Nintendo just dropped a brand-new update for F-Zero 99, the fast-paced battle royale racer available through Nintendo Switch Online. This is the game’s first major patch, bringing it up to Version 1.5.6, and it comes packed with fixes and quality-of-life improvements. If you’ve been zooming through the tracks and noticed a few odd glitches, good news—Nintendo has addressed several key issues.

What’s New in Version 1.5.6?

Goodbye, Unintended Shortcuts

Some players found creative ways to cut corners using a bug in certain tracks. This update removes those unintended shortcuts, ensuring that everyone plays fair. No more sneaky workarounds!

Track-Specific Fixes

Nintendo tackled some specific problems on multiple tracks, including Mute City II, White Land II, Mirror White Land II, Mirror Mute City III, and Death Wind + White Land Secret Track. Here’s what’s been fixed:

• If a player crashed out near the finish line on the final lap, the game sometimes mistakenly counted them as having completed the race. That’s been corrected.
• Some players found a way to skip a lap by going off-course near the finish line and using Super Boost just before landing off-track. That exploit is now gone.

Pilot Card Display Fix

Ever noticed that your Pilot Card wasn’t showing the correct number of wins? Before the update, the displayed number of victories before a race could sometimes be lower than what it should have been (especially if you had over 99 wins). Thankfully, this was only a visual bug—your actual wins were always being saved correctly. Now, the display will accurately reflect your achievements.

The Mystery of the Disappearing Fire Stingray

If you’ve been playing with customization options, you might have noticed an odd bug where the Fire Stingray machine would vanish under certain conditions. Specifically, this happened when you applied both the decal earned from finishing the Mirror Queen League and the machine color from racing in 10 F-Zero 99 races. Pressing the L button during a race would make the vehicle disappear—definitely not ideal! This update ensures that your Fire Stingray stays visible at all times.

Weekend Events Will Now End on Time

A pesky issue was causing weekend events to keep running past their scheduled end time if the game wasn’t fully closed. That’s now been fixed, so you won’t see events sticking around longer than they should.

General Improvements

As always, Nintendo has also included some general tweaks and fixes to enhance the overall gameplay experience. They didn’t go into specifics, but expect smoother races and fewer bugs.

Are You Jumping Back Into the Race?

With these fixes in place, F-Zero 99 should feel even more polished and fair for everyone. Will you be checking out this latest update? Have you encountered any of these bugs before? Let us know what you think!