Silence

Silence in F-Zero General information Track listing F-Zero Silence, Silence II F-Zero X High Speed, Wavy Road, アウトサイドループ (Outside Loop) F-Zero: Maximum Velocity Open Circuit F-Zero: GP Legend Box Rink, Honeycomb Rink, Box Rink II, Honeycomb Rink II, Silence F-Zero Climax Nightmare, Nightmare Fear, Nightmare One, Silence II

Silence is a planet in the F-Zero series, first appearing in the original F-Zero. It is aptly named, due to the fact that nothing on the planet creates any noise. Absolutely no life can be found on this planet. According to the game F-Zero: GP Legend, no living creature calls this place home.

Appearance in the games

F-Zero

Silence appeared in F-Zero as the fifth and final course of the Knight Cup. It is a medium-sized track with a lot of sharp corners, a jump pad and a shortcut filled with mines.

Course	Map	Cup	Track Features
Silence		Knight League #5	Rough Mine Jump Plate

BS F-Zero

In the BS F-Zero Grand Prix games, Silence appear twice, the original Silence course from F-Zero and a new version called Silence II, which features a section with ramps replacing walls.

In BS F-Zero Grand Prix, Silence appears as the 4th track of the Knight League, while Silence II appears as the final track of the King League. In BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2, only Silence II appears, as the final track of both the practice version and week 1 of the Satellaview version.

Course	Map	Cup	Track Features
Silence		Knight League (Week 1) #4	Rough Mine Jump Plate
Silence II		King League (Week 3) #5 Ace League (Practice) #5 Grand Prix 2 Week 1 #5	Rough Mine Jump Plate

F-Zero X

Silence appears three times in F-Zero X: High Speed is the second course of the Jack Cup, where it is a simple oval course going in a corkscrew, Wavy Road is a hard course with wavy turns and it is the second course of the King Cup, and Outside Loop is a track that is exclusive to the Expansion Kit with, as the name implies, 2 outside loops and is the first course of the DD-1 cup.

Course	Map	Cup	Track Features
Silence: High Speed		Jack Cup #2	Dash Zone
Silence 2: Wavy Road		King Cup #2	Rough Dash Zone
Silence 3: Outside Loop		DD-1 Cup #1	Rough

F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

Silence appears in F-Zero: Maximum Velocity as a single track, Open Circuit, which is only accessible in a single pak link. The track itself is very simple, resembling Tightrope Circuit.

Course	Map	Cup	Track Features
Silence: Open Circuit		None (Single-Pak Link only)	Rough Slip Zone Jump Plate Dash Zone

F-Zero: GP Legend

In F-Zero: GP Legend, Silence features 5 courses. Box Rink appears as the 1st track of the Silver Cup, featuring a series of 45 and 90° turns which can be shortcutted by using ramps on the outside part of the corners. Honeycomb Rink appears as the 2nd track of the Gold Cup and features hexagonal-styled corners with some having split paths. A shortcut path is avaliable by taking a ramp. The Expert versions of these tracks, named Box Rink II and Honeycomb Rink II, feature similar gimmicks, with new paths being added. The Silence course from the original F-Zero makes a comeback as the 3rd course of the Platinum Cup, where despite being scaled shorter, the track is mostly unchanged from its SNES counterpart.

Course	Map	Cup	Track Features
Silence: Box Rink		Silver Cup #1	Rough Jump Plate
Silence: Box Rink II			Jump Plate Dash Zone
Silence: Honeycomb Rink		Gold Cup #2	Rough Jump Plate Dash Zone
Silence: Honeycomb Rink II			Rough Jump Plate Dash Zone
Silence: Silence		Platinum Cup #3	Rough Mine Jump Plate

F-Zero Climax

F-Zero Climax features 4 Silence courses. Nightmare appears as the final course of the Silver Cup, which features many high speed corners, followed by two 90° corners, a jump and a small split path. Nightmare Fear appear as the 2nd course of the Expert Gold Cup, and only adds a few more corners before the jump. Nightmare One is the final track of the Master Silver Cup, and makes some parts of the track narrower. Silence II, despite sharing its name with the BS Grand Prix course, is a remixed version of the original Silence. Appearing as the 3rd track of the Platinum Cup, it adds a new section that mirrors the beginning section before the 90° turns.

Course	Map	Cup	Track Features
Silence: Nightmare		Silver Cup #5	Rough Jump Plate Dash Zone
Silence: Nightmare Fear		Gold Cup Expert #2	Rough Jump Plate Dash Zone
Silence: Nightmare One		Silver Cup Master #5	Rough Jump Plate Dash Zone
Silence: Silence II		Platinum Cup #3	Rough Mine Jump Plate Dash Zone

F-Zero 99

Silence returns in F-Zero 99 as the final course of the Knight League Grand Prix. The only way to play the course (besides Practice) is by reaching the end of Grand Prix, as the track is currently unavailable to appear in the track rotation of F-Zero 99 or any of the other modes.

A mirrored variant of Silence similarly acts as the final race of the Mirror Knight League. Aside from the layout being mirrored, the land mines are replaced with a more difficult arrangement of spinners, a dash plate is added to the slower path when the track splits, a jump plate allows the racers to take a risky shortcut before the S-turn, and more spinners are added after the S-turn. This track is also restricted to Grand Prix and Practice modes.

Since the addition of the Ace League, Silence II is also available. Once again, it is only available at the end of the Ace League Grand Prix or in Practice. The section with jump plates on the sides of the track is altered, allowing racers to take a straighter path through it.

While the Frozen World Tour event was active, either of the Silence tracks would be selected as one of the three final races. These frozen variants had snowy visuals and extra slip zones added to the track.

Gallery

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  Silence map in F-Zero

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  Silence II in BS F-Zero Grand Prix

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  Silence II in BS F-Zero Grand Prix 2

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  High Speed in F-Zero X

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  Wavy Road in F-Zero X

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  Open Circuit map in F-Zero: Maximum Velocity

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  Silence II in F-Zero Climax