F-Zero 90 – How To Boost Start

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One of the easiest ways to survive in F-Zero 99 is to be at the front of the pack. Being caught in a brawl with 20+ players vying for 50th place does nothing but slow you down, and if things go really badly, end your game. If you want to win, you need to stay as far away from the scrum as humanly possible.

The best way to do that is to get a solid start to your race. Every race in F-Zero has you blitzing down a long road towards the track proper. If you enter the track first, you are in an excellent position to maintain that lead since nobody is trying to grind you into a wall. For this, you are going to need to learn how to perform a Boost Start. 

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There are multiple ways to get boosts in F-Zero 99. The most obvious is using your Energy to, well, boost. You can also gain bursts of speed by going over Boost Panels and even going up jumps. Some of these things exist during the pre-race – the notable exception to this is your standard Energy Boost. 

This is an important thing to note because Energy Boosting is the best way to reach your top speed in a pinch. Since this isn’t active until you cross the start line, certain ships struggle to get up to speed due to varying Acceleration Stats. This is where Start Boosting comes into play, and it’s something you want to learn ASAP. 

You may have noticed that holding down the accelerator when starting a race gives you a boost of speed. You probably also noticed that this boost is very short-lived and then everyone passes you because your engine stalled. This is a