Garage

The Garage is a feature originally implemented in F-Zero X Expansion Kit, as Create Machine; it was later retooled for the Garage in F-Zero GX. In both games, it allows the player to design their own vehicles.

In F-Zero X

Create Machine as it appears in F-Zero X.

The Create Machine mode allowed players to design their own vehicles. Players could choose a variety of cockpits, wings, and bodies, 6 of each, in order to create their own machine, with each part increasing or decreasing the mass of the vehicle. Players could also customise their vehicle with a variety of pre-designed logos, racing stripes, or by colouring different parts of the machine.

While players could freely set the stats of their machine, body, boost, and grip, they were allotted 10 "points" to do so, with higher grades requiring more points; an E rank would cost only one point, whereas an A rank would cost 5 points.

In order to use the vehicle proper, player has to set to a specific pilot; doing so will replace the pilot's default vehicle with that of the custom machine in-game.

Custom machines can be saved for later use in the menu.

Super machines

A file built into F-Zero X, called "Super", allows the player to access three Super machines that feature stats the player cannot attain in regular gameplay. They replace the Blue Falcon, Fire Stingray, and White Cat with the Super Falcon, Super Stingray, and Super Cat, respectively.

In F-Zero GX

The Garage as it appears in F-Zero GX

Referred to as the Garage in this game, players can again create custom vehicles using a variety of parts (Body Parts, Cockpit Part, and Booster Parts) that can be purchased from the F-Zero Shop. Unlike the previous game, the player cannot name their vehicle, nor can they choose the stats of their machine; both of these are instead determined by what selection of parts are used to create the vehicle. The colours of each individual part, however, can still be customised, and up to four custom emblems made from the Emblem Editor can be added to the vehicle. Players can save up to four machines on a single memory card, collectively taking up 18 blocks; that said, garage data can be loaded from either Slot A or Slot B of the console.

As the garage data is loaded separately from the game's data, the player no longer has to "overwrite" a pilot's vehicle; rather, the player simply picks a pilot for their machine and can load it separately from their standard vehicle.

Special machines

By default, machines designed in the Garage generally take their name after the parts used to construct them; however, using a specific set of parts can cause the final machine to have a special name that does not specifically correlate to any of the custom parts used, as listed below.

Special Machines
Name	Body	Boost	Grip	Weight	Body	Cockpit	Booster
Queen Sapphire	E	C	D	880kg	Splash Whale	Crystal Egg	Comet -V
Bird Of Paradise	D	D	D	900kg	Optical Wing	Moon Snail	Impulse 220
Ground Wave	D	D	C	920kg	Liberty Manta	Sonic Soldier	Jupiter -Q
Out Rider	D	D	E	960kg	Funny Swallow	Windy Shark	Bazooka -YS
Icarus Wing	D	D	E	980kg	Funny Swallow	Dark Chaser	Saturn -SG
Fortissimo	D	D	C	1000kg	Optical Wing	Red Rex	Jupiter -Q
Trickster	D	D	C	1010kg	Optical Wing	Cyber Fox	Impulse 220
Paper Craft	E	E	A	1040kg	Speedy Dragon	Garnet Phantom	Euros -01
Savanna Buggy	D	E	B	1060kg	Optical Wing	Heat Snake	Euros -01
Dragoon	E	B	C	1100kg	Speedy Dragon	Bright Spear	Raiden -88
Red Salamander	E	C	B	1100kg	Splash Whale	Heat Snake	Triangle -GT
Gargoyle	D	C	C	1170kg	Funny Swallow	Bright Spear	Boxer -2C
Liberator	D	C	C	1170kg	Funny Swallow	Scud Viper	Bluster -X
Blue Streak	C	C	D	1170kg	Holy Spider	Wonder Worm	Triangle -GT
Carbuncle	C	E	B	1180kg	Holy Spider	Heat Snake	Euros -01
Long Shot	C	C	E	1220kg	Rapid Barrel	Aerial Bullet	Scorpion -R
Enigma	C	C	D	1250kg	Silver Sword	Wonder Worm	Triangle -GT
Valkyrie	D	D	A	1290kg	Optical Wing	Garnet Phantom	Jupiter -Q
Splash Mermaid	C	D	C	1290kg	Aqua Goose	Cyber Fox	Impulse 220
Astro Scorpion	C	C	E	1330kg	Space Cancer	Dark Chaser	Scorpion -R
Fantasista	D	A	C	1360kg	Liberty Manta	Scud Viper	Triple -Z
Salvation	C	B	D	1390kg	Rapid Barrel	Blast Cam.	Raiden -88
Emerald Pegasus	C	D	B	1390kg	Sky Horse	Spark Bird	Impulse 220
Hermit Crab	C	B	E	1410kg	Space Cancer	Rave Drifter	Meteor -RR
Master Work	C	B	D	1440kg	Sky Horse	Moon Snail	Titan -G4
Centaurus	B	E	B	1490kg	Wild Chariot	Spark Bird	Euros -01
Alexander	C	B	C	1530kg	Silver Sword	Bright Spear	Punisher -4X
Liberty Triton	B	D	B	1540kg	Fire Wolf	Heat Snake	Impulse 220
Super Nova	B	C	E	1610kg	Giant Plant	Rave Drifter	Bluster -X
Triumph	B	E	B	1690kg	Valiant Jaguar	Spark Bird	Euros -01
Grand Elephant	B	B	E	1710kg	Valiant Jaguar	Rave Drifter	Extreme -ZZ
Beat The Beast	B	B	C	1740kg	Fire Wolf	Muscle Gorilla	Titan -G4
Bahamut	B	D	A	1770kg	Mad Bull	Crazy Buffalo	Mars -EX
Scorcher	B	E	A	1780kg	Valiant Jaguar	Garnet Phantom	Sunrise 140
Aqua Griffin	C	A	C	1810kg	Aqua Goose	Sonic Soldier	Devilfish -RX
Fire Ball	B	C	A	1830kg	Fire Wolf	Garnet Phantom	Boxer -2C
Leviathan	A	E	E	1830kg	Dread Hammer	Dark Chaser	Sunrise 140
High Roller	A	D	E	1980kg	Big Tyrant	Rave Drifter	Bazooka -YS
Eliminator	C	A	A	2000kg	Rapid Barrel	Combat Cannon	Devilfish -RX
Desert Camel	A	D	D	2030kg	Big Tyrant	Blast Cam.	Bazooka -YS
Trailblazer	A	E	B	2080kg	Dread Hammer	Energy Crest	Sunrise 140
Hippopotamus	A	D	D	2110kg	Megalo Cruiser	Crystal Egg	Saturn -SG
Poseidon	A	B	E	2170kg	Dread Hammer	Rave Drifter	Meteor -RR
Van Guard	C	A	A	2180kg	Aqua Goose	Combat Cannon	Thunderbolt -V2
Bandersnatch	A	B	C	2190kg	Grand Base	Sonic Soldier	Meteor -RR
Sockdolager	A	C	C	2210kg	Big Tyrant	Muscle Gorilla	Boxer -2C
Notorious Gear	A	D	A	2260kg	Dread Hammer	Crazy Buffalo	Impulse 220
Big Ace	A	B	E	2330kg	Megalo Cruiser	Rave Drifter	Meteor -RR
Don Quixote	A	D	B	2330kg	Megalo Cruiser	Energy Crest	Jupiter -Q
King Neptune	A	B	B	2380kg	Grand Base	Super Lynx	Titan -G4
Almagest	A	B	B	2390kg	Grand Base	Spark Bird	Extreme -ZZ
Nightmare	A	A	E	2480kg	Grand Base	Aerial Bullet	Thunderbolt -V2
Final Revolution	A	B	A	2620kg	Dread Hammer	Crazy Buffalo	Punisher -4X
Hard Banger	A	A	A	3080kg	Megalo Cruiser	Combat Cannon	Thunderbolt -V2

In F-Zero AX

As an arcade game, F-Zero AX does not have a dedicated Garage mode; however, if the player elects to use a custom machine in the game instead of the standard 14 racers, they are given access to a random AX machine made with random AX parts with a random pilot. After each race, the player can choose to switch components of their machine with credits saved to the player's licence card, as well as select another random pilot.

If a memory card with F-Zero GX's garage data is inserted into the machine before play, then the player can use their own garage data instead of a random custom machine. Furthermore, if the player uses a custom machine in F-Zero AX, all of its parts will be unlocked for use in F-Zero GX's garage.