Short Cut Foul
A Short Cut Foul is when a too extreme of a shortcut is detected by the use of a Jump Plate and the Official Recorder readjusts the pilot's position on the track, usually further behind on the track, to make things fair again. This can be triggered pretty easily on Port Town I or Port Town II. When being carried, the boost time remaining is halted.
In F-Zero X, the player just falls through the track and retires. In F-Zero GX, the machine explodes upon impact trying to land back on the track. Each game, the pilot needs to make it through invisible checkpoints, and skipping 2-4 is tolerable[citation needed], which a Staff Ghost on Mute City Jumps of Doom abuses this rule.
In F-Zero: Maximum Velocity, F-Zero: GP Legend, and F-Zero Climax, extreme shortcutting is allowed.
| v F-Zero | |
|---|---|
| Pilots | Captain Falcon • Dr. Stewart • Pico • Samurai Goroh |
| Machines | Blue Falcon • Fire Stingray • Golden Fox • Wild Goose |
| Planets | Big Blue • Death Wind • Fire Field • Mute City • Port Town • Red Canyon • Sand Ocean • Silence • White Land |
| Tracks | Mute City I • Big Blue • Sand Ocean • Death Wind I • Silence |
| Mute City II • Port Town I • Red Canyon I • White Land I • White Land II | |
| Mute City III • Death Wind II • Port Town II • Red Canyon II • Fire Field | |
| Track Features | Anti-Gravity Guide Beam • Dash Zone • Jump Plate • Magnetic Field Block Coat • Mine • Pull Magnet • Pit • Rough |
| Mechanics | Boost • Drift • Energy • Rocket Start • Short Cut Foul |
| Modes | Grand Prix • Practice • Records |
| Other | Album • F-Zero: The Story of Captain Falcon • Mr. Zero • Official Recorder |
| v BS F-Zero Grand Prix / BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2 | |
|---|---|
| Machines | Blue Thunder • Fire Scorpion • Green Amazone • Luna Bomber |
| Venues | Big Blue • Death Wind • Fire Field • Forest • Metal Fort • Mute City • Port Town • Red Canyon • Sand Ocean • Sand Storm • Silence • White Land |
| Track Features | Anti-Gravity Guide Beam • Dash Zone • Jump Plate • Magnetic Field Block Coat • Mine • Pit • Pull Magnet • Rough |
| Mechanics | Boost • Drift • Energy • Rocket Start • Short Cut Foul |
| Modes | Free Practice • Grand Prix • Records |
| Others | Official Recorder |
