The Gauntlet



The Gauntlet was a podracing course on Oovo IV and the third race of the Invitational Podracing Circuit. This course has the uniqueness of being the only course on Oovo IV which moves onto the unshielded surface of the asteroid, where a meteor shower is occuring as well.

Starting once again from the "C" shaped arena, the track moves through the "streets" of the prison, through the narrow wall, and through the hex tube. However, the course soon moves out to the unprotected surface of the asteroid, where meteors the size of a marble could penetrate the destory a podracer. Before the run back into the prison, the pilot may have a choice to continue, or break to the right for a major shortcut, eliminating the confined compound. However, if the shortcut was missed, the racer may still jump onto a narrow ramp which takes them to another shortcut.

All three routes take the podracers back to the surface, but under protective shields. The track leads to a two-level hairpin turn, another straightaway, and through a corckscrew. Another straightaway and another hairpin turn and the podracers are back into the zero-gravity tubes, which finally find a way back to the arena for the lap.

With the meteorites falling from the sky, racers with great repair and cooling systems do very well on this track.

Track Favorite
Gasgano

Lap Time: 02:13.076

Race Time: 06:44.576

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Episode I Racer (N64)