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F-Zero GX: Maximum Speed Written by DetErest F-Zero GX is one of the fastest racing games ever created. But aside from blazing down the courses to snag first place in Grand Prix mode, I was curious to find out just how fast some of these machines could travel.
Overall, individual machines don't seem to have much of a difference for incredibly fast speeds, although a racer with great boosting will certainly help. But it's primarily the timing of hitting the track's boosters and your machine's boosters, combined with proper angling and diving with your machine. A heavier machine should have more potential for a higher maximum speed - But the Deep Claw is one of the game's lightest machines, weighing in at 990kg, and it easily reached 2,500 km/h. I was able to reach that speed of 3,000 km/h without a whole lot of practice. So I'm sure that someone out there will shatter my 'record' without much difficulty. But regardless of how easy that speed record is to beat, one thing is for sure - These machines travel insanely fast. |
I
myself had just barely gotten up to speeds of 2,000 km/h, but I knew
that it was possible to go considerably faster. So it seemed like
a neat experiment to test the capabilities of the machines and push
them to their limits. The first step was to chose racers with decent
boost and grip. Machines were then optimized machines for speed instead
of acceleration, and then sent to the tracks on a quest for new speed
records.
One
of the first machines chosen for this little test was
none other than F-Zero icon Captain Falcon. His Blue Falcon
was able to hit great speeds on the big jump in Port Town
- Aero Dive (Sapphire Cup). Hitting the track's boosters,
and using the machine's boosters after flying off of the
jump allowed the Blue Falcon to hit incredible speeds.
At
the end of the run, the fastest speed that Captain Falcon
had reached was well over the 2,000 km/h barrier, with
the machine hitting 2,456 km/h.
Octoman's
Deep Claw is another machine with decent boost and grip
capabilities, so it was also put to the test. Again
using that big jump in Port Town: Aero Dive, this machine
was also able to reach impressive speeds.
When
the race was over, Octoman had cleared 2,500 km/h, hitting
a maximum speed of 2,584. Even though this top speed was
great, I was sure that even faster speeds could be achieved.
The
best place for high speeds found so far is in Aeropolis:
Dragon Slope (Diamond Cup). By hitting the boosters
before the big jump that's not too far from the starting
line, even quicker speeds could be reached.
Hitting
the boosters and diving with the machine seemed to rack
up some awesome speeds. After improving to 2,700, then
2,800, I finally hit a speed that I haven't been able
to reach since it happened: 3,030 km/h.
