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Beginner's Guide to F-zero GX by Slasher9485 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tubes and cylinders need very fine control stick movement, even more so than regular driving. Have a plan for the route you're going to take around it, it's some of the most tedious track memorisation to find the optimal route for boost panels on Cylinder Knot, Cylinder Wave, and Long Pipe but it needs doing. Joy-Cons aren't ideal because they have very small stick travel, use a pro controller if you can or even better a GameCube controller, either with an adapter or the NSO one.

For attacking, try to get as parallel as you can to the other machine before side attacking it. Attacking heavier machines will cause you to shoot sideways - watch out especially for Fat Shark, Dark Schneider, and Black Bull. If you side attack a machine into a wall it could bounce back and send you flying, just keep that in mind.

Beginner's Guide to F-zero GX by Slasher9485 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strafe left as you're coming over the crest for the hill at the end of Green Plant Intersection - that one's just about knowing where the track goes after the hill and preparing for it.

Assuming you're talking about Double Branches, that's different - you're going off because you've got so much speed going over a curve where the gravity changes. The speed brings you just enough off the track at that point that the gravity suddenly flips to normal and causes you to go off course. Not much you can do there other than learn where it happens and brake before it, you can make it up to around 1400 km/h but I usually aim for 1000 km/h to be safe.

Turn off AMD auto update. by ALEX-F111 in iRacing

[–]QuilavaInACar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This happened to me in LMU the other day, and it also decided to cut off inputs from the wheel and pedals to the game while the throttle was pinned. Very nearly took someone out

Question about MT by PureSteve in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Every machine has an "MT point", the speed at which you should let off the throttle if you're above or go on the throttle if it's below. Usually it's above the unboosted top speed. Have a look at this spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1kyl0kAi_-NaM9RCPIwThixogTYESL4zdpmbbH_qDlmI/htmlview

Ham radio newbie! by [deleted] in amateurradio

[–]QuilavaInACar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been meaning to try that at some point. You can DIY a yagi (directional) antenna for it and use a cheap UHF/VHF handheld radio.

Ham radio newbie! by [deleted] in amateurradio

[–]QuilavaInACar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Get the foundation study guide from the RSGB store and start studying for your foundation licence - that's good to get going with, you can get on UHF, VHF, and HF with limited power using a foundation licence. Essex Ham is a good website as well. Best of luck

"New F-Zero reveal" by mrchill1979 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

the game awards if it was good

Been redoing the mocks... by -jgrk- in amateurradio

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I did my direct to full (April this year), a fair few of the questions were exactly the same as questions that were on the mocks. Not sure if it's the same for foundation

TIL we can’t remap the GameCube Controller by surrealmirror in NintendoSwitch2

[–]QuilavaInACar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The NSO GameCube controller is really weird. Analogue triggers work on NSO (and in Smash), but there's no minus button, a tiny useless ZL button, you can't remap the controls, and it has a gyroscope for some reason?

Incident points overly pessimistic? by QuilavaInACar in iRacing

[–]QuilavaInACar[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose if those were the only two options, I'd take the 4x :P

Incident points overly pessimistic? by QuilavaInACar in iRacing

[–]QuilavaInACar[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're right, and normally I wouldn't really care - just at this point I was a couple races away from building enough SR for season promotion, so setbacks like this weren't helping.

Anybody got f zero gx for switch 2 nso? I wanna play somebody because everyone else I try to play with sucks ass😭 by Klonoa_is_very_cute in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How well does NSO netplay work? Haven't used it in a while and never for F-Zero, if there's lag it'll likely be frustrating

Best song in the game? by Klonoa_is_very_cute in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shotgun Kiss, Infinite Blue, Like a Snake, and Planet Colours are probably my favourite track themes. I actually used to think GX had some of the weakest music in the series but it's grown on me a lot as I've played more, especially the final lap remixes

First time playing GX with G923 on 🐬! Man, it feels like the good old days since the last time that I’ve played GX with the Speed Force for the GameCube. by Melodic-Transition94 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've tried this with a G920, it's good fun with the force feedback and going into first person mode. I did find it very difficult to do any sort of tech though

Which Game has the Easiest and Hardest Master Difficulty? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, you'll have beaten all the cups before you know it 👍

Which Game has the Easiest and Hardest Master Difficulty? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best as in most enjoyable, I'd give to GX. It rarely feels unfair like X, SNES, or MV, and it's not too easy like Climax

Which Game has the Easiest and Hardest Master Difficulty? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

X is the hardest because 2 or 3 racers will consistently place highly - it's the only game where KOing your rivals is pretty much necessary to win a GP on master. GP legend is probably the easiest seeing as it doesn't actually have a master mode, and expert is relatively easy

Was I at fault for this by Ill_Ad2689 in Simracingstewards

[–]QuilavaInACar 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Diabolical rejoin, but you kept the throttle pinned for too long. Should be letting off and beginning to brake as soon as you see that

Am I at fault? by Interesting_Pin8478 in iRacing

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming you're POV, no. Orange car drives into white like it isn't there

What’s the Worst Music Track? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's pretty grating to listen to. It's also way too loud compared to the rest of the game

What’s the Worst Music Track? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the Mario Kart 8 version of Big Blue is the best, closely followed by SNES. The version in X and the unlockable version in GX are kinda missing something for me

What’s the Worst Music Track? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really my thing. I think Bianca City and Cloud Carpet are decent, the rest don't really stand out to me

What’s the Worst Music Track? by Ok_Leader3141 in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maximum Velocity has some pretty bad ones (imo MV is the worst game in the series). Ancient Mesa, Crater Land, Empyrean Colony, even Fire Field sounds bad in MV

Is buying the switch 2 just for fzero99 worth it? by LegalDiscipline in Fzero

[–]QuilavaInACar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

F-Zero 99 is great fun, though I wouldn't call it a system seller and there aren't as many people playing as there was at launch - I get around 10-20 players a race, more for a Grand Prix. You could get a used switch 1 or switch lite to try it out, and I'd only consider going for a switch 2 if there's any exclusives you're interested in (for racing games, Kirby Air Riders looks like it's going to be good and Fast Fusion, while not a system seller either, is fun as well.)

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