F-ZERO GX: Speedrun - Story Mode (Very Hard) -

【15'01"176 in-game time】
Uploading something special to the 10-year anniversary of F-ZERO GX. I hope you enjoy watching it.
Run information:
Chapter 1: 0'54"203 - Went as expected. I'll consider changing the strategy a bit, so it can hit around 52".
Chapter 2: 0'33"870 - Was OK. I've gotten 31" in a single segment run before.
Chapter 3: 1'11"323 - Was good at some parts, but also slow at times. Unfortunately I didn't get the MTSISB at the start of lap 3.
Chapter 4: 1'55"345 - Went pretty poorly. This chapter is always hard to predict.
Chapter 5: 0'38"021 - Good enough. 37" would be nice, though...
Chapter 6: 2'29"564 - Decent, except that I didn't get the Shift Boost after the final dirt area.
Chapter 7: 2'30"360 - Went OK, although it ended up a bit more scary than it needed to.
Chapter 8: 2'54"394 - Better time than I had expected to get.
Chapter 9: 1'54"096 - Lots of time can still be saved here.
Rules
Settings: 100% Max Speed | (Non-snake)
Single Segment
Set on 25.07.2013
Set in: 60Hz mode
Played on a Wii in GameCube mode.
Recorded live at: / cgn0
60fps highlight: / 2633470
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List of speedruns I've done:
crazygamenerd.web.fc2.com/Spee...

[@999a0s]

34-year-old Charles Falcon has taken the world of Formula 1 racing by storm, achieving 46 consecutive Grand Prix wins using an unprecedented technique of repeatedly smashing his car into the wall

[@HuyenPhan-ir2wo]

And using FLEX TAPE!

[@invschematics]

(@@HuyenPhan-ir2wo) whoa, recent comment

[@ctrlaltdestroy91]

Lmao "Charles" Falcon. Love it.

[@ducknator]

(@@ctrlaltdestroy91) whoa, even recenter comment

[@lordshitter1719]

Most recent here lol

[@Jrlomay]

You know a game is hard when on some of the levels, the speedrunner way is the only way

[@derekmaullo2865]

This game wasn't playtested

[@derekmaullo2865]

It's bad game design

[@Kylemsguy]

@@derekmaullo2865 I mean, snaking was a part of the game, and it does make some of the levels easier.

[@derekmaullo2865]

​@@KylemsguyEven still, Sega released this cheating game on our faces

[@josephelfrink721]

Man i wish i could complain but i cant. No other game ever released is like this one. No other game gives me that thrill of speed and adrenaline rush. And its such an old game theres no excuse to have nothing comparable to it in 2024 ​@derekmaullo2865

[@ralfalf4]

we need a new f-zero we want a new f-zero

[@nickkerr3902]

YES!

[@MrSupermario1959]

agreed

[@deadchannelagain7204]

come on nintendo

[@Padthrower]

ralfalfa Yes!

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

Everyone does.

[@CynicalGamingBlogTerry309]

This is how Captain Falcon REALLY drives the blue falcon

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

+brainjuice654 C'MON! BLUE FALCON!

[@YoungLeosword]

+MK1MonsterOck1989 YES!

[@MK1MonsterOck1989]

YoungLeosword FALCON PUNCH!

[@adolfgaming1761]

Cocaine

[@UrBloodOnMyFace]

Yeah, bc someone handed captain falcon the controller

[@lolbolletje]

This would be an accurate description of my speedrun: F-ZERO GX: Speedrun - Story Mode (Very Hard) 5 months: 3 weeks: 4 days

[@BiasedGuy123]

Segmented I hope, holy shit.

[@hoteru1]

You could beat story mode? Then you're king man

[@content8432]

It took me about 3 months 2 weeks and 4 days to beat story mode segmented I'm gonna try again but much faster

[@hoteru1]

How the hell can you beat chapter one and seven on very hard... and all the others? 😅 But especially those two

[@content8432]

@@hoteru1 no on normal mode

[@raptordave]

Sonic be like " Dude! You don't gotta go that fast!"

[@FighBat]

do u evn fzero br0

[@YoungLeosword]

Knowing Sega worked on AX/GX, I'd not be surprised if programmers helped create and mod the Secret Rings thru Generations control system. :3

[@PoisonDuckAnimations]

GOTTA GO REALLY FAST!!! BAH GAWD!!!

[@SpaceLion444]

I love how in chapter 5 there is only two seconds left even if this guy SPEEDRUNS the damn thing! This game is insane.

[@DuelistRL]

A lot of things in this game are nearly impossible to beat without using speedrun tech. I've come in to a lot of situations playing where I needed to do some advanced techniques to be able to pull through.

[@WhiteVastNinja]

Yeah this fucking game story difficulty was no joke

[@derekmaullo2865]

​@WVN It was untested. The game was a. Arcade mode and they didn't care to play test any of this.

[@callinater6133]

@@derekmaullo2865 source? I hope you’re not talking outta your ass.

[@one_step_sideways]

​@@derekmaullo2865They tested it all. You're just coping about the game which absolutely had to be challenging for being actually challenging.

[@SlawBunnies909]

You got boost power! *shit gets crazy*

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

This is footage of when Captain Falcon played this game.

[@hudesko5397]

That Chapter 8 though... YOU ALMOST OUTLAPPED DEATHBORN!

[@FighBat]

pfft that's easy

[@uknown92546]

FighBat If you’re skilled in Very Hard Mode.

[@emishimaru-sama6449]

F-Zero GX will always be the perfect and best racing game ever to exist. It Is most likely there will never be another F-Zero game, but at the very least F-Zero GX was the series final Big Bang.

[@ZXUmi]

i mean, with f-zero 99 being a thing now, we could see a return of the f-zero series if the game gets enough traction that let's nintendo know that people want a brand new, full-fledged f-zero game

[@freddypumper8794]

the guy that did this plays like he is possessed by demons. He just beat the entire story on very hard in 21 minutes. I could not even beat the story lol

[@mattwilson2568]

+Daniel Krieger I mean you just suck but yeah he is good

[@ChikoWhat]

+Matt Wilson have you actually played GX? Beating it on the first 2 difficulties is still a feat!

[@mattwilson2568]

ChikoWhat I said he sucks because he could not even beat the story (period)

[@VestedUTuber]

+Matt Wilson Thing is, there are people who can dominate the grand prix but who still struggle with even the early missions of the story mode. GX's story mode is a whole other level of difficult.

[@JohnDoe-jx8hn]

Daniel Krieger I think it was a TAS

[@Wreckeningbassist666]

is this guy captain falcon himself?

[@lukarikid9001]

+Wreckeningbassist666 CH'YES!

[@FighBat]

he's a human tasbot, sent from the future to amuse us

[@sureshananthanarayanan2408]

Wreckeningbassist666 ign

[@alevtinamikhailov1537]

This game is incredible. Wish to see new F Zero for the Switch!

[@steveharrison4100]

I'm just afraid it would be like what Brawl was to Melee. An HD remaster of GX with all the mechanics retained and online play would probably be best.

[@DuelistRL]

The team that made this isn't around anymore and it most likely wouldn't be as good as this is.

[@jasonjr376]

@@DuelistRL they. Died?

[@pixel3936]

@@jasonjr376 they just don’t work with Nintendo

[@banjoboi24]

Well, maybe if SEGA could strike a deal with Nintendo, they could let Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (previously Amusement Vision, and the developers of Yakuza) remake F-Zero GX for the Switch

[@pyrobeastalpha1823]

geez at the top speed he was in he could get from Wisconsin to Texas in about 18 minutes

[@content8432]

Nah it's 15 minutes or less

[@forceawaken1172]

I remember it took me months and hating the world to beat this game. I'm crazy impressed it took this guy 21 minutes.

[@mini-conlongarm8021]

It probably took more time and a severe hatred of the universe to beat the game at that skill level.

[@leon2550]

*YOU GOT BOOST POWER*

[@magetaaaaaa]

Girl walks up to me and says "Whatcha driving?" I said BLUE FALCON.

[@dubz1541]

I'd say HYPER SPEEDER.

[@scarecrowhobo]

Imma say rainbow phoenix

[@ihateweetabix8829]

I would say ORIGINAL MACHINE

[@ivel365]

I'd say NIGHT THUNDER.

[@scarecrowhobo]

ivel365 you got the classics

[@ElBloeTigre]

The save Jody level is the closest I've come to crying in a videogame.

[@VonFirflirch]

On Very Hard, I once died on that final ramp after the boost pads, inches in front of the exit... :'{

[@ElBloeTigre]

@@VonFirflirch Do you know what's sadder? I beat all of these on the hardest setting, unlocked all the characters and I lost my memory card.

[@friendofp.24]

Literally every mission in this game has made me cry. I remember getting so mad at Chapter 2 at Red Canyon, I had no idea what was in store for me. I still have not beaten the game, not even close.

[@Phoenix10k]

I searched KZbin for "TAS F-Zero GX" and this was the first result. After watching, I don't think I need to correct them.

[@FighBat]

Human tasbot confirmed

[@KnightValfodr]

Leaving Goroh in the dust was awesome. So was almost outlapping Deathborn.

[@solknuckles2408]

We can build hype for a new one... Or, we could ask for a remaster of GX? Imagine it with gorgeous graphics.

[@butthole9580]

Sol & Knuckles remaster.

[@hanchockelias5123]

The game still hold up pretty well I honestly can say that I can wait another decade for a remastered of this game

[@Pienotto]

15 years after, its graphic is still very satisfying IMHO.

[@WeskerXM96E1]

Yes it would be amazing with 30 player online racing. Sometimes i just think Nintendo does not want to succeed.

[@deebonash1495]

@@WeskerXM96E1 nintendo: employee that's a good idea sir!!! *fire him* we dont do good ideas here

[@kingwario1717]

I want more F-ZERO where is it it's been 13 years come on Nintendo

[@HairoxxFR]

17 YEARS

[@LucasKombo]

There will never be a racing game this good again. We were so lucky.

[@felixmariotto4639]

*Watch eagerly a speedrun of F-Zero GX* *Realise it's how you're supposed to play the game normally* Seriously, half the stages are finished two seconds before time is out... This game is insane.

[@junior10kdutch]

My mind was blown, I've never seen anyone drive like that. Eespecially the track edge hopping and air attacks are things I didn't even know were possible

[@Ubebread1]

When she texts that she's home alone.

[@nrelverson1]

I remember struggling to finish this on normal and I’ve just seen the higher difficulty blitzed in under 25 mins. This was beyond impressive on so many levels (particularly the Samurai Goroh and Deathborn races). Very entertaining and very well done👏 Grand Prix Champion? Nah, Grand Prix God right here. Thanks for uploading!

[@kablooey60]

This makes me feel proud to be a Falcon Main in Melee.

[@netako]

Jack Registeel Falcon is the best (-Except in Brawl-).

[@lightbrand_]

Green Maskass Btw what exactly made him so much worse in Brawl? So much so that he used to be considered the worst character in the game, below Zelda, Link AND Ganondorf, all three already shitty AF?

[@GustoFormula]

@@lightbrand_ Everything that was good about him in Melee did not work in Brawl. No dash dance, no stomp knee, no up air knee. No combos. The physics of Brawl just don't work well with Douglas.

[@Eltrotraw]

​@@lightbrand_ late reply but in short he's a combo character in a game where you can't combo

[@kayskreed]

Wow! That's something. Best F-Zero game hands down, but MAN, it was hard. I barely managed to complete it on very hard, but I did. I don't think I'd be able to do that again.

[@Omnicharlizard]

even after all these years this game, the community, and the techniques used to beat the game are beyond incredible

[@LemonCreature]

Awesome speed-run. As usual its really inspiring to watch somebody so good go through the story missions with such ease. Happy 10 year anniversary for F-Zero GX.

[@Helljumper91]

I beat this game on very hard. Took me about 4 months and 1 controller. I love what truly skilled players can do with this.

[@elmorelia100]

This game still stands as unbeaten on Very hard to this day, and probably forever on my GameCube

[@LITTLE1994]

I did managed to beat all of Story Mode in Very Hard, too, which is definitely not easy. But this guy is a master...

[@shaun_on_guitar]

I'm not entirely convinced you're human, and I wish to learn the secrets of your alien physiology/cybernetics

[@WeskerXM96E1]

This brought back great memories, but this took me a age to do but the satisfaction was immense. Great run btw.

[@dinglebingus2625]

I thought I was good at this game. Then I saw this.

[@rerewewrwrwrw]

Cut out the ableism, this is just someone spending alot of time on a game.

[@WispyEmbers]

@@rerewewrwrwrw still some incredible honed skills nonetheless

[@Drewsel]

@@rerewewrwrwrw shush

[@dinglebingus2625]

@@rerewewrwrwrw like seriously, where's the "ableism" in my comment?

[@dinglebingus2625]

@@WispyEmbers don't give the moron credit

[@hanchockelias5123]

I've never thought that this game was beatable in first place

[@CloudStrifeZX]

the blue falcon drives like a dream

[@TheFreeFlow]

+CloudStrifeZX I´d disagree. Overall a good machine but it has a few weaknesses: Body and weight not the best making it slightly vulnerable to bumps. Worst of all is the blue falcons handling, it tends to have a very unbalanced handling and also boosting. Go over a boost platform and you only get a slight boost, use an energy boost and it goes off like crazy. The handling itself in various speed modes is very off as well and very unbalanced and you end up easily handling to much or to less depending on speed. Otherwise I agree it is an ideal and very good machine and 1 of the best in this game. P.S. The handling itself is very weak and it has problems getting curves, it tends to easily drift off at higher speeds though, however at the cost of grip and making it easy for the falcon to fly out or lose controll. As said biggest manko of it is the handling.

[@VestedUTuber]

+TheFreeFlow I've never really noticed the handling issues. If anything, I've always felt that the Blue Falcon's performance was lackluster, not its handling. As far as its performance goes, it doesn't really excel at anything, having slightly above average acceleration at the expense of having a low top speed compared to the rest of the field. Handling-wise, it does slide out a bit but that's nothing compared to, say, Blood Hawk. But it feels neither responsive or slugish when turning and its sliding is predictable. Overall, I'd honestly rank it below average but nowhere near bottom tier. And by slightly below average I mean it's RIGHT below the machine I would consider average (that would be Groovy Taxi). It's a good starter machine and it's good enough for Story Mode without making you wish you could choose your machine, but there are far better machines in the game. And this is actually an improvement over how it was in F-Zero X. In F-Zero X, the Blue Falcon was total crap... but then again so was everything else that didn't have a BAE, ABE, EAC, EBB, CAD or EAD rating.

[@lightbrand_]

VestedUTuber I just love to use the Sonic Phantom, before even starting the game I knew I was going to use it because as a younger kid, playing as a skull felt really cool... But now I just play it because I think it's top tier ( without using speedrunning tech like snaking etc, basically as a casual top tier ) it has one of the highest base speed and amazing handling ( I'd say it's the polar opposite of the Soap Hawk ) but I hardly ever see anyone using it, am I the only one who thinks it's actually a good car?

[@Synday]

the rainbow something was my favourite car

[@TheFlipside700]

Synday Rainbow Phoenix. It’s a great machine

[@achi-baba]

I only recently beat the game on Normal Mode and every level was a struggle in it's own. And you beat this like it was as easy as breathing. You only unintentionally hit the walls twice and when you laped Deathborne I came to tears. I have a loooong way to go to get even near that point.

[@LuckyPickleXD]

Really nice vid man, much better than I can ever do !

[@hyperx72]

2:17 Falcon's face is seizuring out

[@FighBat]

that's nothing, the tas is MUCH FASTER many head banging

[@claudespeed32397]

Excellent work man 😀👍🏻

[@SegaJunkie]

About time you did this how it should be done. Congratulations!

[@bunnybismuth]

Holy shit, the massive rubberbanding in Ch.7. That's unacceptable.

[@PresMan36]

If you think about the missions in Chapters 2, 4, 7 and 8, your main opponent is in the same league through stats. The Blue Falcon is BCB The Fire Stingray is ADB The Wild Boar is ACC The Black Bull is AEA The Dark Schneider is ABD If stats were numbers A=5 B=4 C=3 D=2 E=1 All machines accumulate to 11!

[@KabibbleIsh]

Crazy game. Crazier gamer. You've mastered a really hard game.

[@rollcakey29]

Just awesome. And celebrate 10th anniversary of F-ZERO GX.

[@PuppetMasterIX]

AGDQ run happened, so I'm expecting the viewer count to rise at an alarming rate.

[@DeadeyesX311]

lol i didnt even watch the run and here i found myself watching a f-zero gx run, altho i did watch f-zero

[@InsanityReborn]

I wanted to comment But nothing I can say will be adequate to match this here concentrated awesome.. Thus, my comment consists of this, and one infinite moment of silence of pure respect.

[@WMJSpeedruns]

Great stuff!

[@jacobucs69]

Insane! You're unreal

[@Ansemthewise59]

jacobucs69 Those lightning fast reflex's... It's like he can see the future!

[@Ruru240z]

Ansemthewise59 Or is using an AI to race, hence no camera of the player.

[@Drewsel]

"Save Jody" Oh wow i never knew it was that easy

[@parkerthomson7130]

My god you must be a freaking Godlike Gamer. You just outsmarted the game itself. bless this Game.

[@WispyEmbers]

I remember mission 5 kicking my tail so many times as a kid. I was stuck on it for weeks. These game taught me to suck it up & realize you gotta work for every little thing.

[@stevenmills6502]

I don't even like vode games

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Crazy, grats! You used tactics and routes I've never seen before! Awesome! I could complete everything but ch8 very hard. (Not using shift boosts or snaking.) Will do that too though!

[@JF-di9yh]

See what we need is competitive F Zero matches. People breaking the hell out of the game and bashing eachother off the map while racing. it'll be like Melee and Death Race combined

[@randalberrotto284]

That was epic!!! Epic win!!!

[@kingwario1717]

I think Nintendo and Sega should make a game together again

[@Alvarito205]

Kingwario171 No, because Nintendo get dissapointed the sales this game get it

[@lyncario5515]

Yeah, and try not to make it a Mario and Sonic at the olympic please. Those games are... ok, i guess, but F-zero is so much better.

[@emperortoho]

morio kishimoto(director of sonic frontiers) said sonic and mario won’t get a proper crossover until sonic can rival mario in quality again, so don’t hold your hopes up for a good while maybe frontiers 2

[@GnarlyBreak]

Black Shadow: Puts a bomb on the Blue Falcon Captain Falcon: And I took that personally

[@minkusink6]

dude that was such a close call on the last lap of chapter 7 goin for dat shift boost

[@Darkemperor91]

Awesome! Great shift boosting! :O

[@TreyDobe]

And I thought I was good at this game...holy shit man you are insane!

[@user-um2zp7ux3l]

I remember the story of this game is very difficult. Great!!

[@newtguy]

I remember beating this game on very hard way back when. Wasn't easy! I miss this game! I want a new f-zero!

[@gregstar2091]

Well done mate, well done. ;)

[@MrTsquared88]

WHAT IS THAT THING YOU DO ON THE EDGE WHEN YOU GO OFF, THEN COME BACK ON?!?!?! HOW- WHAT- DOES THAT EVEN- GAHHHH!!! I'M SPEECHLESS.

[@zyeonlucio4437]

It's a technique called shift boost. I've you've unlocked the diamond cup, I recommend practicing at first on Sand Ocean: Lateral Shift. You'll get used to it and you get some insane speed with it.

[@MrTsquared88]

yeah I'll give it a shot. thanks! how exactly do you do it? you go off the edge while drifting the oppostie way and boosting?

[@fireblast133]

MrTsquared88 The technique works off the principle of your speed increasing when you're falling. Basically, you make the game think you fell off, but it doesn't register you lost yet, within a few frames, you shift back onto the track. The timing is tight, and a screwup is a loss.

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

fireblast133 So what do you do to actually execute the technique? Just ram yourself into the edge, than immediately shift the control stick/press right on the D-pad? (Asking because I don't have the game, but plan on getting it).

[@MrTsquared88]

Big blue Button man wait wait wait.... i've had this game for like 10 years... ARE YOU TELLING ME THE D-PAD ACTUALLY DOES SOMETHING OTHER THAN CHANGE YOUR VIEW?!?!?!

[@EdwardFourZERO6]

Batman can't handle those shift boosts! Great run and tribute.

[@Corrieography]

9:25 "This shit's about to get real."

[@PresMan36]

You are the Creator's best creation

[@Thenextworldwar]

God spends his lunch break finding out what this whole "F-Zero" thing is about.

[@Zac_Frost]

That run of mission 2 was so damn clean.

[@flutteranmaster4032]

Give this man a Noble Prize

[@mauriciom5555]

This guy makes look the game so easy!!!

[@TheBizzle90]

I'm watching this in 2021 and the anxiety still kicks in when I see him almost die all the time .__.

[@charlesgoldbach659]

I have seen greatness and it is CGN

[@febriz6057]

Even a perfect run of mission 5 barely clears that final door. It stresses me out just watching it.

[@charlesgoldbach659]

you are the racer i always wanted to be. CGN for GOD

[@thatelephant]

2:18 Goddammit, don't wobble out of your seat Falcon XD

[@normanroscher7545]

Ok, someone has mastered the game there. ^^ I usually started failing at the Casino (3rd stage)...

[@Rapilol]

wow,still wr after 7 years , insane

[@dbzfalcon07]

This story mode on Very Hard was a nightmare. I had to beat it a second time for my friends who had the game as well

[@Tuitaye]

F-Zero GX, the dark souls of racing: exists. CrazyGameNerd: I. AM. S P E E D

[@AzazelTheMisanthrope]

You sir, are jesus. Congratulations.

[@desamster]

Jesus is good at F-Zero. Got it.

[@enkerzan3755]

Um, wow, mind = blown. Never was able to beat this damn game on the hardest settings...

[@francisnguyen6349]

Nice Story Mode from F-Zero GP.

[@maskedmildew5437]

I've never felt so fast watching a video.

[@Pienotto]

From mission 6's time you can deduce that Blue Falcon's average speed is just around 600 km/h (like Maximum Velocity average speed, a game set years after captain Falcon's haydays, and therefore maybe with a more advanced racing technology).

[@WitheredFreddo]

F-zero : "GET ME OF THIS THING AAAAHHH!!!"

[@samueleart258]

Cool game I might try it sometime!

[@iWasTheGuyWhosFucked]

15:12 Holy fucking shit, my heart

[@MrSupermario1959]

dude your methods are fucking crazy

[@JohnnyEternal]

He really show us his moves on this one..

[@thecianinator]

21:56 the best song ever written

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

This reminded me how awesome the credits song is.

[@pavelmujicaescalante2808]

The face of falcon in 2:30

[@akairink2170]

If i could shift boost once i would look at my hands all amazed for minutes.

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

I think the two most hilarious parts of this run for me are: - Deathborn preparing his track carefully, Hone Alone style, and Falcon laps him by using his own traps to gain speed - Black Shadow keeping pace with the speed run through almost all of the race on mission 7, but still failing because of course

[@mvbowserbrutus]

DAMN that was fast!