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Licence Card Features
Post by CONTACT Z06 on Aug 16th, 2003, 04:28am
There's quite a few things on the licence card - some of which are just totally beyond me, and the F-Zero AX website has no information about it.
Whenever you beat a race, you get a funny wheel-icon marked on the 1st thing (something that looks like a medal) next to the track name on the licence card.
But what about the funny clock and ship symbol next to the medal symbol? I've managed to create 1st ranking records in time-attack (in Australia)- but no marking on the clock symbol for any of the tracks I've beaten in time attack nor there are any markings on the ship-symbol.
What the hell do they mean? (if it has anything to do with F-Zero GX on Gamecube... please tell me, coz it hasn't been released yet in Australia... nor do I have a Gamecube
).
Just another thing, the licence's Pilot rank thing seems to be absolutely useless - I have a Pilot Rank:3 licence, and it has done shitt-all for me 
Anyway- thanks if anyone can help 
M.
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by Goroh on Aug 16th, 2003, 1:18pm
How to mark the symbols
Clocks:
Beat the target times of the tracks.
(e.g. 2'12"000 for Sonic Oval)
Ships(Blue Falcon?):
Beat the staff ghosts of the tracks.
(e.g. 1'54''721 for Sonic Oval)
Yellow ships (Between Pilot Rank and Track Names):
Destroy the other cars.
10, 30, 100, 250, 500, 777 and 1500 cars for each mark.
When you mark all of them, a word will appear. 
And the Pilot Rank indicates your skill level.
It's just a digit (3) for now, but if you keep playing AX, you'll have your own "Title".
(Ace Pilot, Fighting Expert etc.)
Have fun !
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by CONTACT Z06 on Aug 18th, 2003, 10:58pm
Thanks,
But a few more things, where do you see the target times of the tracks?
Just a thing... it seems almost impossible to destroy other ships coz everything moves fast, and it takes a few hits to actually do any substantial damage... so how the hell is anyone supposed to destroy 1500 ships?! (and with the word thing after you fill in all the yellow ship things- what word?)
Anyway, the Pilot Rank Title thing sounds cool... not that it actually does much, but it's still pretty cool.
Sounds as if you've played AX quite a bit... how you doing with your licence card-records? I've beaten all the easy and medium tracks in the race, plus Lightning, struggling a little with Green Plant-I always fly off the track where there's that upside-down split. I still got nothing on those clock and ship symbols, and I'm still rank 3- haven't played lately. I've never destroyed a ship either
...
Anyway, F-Zero AX in Australia is yet to be a really popular game, I'm still hanging around my City arcade in Sydney convincing and helping people acquire their F-Zero licences, and seems like more and more people are getting into it.
Anyhow, thanks for all the help- cheers. 
M.
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by ~SPLASH~ on Aug 19th, 2003, 2:57pm
I haven't played AX/GX yet, but I don't think it's impossible to destroy a car..in X, it was possible, even though the cars move fast, to steer next to a vehicle, try to position YOUR vehicle next to their cockpit (so in fact, you are a bit ahead of them) and then either use the double tap to perform a sideways attack, or even better, deal out serious destruction-damage by doing the spin. You will hit the vehicle, it will bounce off, and if you are lucky, bounce into you again. Then, if you are EXTREMELY lucky, more cars that are behind you and the one you attacked will either bump into you or the vehicle you attacked earier, creating a total chaos.
30 cars in a crash..imagine that.
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by john on Aug 19th, 2003, 4:20pm
How do I access the Staff Ghosts?
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by CONTACT Z06 on Aug 19th, 2003, 9:50pm
Oh Cool, I'll follow that and see how I do in Mute City in AX (relatively simple track, easier to sight and hover around opponents)... Didn't know that it was a double tap to attack (or is that only in X?), I thought you just ram your ship into them... does it count if you ram them off course?
Anyway, my worries are- that in AX- if you attack another racer, your ship may slow down as a result of running into them, and apart from that- I don't know how much damage any attack will do- I may have to race a few first time suckers to find out [-Evil
Grin-].
The whole chaos thing sounds like fun, however- still wondering how to destroy so many cars in just a few races... destroying 1500 ships to fill in all the AX Licence Card Tally would need one heck of a commitment to achieve (and a sh-tload of credits/money
).
And as with john- I too am wondering about the staff ghosts... haven't been to the arcade lately, but I ought to find out in advance... is it in one of the ghost options in the time-attack? (where you use the L/R paddles to select).
Anyway, once again- thanks for all ye help.
M.
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by Tonio on Aug 19th, 2003, 10:33pm
side attack on the left in AX : left+left paddle
spin attack on the left : left+both paddle
to compete against the staff ghost:
on the course select screen, with the paddles choose the champion ghost, brake and select it (along with the track)
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by C0NTACT on Aug 27th, 2003, 6:20pm
Just a thing... there is a certain number of times you can use your licence card, and then you renew it... how do you do that? do you just shove it back into the machine and it'll do it for you? or do you have to enter another credit again to renew it or something?
Anyway- I've finally managed to tally up quite a lot of destroyed ships- the most number of ships I've destroyed in one race is 7. Does anyone think it is possible to destroy 30 ships in one race (let alone 20).
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by Tonio on Aug 28th, 2003, 04:01am
When you try to start a game with a card used 50 times you're asked if you want to change it, and yes you need one credit for this. it gives you back the old one right away and you get the new one when you finish your game.
Re: Licence Card Features
Post by C0NTACT on Aug 28th, 2003, 6:36pm
Thanks, hopefully I get a better looking character on my new card. Anyway- but would I lose my card if I don't choose the option to change it? (excuse my inquisitiveness, but just in case...)