Extreme-G 2 Guide version 1.4 written by Dessyreqt This document is ©2000-2001 David Carroll This document is a guide to Extreme-G 2 with stategies, codes, bike info and other information. Please excuse if it is bad because it is my very first FAQ. I think it's getting better with each revision. If you have any questions, comments, ideas, or corrections to anything in this guide, email me at dessyreqt@mindspring.com. Please do not copy this work without giving me credit. Do not take excerpts from it and claim it to be your own work. you may post this guide on your own site, print it, or copy it to your computer, just give credit to me. I worked hard on this, and it would suck if you just copied it and labeled it your own. Contents I. Introduction 1. Introduction & Version History 2. Controls 3. Items II. Bikes 1. Normal Bikes 2. Super Bikes 3. Non-Bikes 4. The Best Bikes III. Extreme Contest 1. Atomic 2. Critical Mass 3. Meltdown 4. Duel 5. Mirror Mode IV. Battle 1. Basics 2. Abydos 3. Pollutagon 4. Bellamire 5. South Sea 6. Carneth 7. Sindrome V. Tracks 1. Aquanor 2. Sensara 3. Farron 4. Lumania 5. Meza Virs 6. Canous 7. Tethra 8. Anville 9. Hydra Prime 10. Tox City 11. Cordilon 12. Eschaton VI. Miscellaneous 1. Cheats 2. Passwords 3. Speed of Sound 4. Mysteries... VII. Special Thanks ----------------- |I. Introduction| ----------------- Before you try the Extreme Contest, you may want to get a feel for the controls. Go into Time Trial. Try running a few laps on Aquanor and Sensara in Time Trial mode, or try Arcade mode to get accuraccy with your maxi-bolt. Practice mode is a single race against seven other racers. It is basically one race in Extreme Contest. 1. Introduction & Version History Well, I'm at my fourth revision. I don't think anyone reads this, but if you do, tell me. I want your feedback! Version History 1.0:July 2, 2000 Guide released to public: no one cares 1.1:July 21, 2000 Fixed the tables Added 'Special Thanks' Section Corrected Mirror Mode Table 1.2:Never Released Added descriptions for bikes and bike scores Added Cheats Added Passwords Completed Items Section Fixed More Errors Did some editing Updated Bike Scores 1.3:July 28, 2000 Added 'Speed of Sound' Section Added Track Desriptions Fixed email address 1.4:December 28, 2000 Fixed more errors Added Battle Strategies Added 'Mysteries...' Section Updated look of guide Changed wordings for clarity Changed email address Made minor changes 2. Controls Function Button ------------------------------------------------ Accelerate Z Brake B Quick Turn R Fire Maxi-Bolt A Charge Maxi-Bolt Hold A, release Nitro Down C Activate Pick-Up Right C Drop Pick-Up Left C Reverse View Up C Screen-In-Screen Reverse View L Zoom In Camera Control Pad Up Zoom Out Camera Control Pad Down 3. Items Multiple Missle This is just a pack of 2, 4, or 6 missles that fire simultaneously. Mortar This fires some missles that explode on the ground to do damage. Homing Missle The best. Fires 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 homing missles individually. Rear-Fire Rocket This weapon fires backwards. It's hard to aim because the missles swerve from left to right. Ion Sidecannon One ion beam on each side of you. Deals little damage, but if used well, can prevent a bike from passing you, or it could even destroy it. Power Shield Doesn't protect you, but can send other bikes flying by bumping them. Phosphor Flare Fires off a quick flare of blinding light. Useless vs. computers. Invisibility Makes you translucent (even to other bikes), and lets you equip other items. Invulnerability Makes you temporarily invulnerable, but you can't equip weapons. Smoke Exhaust Fires off blinding smoke behind you, giving a tiny speed boost. Useless against computers. Flame Exhaust Fires off fire behind you, giving a greater speed boost than with the smoke exhaust. Also deals damage to those behind you. Rail Gun Rotates around you to fire a continuous stream of green energy at nearby opponents. Leader Missle Big missle that keeps going until it hits the bike in first place, even if it's you. Rear Maxibolt Fires purple level maxibolt behind you. Wally Warp Very useful. Creates a first portal, then creates a second portal through which a bike teleports to the first. Head Lamp Creates light in dark tunnels. Found only on Tethra. Static Pulse Creates an energy wave that messes up the bikes' controls. Proximity Mine A nice item, these 6 mines move left and right and deal some good damage to other bikes. However, there is a chance that some of the mines will hit you. Laser Mine This will drop a mine that fires lasers behind you. Magnetic Mine This mine will draw the bikes to the sides, slowing them down and dealing a little damage on the side. ----------- |II. Bikes| ----------- The bikes, although do not have numerical ratings in the actual game, have been given numerical ratings by me based on the pie charts. There are 10 normal bikes, 3 super bikes, and 10 non-bikes, for a total of 23 racers. 1. Normal Bikes These bikes are available when you start the game. G-Spark (Velocity Kendo) Weapons:7 Armor:4 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:4 G-spark is the bike that I started with. It's very well balanced and has great weapons. Boomsta (Roxy Tempo) Weapons:4 Armor:1 Top Speed:8 Handing:4 Acceleration:1 This bike is very good on a track like Sensara. This is the fastest normal bike, but has bad acceleration. A nitro at the start could help this. Mooga (Peppa Stilletto) Weapons:1 Armor:8 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:1 Not the best bike at all, this bike is slow, and does not handle well. It won't get blown up easily, though. Grimace (Sly Slipstream) Weapons:4 Armor:7 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:4 This is another very well balanced bike. This has good armor, though, which I think is more important than weapons. Wraith (Errol D'namix) Weapons:8 Armor:1 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:1 This is an okay bike. This bike has little armor, making it easy to kill. Surge (Natasha Vert) Weapons:1 Armor:4 Top Speed:1 Handing:4 Acceleration:8 This bike is very quick, but not very fast. This is the slowest bike. Zeo-Max (Crash Crisis) Weapons:1 Armor:4 Top Speed:4 Handing:8 Acceleration:1 Something is wrong with this bike, at least in my game. It's too fast for its stats. I don't know why, but this is a very good bike. Vex (Alexander Benotti) Weapons:8 Armor:8 Top Speed:1 Handing:1 Acceleration:1 The ultimate battle bike, Vex is useful for nothing else except a challenge. Freeker (Phlux Cobalt) Weapons:1 Armor:1 Top Speed:4 Handing:8 Acceleration:8 Another quick, but not fast bike, this bike does very well with no weapons. Velofire (Ruby Dabomb) Weapons:1 Armor:1 Top Speed:6 Handing:8 Acceleration:7 This is my favorite bike. Aside from it being pink, this bike is almost perfect. 2. Super Bikes Super Bikes are earned after winning Extreme Contest on either Atomic, Critical Mass, or Meltdown. They cannot be used in Battle mode. Venom (Hotra Toxic) Weapons:7 Armor:6 Top Speed:9 Handing:8 Acceleration:7 Venom is a very fast bike, but after getting Wasp and Spectre, you will probably ignore it. Wasp (Tiger) Weapons:8 Armor:7 Top Speed:9 Handing:9 Acceleration:8 Another very good bike, it will be raced more often than Venom, but probably less often than Spectre. Spectre (Alien X) Weapons:9 Armor:9 Top Speed:9 Handing:9 Acceleration:9 An excellent bike, Spectre is the fastest, strongest bike. It should be used by experts. 3. Non-Bikes Each human is earned after beating Mirror Mode with a corresponding normal bike. They have the same stats as their bikes. When you race in Duel mode with one of these, all of your opponents will be non-bikes as well, even the superbikes! Velocity Kendo Weapons:7 Armor:4 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:4 Roxy Tempo Weapons:4 Armor:1 Top Speed:8 Handing:4 Acceleration:1 Peppa Stilletto Weapons:1 Armor:8 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:1 Sly Slipstream Weapons:4 Armor:7 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:4 Errol D'namix Weapons:8 Armor:1 Top Speed:4 Handing:4 Acceleration:1 Natasha Vert Weapons:1 Armor:4 Top Speed:1 Handing:4 Acceleration:8 Crash Crisis Weapons:1 Armor:4 Top Speed:4 Handing:8 Acceleration:1 Alexander Benotti Weapons:8 Armor:8 Top Speed:1 Handing:1 Acceleration:1 Phlux Cobalt Weapons:1 Armor:1 Top Speed:4 Handing:8 Acceleration:8 Ruby Dabomb Weapons:1 Armor:1 Top Speed:6 Handing:8 Acceleration:7 4. The Best Bikes These are charts showing which bikes are better based on a weighted average. Of course, whatever bike you are most comfortable with is the best bike for you. Racing With Weapons The emphasis of racing is speed. Handling is also very important. But with weapons included, armor also is important. The percentages for each category are: Weapons = 15% Armor = 20% Top Speed = 30% Handling = 25% Acceleration = 10% ------------------- Bike |Score| ------------------- Spectre |10.00| Wasp | 9.28| Venom | 8.50| Velofire | 5.39| Grimace | 5.11| G-Spark | 4.94| Freeker | 4.83| Boomsta | 4.78| Zeo-Max | 4.72| Mooga | 4.50| Wraith | 4.11| Vex | 3.83| Surge | 3.39| ------------------- As you can tell, Spectre is a very good bike, but is for experts due to the extreme speed. As for normal bikes, Velofire, G-Spark, and Grimace are solid choices. If your friends are trigger happy lunatics however, you may want to stay away from Velofire. Racing Without Weapons Weapons and armor mean nothing, so acceleration becomes more important. The percentages are as follows: Weapons = 0% Armor = 0% Top Speed = 45% Handling = 25% Acceleration = 30% ------------------- Bike |Score| ------------------- Spectre |10.00| Wasp | 9.67| Venom | 9.06| Velofire | 7.56| Freeker | 6.89| Boomsta | 5.44| Zeo-Max | 4.56| G-Spark | 4.44| Grimace | 4.44| Surge | 4.28| Mooga | 3.44| Wraith | 3.44| Vex | 1.11| ------------------- Vex gets worse, as all he is is weapons and armor. Surge becomes better compared to others. Velofire and Freeker are the best choices here. Battle The only thing that really matters in battle are the weapons and armor. Handling is also important because you can't shoot what you can't see. The percentages are: Weapons = 30% Armor = 40% Top Speed = 10% Handling = 15% Acceleration = 5% ------------------- Bike |Score| ------------------- Vex | 6.56| Grimace | 5.78| G-Spark | 5.44| Mooga | 5.06| Wraith | 4.28| Zeo-Max | 3.94| Boomsta | 3.39| Surge | 3.33| Velofire | 3.17| Freeker | 3.00| Venom | 0.00| Wasp | 0.00| Spectre | 0.00| ------------------- Vex dominates here, and G-Spark and Grimace have good weapons and armor, respectively. The superbikes are unplayable in battle, so they get nothing. Overall Scores This is an average of the other three scores. It is unrealistic to say that the super bikes are perfect, so I counted battle in their score. In my opinion, though, Velofire is the best. ------------------- Bike |Score| ------------------- Spectre | 6.67| Wasp | 6.31| Venom | 5.85| Velofire | 5.37| Grimace | 5.11| G-Spark | 4.94| Freeker | 4.91| Zeo-Max | 4.41| Boomsta | 4.54| Mooga | 4.33| Wraith | 3.94| Vex | 3.83| Surge | 3.67| ------------------- ---------------------- |III. Extreme Contest| ---------------------- Extreme Contest is where you earn new bikes and cheats. It can be multiplayer, except for Duel mode, and gradually becomes more difficult. Once you get to a track on extreme contest, you can race on it in any other mode. Also, if you use cheats, super bikes, or non-bikes, then the contest reward isn't given. The bikes you race against are: Phaeton Pylat Blight Mazurk Mace Lazar Kaos 1. Atomic Atomic consists of four races. When you beat it on any difficulty, you earn Venom. The chart below shows what tracks you race on difficulty and the amount of points needed to get there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Points Needed | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aquanor | The Harbour | Submarine Bay | Clifftops | 0 | | | | | | Lumania | Fountains | Pyramid | Landing Bay | 4 | | | | | | Tethra | G-Plains | Fault | Noctourne | 10 | | | | | | Tox City | Ventilator | Pulsar | Apex | 15 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Critical Mass Critical Mass consists of eight races. When you beat it on any difficulty, you earn Wasp. The chart below shows what tracks you race on difficulty and the amount of points needed to get there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Points Needed | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aquanor | Submarine Bay | Clifftops | Clifftops | 0 | | | | | | Sensara | Skyline Drop | Crybridge Pass | Tubeway | 6 | | | | | | Lumania | Pyramid | Landing Bay | Landing Bay | 11 | | | | | | Meza Virs | Wind Farm | Harvest | Gleams | 17 | | | | | | Tethra | Fault | Nocturne | Nocturne | 22 | | | | | | Anville | Outlet 360 | Hangar | Breakers | 27 | | | | | | Tox City | Pulsar | Apex | Apex | 33 | | | | | | Cordilon | Sulphur Lakes | The Mire | Crystal Forest | 39 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Meltdown Meltdown consists of twelve races. When you beat it on any difficulty, you earn Spectre. The chart below shows what tracks you race on difficulty and the amount of points needed to get there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Points Needed | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aquanor | Clifftops | Clifftops | Clifftops | 0 | | | | | | Sensara | Crybridge Pass | Tubeway | Tubeway | 6 | | | | | | Farron | Fire Hazard | Mushroom Chicane| Corkscrew | 14 | | | | | | Lumania | Landing Bay | Landing Bay | Landing Bay | 20 | | | | | | Meza Virs | Harvest | Gleams | Gleams | 24 | | | | | | Canous | Mountain Pass | Lower Village | Chasm Crossing | 28 | | | | | | Tethra | Nocturne | Nocturne | Nocturne | 36 | | | | | | Anville | Hangar | Breakers | Breakers | 44 | | | | | | Hydra Prime | Underwater Base | Volcano | The Abyss | 50 | | | | | | Tox City | Apex | Apex | Apex | 58 | | | | | | Cordilon | The Mire | Crystal Forest | Crystal Forest | 66 | | | | | | Eschaton | Glass Highway | Infernus | Burnout | 72 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Duel Mode Duel Mode consists of twelve races against one other bikes. When you beat Duel Mode, you gain access to Mirror Mode. The chart below show who you race on what track on each difficulty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Who You Race* | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aquanor | The Harbour | Submarine Bay | Clifftops | Wraith | | | | | | Sensara | Skyline Drop | Crybridge Pass | Tubeway | Boomsta | | | | | | Farron | Fire Hazard | Mushroom Chicane| Corkscrew | Zeo-Max | | | | | | Lumania | Fountains | Pyramid | Landing Bay | G-Spark | | | | | | Meza Virs | Wind Farm | Harvest | Gleams | Freeker | | | | | | Canous | Mountain Pass | Lower Village | Chasm Crossing | Grimace | | | | | | Tethra | G-Plains | Fault | Noctourne | Mooga | | | | | | Anville | Outlet 360 | Hangar | Breakers | Surge | | | | | | Hydra Prime | Underwater Base | Volcano | The Abyss | Vex | | | | | | Tox City | Ventilator | Pulsar | Apex | Venom | | | | | | Cordilon | Sulphur Lakes | The Mire | Crystal Forest | Wasp | | | | | | Eschaton | Glass Highway | Infernus | Burnout | Spectre | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Please note that you never race the same bike you are using in duel mode. Instead you race Velofire. 5. Mirror Mode In order to get the human runners, you have to beat Mirror Mode on hard. Try setting the laps to 7 and make sure the weapons are ON. Any after race bonuses are ignored so you must finish first every race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track | Easy | Medium | Hard | Points Needed | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aquanor | ruobraH ehT | yaB enirambuS | spotffilC | 0 | | | | | | Sensara | porD enilykS | ssaP egdirbyrC | yawebuT | 8 | | | | | | Farron | drazaH eriF | enacihC moorhsuM| wercskroC | 16 | | | | | | Lumania | sniatnuoF | dimaryP | yaB gnidnaL | 24 | | | | | | Meza Virs | mraF dniW | tsevraH | smaelG | 32 | | | | | | Canous | ssaP niatnuoM | egalliV rewoL | gnissorC msahC | 40 | | | | | | Tethra | snialP-G | tluaF | enruotcoN | 48 | | | | | | Anville | 063 teltuO | ragnaH | srekaerB | 56 | | | | | | Hydra Prime | esaB retawrednU | onacloV | ssybA ehT | 64 | | | | | | Tox City | rotalitneV | rasluP | xepA | 72 | | | | | | Cordilon | sekaL ruhpluS | eriM ehT | tseroF lasyrC | 80 | | | | | | Eschaton | yawhgiH ssalG | sunrefnI | tuonruB | 88 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ |IV. Battle| ------------ 1. Basics Your best bet for winning in battle mode is Vex. He is mostly weapons and armor. I played on all of the tracks and have developed an effective strategy fo each one. They are listed below. 2. Abydos There are powerups on the pyramids, including an invisibility powerup, but I suggest you go immediately into the pyramid. Inside the pyramid are some homing missles, but at the bottom is the railgun. It is very useful, since the missles come in small amounts. Gra the railgun, then hunt someone down. Repeat until you have won. 3. Pollutagon A pack of homing missles may be in front of you at the start of this level. If so go for them. If not, go up the long ramp for some multiple missles. After about a minute, a railgun will appear at the top of the short ramp. Get it, drop down, and blast away. Also, the homing missles will respawn after a while. 4. Bellamire There will be multiple missles in the center. Ignore them in favor of a railgun near the edge of the center. You can go up the ramp to find a pack of homing missles and multiple missles. On the other side of the top area, you can find an invulnerability and a railgun. 5. South Sea Due to the shape of the arena the multiple missles can be more useful. There are some on the bottom of the arena, and the center is littered with railguns. The greatest prize is a 5-pack of homing missles. later on, you can find an invisibilty at the center of the top area and an invulnerability near the center. 6. Carneth At the very begin go up the center ramp to get some homing missles. There will also be a railgun under the track. Other than that, there isn't much to this place. 7. Sindrome This place looks like Stonehenge. There is a trench surrounding it that contains multiple missles, and an invulnerability in the center. Go for the invlnerability then go for either the Homing missle on the top of the short row of stones or the railgun on the long row. You can also find a 3-pack of homing missles in between two stones near the short row of stones. ----------- |V. Tracks| ----------- 1. Aquanor This track is basic. Not much strategy here, on the The Harbor and Clifftops tracks, you should take the lower route. It's quicker and easier. 2. Sensara This track was built for speed. That's all. Just go as fast as you can and use the banks on the sides. 3. Farron On the Corkscrew variant, I find it easier to not go on the corkscrew and just jump. I also don't go on the energy platform unless I really need it. 4. Lumania The early tracks don't have very much strategy, do they? Race, and win. Have fun shooting down the other racers. 5. Meza Virs Don't take the loop. In fact slow down before the loop and just jump down. It's effective. And take the shortcut. 6. Canous Take the shortcut. Get the Homing Missles under the energy platform. They're a 5-pack every time. 7. Tethra In the big tube, stay on the line at the bottom. Turn on the bright on your TV or monitor up so you don't need to use the headlamp. 8. Anville Take the shortcut under the energy platform. 9. Hydra Prime On this course, I do one thing: thank god for Homing Missles and Proximity Mines. Just blow everyone up because you have almost no chance of winning without weapons. 10. Tox City A good track, this also has no strategy. But it's easy. 11. Cordilon Take the tunnel on the Sulphur Lakes variant near the beginning. Take the shortcut on each variant. If you must use nitros, use them at the end of the track, before the start/finish building. 12. Eschaton This is the easiest track. Undoubtedly. You're lucky you face Spectre on this track instead of somewhere tougher like Aquanor or Sensara. I can't believe they made this track last! It's so easy! If you need help, email me: dessyreqt@mindspring.com and I won't laugh... much. ------------------- |VI. Miscellaneous| ------------------- 1. Cheats 2064 or WIPEOUT Makes your bikes look like the drones in the time trial. SPIRAL Like the code implies, the screen starts rotating. It becomes much more diffcult. NOPANEL This removes the speedometer, clock, and other things that clutter the screen. SPYEYE This produces an ovehead view of the game. XXX This will make the bikes go much faster. XCHARGE You will go faster, and have unlimited shields and lasers. NITROID You will have unlimited nitros. When you use a nitro, the speed becomes exaggerated on screen. FLICK The game's graphics become blurred. This also removes the panel. PIXIE Removes screen fog that covers up the pop-up. LINEAR Wireframe graphics. NEUTRON TRON mode. Very cool. JUGGLE Produces a random track on every mode. MISPLACE All items are homing missles or multiple missles. RA50 When playing, before the race actually starts, press start. Select Quit and select Yes. You will have won in first place. MISTAKE When racing, press Right C. This will give you either homing missles or multiple missles. 2. Passwords NNT1V63DCBMK Atomic and Critical Mass. Venom, and all tracks on Aquanor, Sensara, Lumania, Meza Virs, Tethra, Anville, Tox City and Cordilon 3BJBGCQ9DGP3 Atomic through Meltdown. Venom and Wasp, all normal tracks SXRG9BQ9DGP2 Atomic through Duel Mode. All bikes and superbikes. All normal tracks. SVDPHM6F45SG All modes, All tracks, All bikes and superbikes. No non-bikes. 6D3HXM6F45SQ Everything in the game. All tracks, modes, bikes, superbikes, and non-bikes!!! 3. The Speed of Sound The speed of sound in air, or Mach 1, is 740.1 MPH. In Extreme-G 2, it's 740 GPH. I have set up a speed trial on Sensara to see who would go the fastest without nitros. Here's the chart: --------------------- Bike | Speed | --------------------- Boomsta | 891 | Zeo-Max | 841 | Wraith | 819 | Mooga | 791 | G-Spark | 735 | Velofire | 729 | Grimace | 726 | Vex | 724 | Freeker | 723 | Surge | 718 | --------------------- I found it very surprising. Some bikes are too fast for their stats, like Zeo-Max and Vex. Others are too slow, like Velofire and Freeker. 4. Mysteries... When you race in Duel mode with a non-bike, every competitor is also a non-bike, even Venom, Wasp, and Spectre. Are they available as non-bikes? Please send feedback to dessyreqt@mindspring.com. --------------------- |VII. Special Thanks| --------------------- Special Thanks goes to: Acclaim and Probe, for making this game Al Amaloo, for posting this guide on the Mining Co./Game Winners website Shigeru Miyamato, for creating Nintendo Raymond Welch, for showing me this great game Caffeine, for adding 20+ hours to my week Cats everywhere, they're furry and cute and they brighten your day Beck, for producing music that I like and can work to Steven Potter, for introducing me to the music of Beck My mom, for buying the computers that I typed this guide on Myself, for making this guide If you have any questions, comments, ideas, or corrections to anything in this guide, email me at dessyreqt@mindspring.com.