, I also dont like how precise the turning is other then that its a fun game

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