Stunt Race FX is a cartoon-style, 3D-racing game that ran on the Super FX chip (the same engine that ran under Star Fox).


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This game is strange, but fun. It struggles to run sometimes on the SNES but its a functional racing game and has a unique appeal to it with its very primitive 3D graphics.

Say whatever you want: delayed controls and FPS probably lower than Star Fox. This game is still a dope racing game and I love how it tries to prove the SNES 3D graphics capabilities.

What a weird fucking game that lowkey controls kinda well

This is the worst game I've ever had nothing but fun playing.

I see a lot of harsh reviews for this game, and tbh most of them are fair critcisms. I played this game more than most would because A) I liked monster trucks and you could play as one and B) I didn't get an N64 until almost 1998 so 3D racing games were basically nonexistent for me.

Looking at this game objectively though, it did some pretty cool stuff. While your Top Gears and Pole Positions were fixed on the distant horizon and only let you follow a fairly narrow track, this was a truly three-dimensional racing game, complete with jumps and and hills and shortcuts. It even had minigames and bonus courses specifically for stunts. If nothing else it's an interesting and impressive demonstration of the FX chip and SNES hardware. Yes the frame-rate ranges from meh to abysmal, yes it's a little easy, but the controls really aren't bad once you get used to them and when you get rolling this game really gives you a sense of speed that isn't present in other 16 bit titles.

Yeah it's a bit janky, but if you appreciate retro games and seeing how tech capabilities evolved, this is worth a visit. It's no Mario Kart or F-zero, but you could far worse on the SNES.

Frames per second? In this game it's seconds per frame.