F-Zero 99 - Queen League (2nd Place Finish)
6Admittedly, this is something of a throwaway video, but it is a milestone for me playing this game: for the first time, I managed to get a podium finish in Grand Prix! This is the Queen League, and while it wasn't 1st place (and thus no special unlockable), I had never placed in the top 3 in a Grand Prix before, so that's something. And just in time for the content update too! (NOTE: This was done prior to the update on March 27th, 2024, which nerfed the Golden Fox. After the update, the Golden Fox now requires more power per boost, and its Power Down speed is slower.)
That being said, it WAS a tie for 2nd place with somebody else, and the person in 1st was pretty far out in front, so I don't think this necessarily means I'm any step closer to finishing a Grand Prix at the very top. Then again, I never thought my vehicle would be spinning around and around at the end there, with some victory music I didn't know was in this game.
For the record, I had placed as follows in each course:
Mute City II - 6th
Port Town I - 6th
Red Canyon I - 6th
White Land I - 7th
White Land II - 3rd
Which means that, oddly, I managed to place 2nd overall without ever having placed any higher than 3rd at any particular race. But I'll take that. I'll also take surviving, which I almost didn't at a few points (particularly the last leg of White Land I, where I was at Power Down status for like a third of the lap), because when I play a Grand Prix in F-Zero 99, that's my goal: just to make it to the end. I don't need anything fancy. Though, of course, I'll take fancy stuff that lands my way, like this.