GP Rider FAQ/Walkthrough

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Introduction

Welcome to another one of my FAQs. This particular FAQ covers the Sega Master System game known as GP Rider. GP Rider is a game that, like many other SMS games, was developed by Sega and released for their Master System around 1990.

It has been over twenty years since the release of this game. And yet, like many dozens of SMS games, it has gone uncovered by GameFAQs in that entire time. The FAQ Contributor Boards, including myself, of GameFAQs have taken it upon themselves to complete at least one FAQ for each and every Master System game, among other consoles.

And so, that is how I came upon this game. Thanks for listening to my ramblin'; hope you enjoy!

Game Controls

There are two different control schemes you can use. If you go under the Controls menu from the title screen, you can choose the control settings for the different players. Config One is better for people who prefer the typical Mario Kart-esque system of racing, whereas Config Two is better for people who prefer to imagine things in a top-down view.

Pre-Race Details

Game Mode Descriptions

• Arcade: This is basically a trial run of the game you can play to get the grip of things.

• Tournament: Here, you basically pick and choose from the tracks (except the Arcade one, though it is available if you choose nothing) to form a tournament-style competition between you and the computer or the other player. You can choose any of the tracks you want.

• Grand Prix: You'll play through all of the tracks in a specific order. You'll gain points against the other AI competitors as you do better and, after all fifteen races, you'll see how good you did.

• Controls: See the Game Controls section.

Track Selection

This comes next, as applicable. It's only really available when playing in Tournament mode - in the other modes, the track is chosen for you. You should see the Tracks section for further details.

Bike Customization

When playing the Arcade track, you pretty much just get one thing to customize: the type of engine to use. The type of engine determines more than just speed. With an automatic transmission, you'll have to focus less on your speed in shifting gears - however, that means you need to let off of the accelerate button when going around turns. Manual transmissions limit your speed at a maximum point per the six gears - if you want more speed, you can shift up in gears. Personally, it is better to use the manual transmission, as there is no speed difference, and the control is greater when using it.

As for as high or low goes, that merely affects the maximum speed you can have in a given gear. It is generally better to use "low" on areas with plenty of turns, and "high" on areas with a lot of straightaways.

Your engine seems to provide influence towards acceleration speeds and stability inversely - that is to say, as one gets better, the other gets worse.

As for as "wide" or "close" goes, that merely affects the maximum speed you can have in a given gear. It is generally better to use "close" ("low") on areas with plenty of turns, and "wide" ("high") on areas with a lot of straightaways.

The Race Itself

Race Types

• Qualifier Race: This is a single-lap race used to determine position. The faster you go, the higher your position.

• The Main Race: This is the actual race. Here, you'll go around the track a number of times in competition with other players. This is a competition for first place. At the end of the race, you'll receive points to rank you across the other races you'll do, looping between qualifiers and main races.

Racing

After the clock goes down, you get to begin racing. Depending on your control scheme (see the Game Controls section for more details), you will either use the 2 Button or Up on the D-Pad to accelerate. You will gain speed just by holding down that button. However, if you're using a manual transmission, you'll need to shift up gears to actually increase your maximum speed. There are six gears in all. If you need to downshift, you'll end up also decreasing your maximum speed. Automatic transmissions don't have this extra bit of work and will shift gears depending on your speed. If you're looking to repeatedly upshift, you want to try looking at your speed and compare it with the maximum speed with your engine - see the Bike Customization section for more.

Now, why upshift or downshift? I mean, heck, it's a race for first place - wouldn't going faster make you win? Well, no. If you go 291 km/h around a hairpin turn, like on the Italy course, you'll probably fly right off the track into some tree or another fool who crashed there. This will greatly slow you down, so you need to slow down ahead of time to make sure you don't fly off the edge. Most turns under 30 degrees on a map can be taken without slowing down, though.

The race will just go around and around the track several times. The races have not real features on them, so just go around... and around... After the number of laps needed to complete is completed, you'll continue on to the next step of the process. That's the main race when coming from a qualifier, or the standings and a qualifier if coming from a main race.

Tracks

Section Format

Arcade Track

Japan

Australia

USA

Spain

Italy

Germany

Austria

European

Holland

Belgium

France

Britain

Sweden

Czech(oslovakia)

Heh, sorry, I just had to correct that. =P

Brazil

Credits

In no particular order...

• GameFAQs, Neoseeker, and Supercheats:
  • For being the most amazing FAQ-hosting sites I know.

• CJayC, SBAllen, and Devin Morgan:
  • General sucking up to the GameFAQs admins. =P

• Me (KeyBlade999):
  • For making this FAQ. =P

• You, the reader:
  • For hopefully enjoying this FAQ.

Version History

• Final:
  • First and likely only version of this FAQ completed.
  • Time: 11:09 PM 1/20/2013.

Legalities

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ｩ 2013 Daniel Chaviers (a.k.a. KeyBlade999).

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