Grand Prix

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This article is about the Grand Prixs in the F-Zero games. For other uses, see Grand Prix (disambiguation).

Grand Prix is the main mode in the F-Zero series games where pilots compete for points. Grand Prixs usually consist of five tracks in which racers compete for points to see who is the better racer.

F-Zero

User interface

In F-Zero, there are three Grand Prix cups, each with five circuits to complete. The player then chooses between Beginner, Standard, and Expert difficulty classes by pressing the Select button. The player has two lives to start with, being depleted for ranking too low or for losing their Power. If the player gets 10,000 points, they will earn an extra life, up to a total of five. After each lap, the racer is rewarded a boost if they have an open slot.

In order to move forward, the player needs to reach a certain place during the race's laps: At least 15th place for the first lap, 10th place for the second lap, 7th place for the third lap, 5th place for the fourth lap, and 3rd place for the fifth lap. Placing any lower will cause the player to retire, and placing 20th will cause the player to lose immediately. The player will also get points each lap based on their position: 900 for 1st, 600 for 2nd, 400 for 3rd, and 200 for 4th and below. The final lap is 2500 for 1st, 1500 for 2nd, and 1000 for 3rd.

As the pilot clears more laps, additional machines resembling an orange or flashing Wild Boar will serve as obstacles, moving slowly along the track. The flashing ones will explode upon contact. They are ranked out racers that used to be green or purple, and can be found in 5th place and below.

Knight	Mute City I	Big Blue	Sand Ocean	Death Wind I	Silence
Queen	Mute City II	Port Town I	Red Canyon I	White Land I	White Land II
King	Mute City III	Death Wind II	Port Town II	Red Canyon II	Fire Field

BS F-Zero Grand Prix

Intro

In BS F-Zero Grand Prix, the player has to get through Free Practice on four tracks that were introduced in F-Zero. Once completed, the game shifts over to Grand Prix mode. Points are no longer rewarded because the player never gets a Game Over by retire. The player has six minutes per track. Same rules apply as F-Zero, except the race does not end after the fifth lap. This is the only mode where the player has a chance to play on the new tracks. Once the final track is complete, the game no longer continues to the title screen, likely due to how the Satellaview is schedule-based.

Week 1 Knight	Mute City I	Big Blue	Death Wind I	Silence	Sand Storm I
Week 2 Queen	Mute City II	Port Town I	Sand Ocean	White Land I	Sand Storm II
Week 3 King	Mute City III	Death Wind II	Red Canyon I	Port Town II	Silence II
Week 4 Ace	Mute City I	White Land II	Red Canyon II	Fire Field	Big Blue II

BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2

Week 1

In BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2, the Grand Prix works the same as in the previous game. However, the Grand Prix is split between races in the main event and separate races the player can practice on. While footage of the first week exists, footage of the second week has not been found, so it is unknown what order the races occurred in.

Soundlink

Week 1	Forest I	Big Blue II	Sand Storm I	Forest II	Silence II
Week 2	Mute City IV	Forest III	Sand Storm II	Metal Fort I	Metal Fort II

Practice

Ace	Mute City IV	Big Blue II	Sand Storm I	Silence II	Sand Storm II

F-Zero X

User interface

Captain Falcon's victory speech

In F-Zero X, the player chooses the class difficulty first, either Novice, Standard, or Expert, before choosing the cup. The player starts with the Jack Cup, Queen Cup, and King Cup. The Joker Cup is unlocked by finishing in first place on the other cups on Standard difficulty^{[citation needed]}. The X Cup is unlocked by finishing in first place on the other cups on Expert difficulty^{[citation needed]}, and the cup is built by randomly selected tracks. After choosing the cup, the player can then choose their machine. Unlike in F-Zero, races consist of three laps across six tracks rather than five laps across five tracks.

During the races, the player has four lives to start with, but can earn another life by making five other competitors retire. However, an extra life can only be earned once per Grand Prix. Boost Power is granted on the second lap of a race. A racer's starting position at the start of the next race is the inverse of where they placed in the last race. For example, finishing in 1st place will have the racer start the next race in 30th place, finishing in 2nd place will have the racer start in 29th place, and so forth. At the conclusion of the Grand Prix, the top three pilots race around an oval track, as a victory lap. They will stop after a minute or so of racing and be placed on pedestals of 3rd, 2nd, and 1st place. If cleared on Standard class or higher, the pilots are seen outside their machines. If cleared on Expert class, the player gets to see the pilot's victory speech.

Unique to F-Zero X, if the player were to press L, it toggles a green time display that estimates how far away the leading AI racer is from them, "+" means the pilot is behind while "-" means the pilot is ahead.

Tracks

Jack	Mute City: Figure Eight	Silence: High Speed	Sand Ocean: Pipe	Devil's Forest: Corkscrew	Big Blue: Cylinder	Port Town: High Jump
Queen	Sector α: Inverted Loop	Red Canyon: Multi Jump	Devil's Forest 2: Up and Down	Mute City 2: Technique	Big Blue 2: Quick Turn	White Land: Dangerous Steps
King	Fire Field: Zig-Zag Jump	Silence 2: Wavy Road	Sector β: Double Somersault	Red Canyon 2: Slim Line	White Land 2: Half Pipe	Mute City 3: Jumps of Doom
Joker	Rainbow Road: Psychedelic Experience	Devil's Forest 3: Mirror Road	Space Plant: Cylinder & High Jump	Sand Ocean 2: Wave Panic	Port Town 2: Snake Road	Big Hand: Deadly Curves

Points

At the end of a race, the racers are awarded points based on their position. The racer in 2nd place for points will be considered the player's rival. If there is a tie at the conclusion of the Grand Prix, the pilot that placed 1st place the most will be declared 1st. If there is still a dispute at this point, whoever had the highest point total after the second to last race is rewarded 1st.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Points	100	93	87	81	76	71	66	62	58	54	50	47	44	41	38	35	33	31	29	27	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15

F-Zero X Expansion Kit

The F-Zero X Expansion Kit introduces twelve new courses, accessed the same way as the standard five cup selection. An Edit Cup can also be played, which is built by the custom tracks the player creates.

DD-1	Silence 3: Outside Loop	Sand Ocean 3: Cylinder Loops	Devil's Forest 4: High Dive	Port Town 3: Zig-Zag Crank	Devil's Forest 5: X	Big Blue 3: Japan
DD-2	Mute City 4: Slim Half Pipe	Space Plant 2: Straight Jumps	Port Town 4: Trap Road	Fire Field 2: 180 Rollover	White Land 3: Star	Big Foot: Big Foot

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

User interface

In F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, the player can initially choose between the Pawn, Knight, and Bishop Leagues, with the Queen League being unlockable. Once the League is chosen, they can choose between the Beginner, Standard, and Expert classes, with Master class being unlockable. The player starts with four lives and has to complete five laps across five tracks, as well as needing to reach a certain rank during the laps in order to continue. They need to be at least rank 15 on the first lap, rank 10 on the second lap, rank 7 on the third lap, rank 5 on the fourth lap, and rank 3 on the final lap. Ranking too low will cause the player to retire when they cross the starting line. No points are awarded at the end of a race, final results are based purely on the racer's overall position rank.

Ranked-out racers will appear as obstacles during the races, being either yellow or green machines, though there is no difference between them. When racing in Standard class or higher, floating orbs begin appearing on the tracks, appearing more frequently the more laps are cleared and depending on what class the player is on. Running into one of these orbs will cause it to explode, similar to a mine.

The Queen League is unlocked by winning the Pawn, Knight, and Bishop Leagues on Expert class. Master class is unlocked when Expert class is cleared on the Queen League.

Pawn	Bianca City: Stretch Circuit	Stark Farm: First Circuit	Empyrean Colony: Dash Circuit	Stark Farm: Second Circuit	Cloud Carpet: Long Jump Circuit
Knight	Tenth Zone East: Snake Circuit	Beacon Port: Crossroad Circuit	Synobazz: Explosive Circuit	Ancient Mesa: Split Circuit	Stark Farm: Third Circuit
Bishop	Bianca City: Tightrope Circuit	Ancient Mesa: Skating Circuit	Crater Land: Skid Zone Circuit	Cloud Carpet: Icarus Circuit	Bianca City: Ultimate Circuit
Queen	Crater Land: Loop Circuit	Tenth Zone East: Plummet Circuit	Empyrean Colony: Twist Circuit	Fire Field: Land Mine Circuit	Fire Field: Warrior Circuit

F-Zero GX

User interface

In F-Zero GX, the rules for Grand Prix are the same as in F-Zero X, including point distribution. However, there are five races in the cups rather than six. At first, the player only has access to the Ruby Cup, the Sapphire Cup, and Emerald Cup with the Novice, Standard, and Expert classes. By placing first in all cups while on Standard class rank, the Diamond Cup will be unlocked.^{[citation needed]} By placing first in all cups on Expert class rank, the Master class rank will be unlocked. By placing first in all cups on Master class rank, the AX Cup will be unlocked, which consists of tracks from the F-Zero AX arcade counterpart. By completing the AX Cup on Novice class, Mute City: Sonic Oval will be unlocked for other modes.

At the conclusion of the Grand Prix, the top three pilots race around Mute City: Sonic Oval, as a victory lap. After that, the top three pilots are placed on pedestals while the other participants cheer them on. The 1st place racer will be interviewed on F-Zero TV.

#	Ruby Cup	Sapphire Cup	Emerald Cup	Diamond Cup	AX Cup
1	Mute City: Twist Road Difficulty: *	Big Blue: Drift Highway Difficulty: **	Fire Field: Cylinder Knot Difficulty: **	Cosmo Terminal: Trident Difficulty: ***	Aeropolis: Screw Drive Difficulty: **
2	Casino Palace: Split Oval Difficulty: *	Port Town: Aero Dive Difficulty: **	Green Plant: Intersection Difficulty: ***	Sand Ocean: Lateral Shift Difficulty: ****	Outer Space: Meteor Stream Difficulty: ***
3	Sand Ocean: Surface Slide Difficulty: **	Green Plant: Mobius Ring Difficulty: ***	Casino Palace: Double Branches Difficulty: ***	Fire Field: Undulation Difficulty: ****	Port Town: Cylinder Wave Difficulty: ****
4	Lightning: Loop Cross Difficulty: ***	Port Town: Long Pipe Difficulty: ***	Lightning: Half Pipe Difficulty: ****	Aeropolis: Dragon Slope Difficulty: *****	Lightning: Thunder Road Difficulty: *****
5	Aeropolis: Multiplex Difficulty: ****	Mute City: Serial Gaps Difficulty: ****	Big Blue: Ordeal Difficulty: *****	Phantom Road: Slim-Line Slits Difficulty: ******	Green Plant: Spiral Difficulty: ******

Points

At the end of a race, the racers are awarded points based on their position. The racer in 2nd place for points will be considered the player's rival. If there is a tie at the conclusion of the Grand Prix, the pilot that placed 1st place the most will be declared 1st. If there is still a dispute at this point, whoever had the highest point total after the second to last race is rewarded 1st.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Points	100	93	87	81	76	71	66	62	58	54	50	47	44	41	38	35	33	31	29	27	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15

Rewards

Completing cups will earn the player tickets based on the position they finish the cup in and the class they are playing on. Completing cups by fulfilling certain requirements can also earn machine parts and other items the player can purchase in the F-Zero Shop with the tickets they have collected.

Ruby Cup

Tickets

Position	Novice	Standard	Expert	Master
1st	15	20	30	40
2nd	10	14	22	32
3rd	9	12	20	30
4th-10th	7	8	14	24
11th-20th	6	7	12	20
21st-30th	5	5	6	6

Custom Parts

• Complete one cup on Novice class: Body - Valiant Jaguar
• Complete one cup on Standard class: Body - Big Tyrant
• Win one cup on Novice class: Body - Rapid Barrel
• Win one cup on Standard class: Body - Liberty Manta

Sapphire Cup

Tickets

Position	Novice	Standard	Expert	Master
1st	15	20	30	40
2nd	10	14	22	32
3rd	9	12	20	30
4th-10th	7	8	14	24
11th-20th	6	7	12	20
21st-30th	5	5	6	6

Custom Parts

• Complete two cups on Novice class: Cockpit - Muscle Gorilla
• Complete two cups on Standard class: Cockpit - Windy Shark
• Win two cups on Novice class: Cockpit - Super Lynx
• Win two cups on Standard class: Cockpit - Scud Viper

Emerald Cup

Tickets

Position	Novice	Standard	Expert	Master
1st	17	24	35	46
2nd	12	17	26	36
3rd	10	15	24	33
4th-10th	8	10	18	25
11th-20th	7	8	15	22
21st-30th	6	6	7	7

Custom Parts

• Complete three cups on Novice class: Booster - Saturn SG
• Complete three cups on Standard class: Booster - Raiden 88
• Win three cups on Novice class: Booster - Titan G4
• Win three cups on Standard class: Booster - Triple Z
• Win the Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald Cups on Expert class: Body - Speedy Dragon, Cockpit - Garnet Phantom, and Boost - Thunderbolt V2

Diamond Cup

Tickets

Position	Novice	Standard	Expert	Master
1st	17	24	35	46
2nd	12	17	26	36
3rd	10	15	24	33
4th-10th	8	10	18	25
11th-20th	7	8	15	22
21st-30th	6	6	7	7

Custom Parts

• Win Diamond Cup on Expert class: Body - Brave Eagle, Cockpit - Wonder Worm, and Booster - Euros DI

Tracks

• Win the Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Diamond Cups on Master class: Aeropolis: Screw Drive, Outer Space: Meteor Stream, Port Town: Cylinder Wave, Lightning: Thunder Road, Green Plant: Spiral

AX Cup

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Tickets

Position	Novice	Standard	Expert	Master
1st	20	30	42	55
2nd
3rd
4th-10th
11th-20th
21st-30th

Tracks

• Win the AX Cup: Mute City: Sonic Oval

Other

• Win all cups on Master class: "Sounds of MUTE CITY" and "Sounds of BIG BLUE"

F-Zero: GP Legend

User interface

Results screen

In F-Zero: GP Legend, the player has access to the Novice, Standard, and Expert classes from the start, and the races differ in the cups on Expert class with a harder variant. Afterward, the player can select either the Bronze, Silver, or Gold Cups to race in, with an unlockable Platinum Cup that can be unlocked by clearing the other cups on Novice and Standard difficulty.

The player starts with four lives, except for on Expert Platinum, where the player has no spare machines. The cups consist of five tracks with five laps each, except for the Platinum Cup, which consists of eight tracks from the first F-Zero game. The final track in the Gold Cups are randomized between two tracks.

Upon completing one Grand Prix of any class and cup, the Training and Zero Test modes are unlocked.

#				(Expert)	(Expert)	(Expert)
1	Mute City: Traditional Park	Silence: Box Rink	Port Town: Forked Road	Mute City: Traditional Park II	Silence: Box Rink II	Port Town: Forked Road II	Mute City: Mute City I
2	Red Canyon: Junction	Sand Ocean: Caterpillar	Silence: Honeycomb Rink	Red Canyon: Junction II	Sand Ocean: Caterpillar II	Silence: Honeycomb Rink II	Big Blue: Big Blue
3	Mist Flow: Clip Oval	Mute City: Expansion Park	White Land: Flower	Mist Flow: Clip Oval II	Mute City: Expansion Park II	White Land: Flower II	Silence: Silence
4	Lightning: Volute	Big Blue: Slip Highway	Fire Field: Wreckage Circuit	Lightning: Volute II	Big Blue: Slip Highway II	Fire Field: Wreckage Circuit II	Port Town: Port Town II
5	Fire Field: Blast Track	Mist Flow: Front & Back	Red Canyon: Peak Jump OR Illusion: Abyss Drop	Fire Field: Blast Track II	Mist Flow: Front & Back II	Red Canyon: Peak Jump II OR Illusion: Abyss Drop II	Red Canyon: Red Canyon
6							Sand Ocean: Sand Ocean
7							White Land: White Land II
8							Fire Field: Fire Field

Points

At the end of a race, the racers are awarded points based on their position. The racer in 2nd place for points will be considered the player's rival. If there is a tie at the conclusion of the Grand Prix, the pilot that placed 1st place the most will be declared 1st. If there is still a dispute at this point, whoever had the highest point total after the second to last race is rewarded 1st.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Points	100	93	87	81	76	71	66	62	58	54	50	47	44	41	38	35	33	31	29	27	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15

F-Zero Climax

User interface

In F-Zero Climax, the player has access to the Novice, Standard, and Expert classes from the start. The Master class is unlocked by finishing first in one cup on Expert class. Afterward, the player can choose between the Bronze, Silver, or Gold cups. The Platinum cup is unlocked by finishing the other cups in first on both Novice and Standard classes. The races in Expert and Master classes are different, being changed versions of previous tracks or different tracks entirely.

Starting with the second lap, the player gains access to one Boost Fire per lap, similar to F-Zero and F-Zero: Maximum Velocity. In each cup, the player has to race on five tracks with three laps each. The Platinum cup, however, has eight tracks, some of which being from the first F-Zero game.

#	Bronze Cup	Silver Cup	Gold Cup	Bronze Cup (Expert)	Silver Cup (Expert)	Gold Cup (Expert)	Bronze Cup (Master)	Silver Cup (Master)	Gold Cup (Master)	Platinum Cup
1	Mute City: Six Carat	Big Blue: Slalom	Lightning: R Trace	Mute City: Eight Carat	Sand Ocean: High Speed Edge II	White Land: Hornet	Red Canyon: Barrel Roll	Mute City: Cactus Circuit II	Port Town: Half Dome II	Mute City: Multiply
2	Sand Ocean: High Speed Edge	Red Canyon: Inside Out	Port Town: Half Dome	White Land: White Wolf	Lightning: Trust Jump	Silence: Nightmare Fear	Sand Ocean: High Speed Edge III	Mist Flow: Puzzle Ring	White Land: Hornet House	Big Blue: Big Billow
3	Port Town: Sky Highway	Mist Flow: Double Link	Sand Ocean: Key Break	Big Blue: Arch Hill	Mist Flow: Mist Ring	Big Blue: Single Course	Lightning: G Trace	Lightning: Loss Landing	Sand Ocean: Key Break III	Silence: Silence II
4	White Land: Wolf	Fire Field: Front Line	Big Blue: Slip Down	Port Town: Sky Highway II	Mute City: Cactus Circuit	Sand Ocean: Key Break II	Mute City: Ten Carat	Fire Field: Front Line II	Big Blue: Twin Course	Port Town: Great Wings
5	Fire Field: Heat Circuit	Silence: Nightmare	Illusion: Lost Way	Red Canyon: Inside Out II	Fire Field: Burnt Out Rink	Illusion: Lost Way II	White Land: Last Wolf	Silence: Nightmare One	Illusion: Lost Way III	Red Canyon: Red Canyon II
6										Sand Ocean: Sand Ocean
7										White Land: White Land II
8										Fire Field: Fire Field

Points

Unlike the previous two Game Boy Advance titles, F-Zero Climax has 24 racers rather than 30. The point distribution is as follows.

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Points	100	93	87	81	76	71	66	62	58	54	50	47	44	41	38	35	33	31	29	27	25	23	21	20