Choro Q Wonderful! Walkthrough

A fellow Choro-Q. Bumping into them will allow you to hear what they have to say. Some of their comments can be quite insightful and informative.

The speedometer and tachometer.
Going above 280km/h will cause both meters and the Fuel Gauge to start flashing yellow
and a constant speed chime will play as long as you maintain that speed.

Fortune Teller's Halls

Thankfully, these Fortune Teller's Halls aren't too hard to find and you'll only need to enter them once to get the directions you need.

Cow Counting Game - Guess the right number of cows! Odds are extremely likely this will be the first minigame you play in Wonderful(!). As you would expect, it also happens to be the easiest. The objective is to simply count all of the cows you can find grazing, then head back into the ranch and tell Jim the correct amount. The number of cows is randomized each time you play, so there is no consistent number you can punch in each time you play to get an easy win.

Ramming any of the cows will send them flying and cause you to fail, so be careful as you descend down the rather large hill available here as it's very easy to lock your brakes in this game. As you might have noticed while driving around, there are several Q Coins scattered around the ranch that we can collect.
100 Q Coins are scattered throughout the various race courses and minigames, usually hidden in places that are less travelled by the player. Collecting all of them is necessary for 100%, so you should always take the time to get them during any race or minigame. Any Q Coins you collect will be lost if you fail the minigame or lose the race, so keep that in mind.

Once you're done, tell Jim the correct number of cows that were on the ranch and you'll be rewarded with Stamps 5 (Correctly guessed the number of cows in Jim's Ranch) and 6 (I collected every coin from Jim's Ranch). Unless you missed a coin somewhere, this'll be the only time you have to play this minigame.

Acquiring Parts
Compared to the other Choro-Q games that were released before Wonderful(!), Wonderful! has a very interesting way of obtaining parts. Dotted throughout the world are treasure chests that contain performance parts. These can range from new tires, specialty parts, engines, and so on.

Exploring each town thoroughly is necessary if you want the best performance possible, and in later cities, stay competitive. While these chests are easy to find at first, they become increasingly difficult to obtain as you progress. Each town past Red City will have its own section detailing how to reach each part, along with any part statistics and my personal thoughts on them at the end of each section.

Your toughest opponent here is the white FC3S that starts at the front; other than that, everyone else is predictably slow. Completing the race in 3rd or higher should be no problem with the new transmission we have equipped. However, finishing every race in 1st isn't the only thing you have to do in races. You also have to collect coins and win the race while driving cleanly; something that isn't easy to do with weak parts.
Collecting every coin isn't too bad as long as you only go for them on Lap 3 where you'll likely have a decent lead. The best I was able to do was three coins in one lap, but you could probably collect more and still snag a win. Driving cleanly is more a matter of skill than anything. The best advice I can give for this track is to take the dirt section easy and to brake as early as possible for the Risky Curve. 70km/h or so should allow you to get through it without too much trouble. With how slow your steering is, stopping yourself from hitting a wall can be much harder than you'd expect.

If you can't get the other two stamps now, wait until you have the parts from Yellow Town or Black City, then come back and try again. Win the race, get every coin, win again while driving cleanly, and you'll be done here. Every qualifying race follows this formula when it comes to stamps, so get used to it. With everything here done, you should have Stamps 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Jump the Drawbridge before time runs out! A treacherous bumpy trail followed by a slowly rising drawbridge are the only things stopping you from reaching Green Park. While this seems like a really intimidating minigame at first, it's actually really easy. Thanks to a very generous time limit of 1'30"000, you would have to drive extremely slowly to not reach the bridge in time. Falling off is a real possibility though if it's your first time, so don't be afraid to let off the gas.
The trail itself is a simple uphill spiral that straightens out before the bridge jump. As long as you keep turning right while keeping a decent speed, you'll be fine. More Q Coins are available to collect in this minigame, and most of them are easy to get except for the ones located at the bridge. If you don't collect them all in one jump, you'll have to start over for another chance to grab them.

Once you jump the bridge, the timer stops and you can simply cruise over to Green Park's entrance. Finishing this minigame with all coins collected will earn you Stamps 11 (I jumped the Drawbridge and made it to Green Park) and 12 (Collected every coin on the Drawbridge).

Obtaining the Ultra Turbo Early
Located in the center of the area you're in is the Ultra Turbo [ウルトラターボ] engine. You're only supposed to have access to this engine at the very end of the game since it's placed on a platform that can't be reached without a Jet Turbine and mid-late game parts. At least, that's what E-Game intended. By performing a very precise jump, you can actually land on the platform from above and reach the chest.

Equipping the Ultra Turbo this early destroys the intended difficulty curve of the game, so I only recommend doing this after you've finished your first playthrough. Collecting the Ultra Turbo is required for Stamp 14 (I got the treasure chest in the center of the Drawbridge track), so pulling this off will also allow you to obtain that stamp early.

Obviously, to keep this guide consistent with an average playthrough, we'll pretend as if we never obtained the Ultra Turbo this early and instead use only the parts that are available to us normally.

Green Park Part Collection
Green Park, being the second area in Wonderful, has only two part chests that can be collected. One of these chests can't be reached unless you have a specific set of tires, so the only part we can collect now is the Green Engine [グリーンエンジン]. Nevertheless, I'll walk you through the methods to obtain both.

Green Engine To find the Green Engine, start from the Q's Factory and head northwest past the fountain. You'll see a yellow building with a flan sign on top. Take the first left you see and follow the road until you reach a dead-end. Bump into the chest that's in front of you and you'll receive the Green Engine.

Ultra Quick Steering
Marking the start of E-Game teasing the player with parts they can't obtain until much later, the Ultra Quick Steering cannot be obtained unless you have the Big Tires equipped. Big Tires themselves cannot be obtained until you reach the last area in the game, so try not to forget that this is here if you're going for All Parts. Once you do have the correct tires, head to the bathroom located just a bit past the merry-go-round and you'll find the Ultra Quick Steering [ウルトラクイック] upon a raised platform.

Let's Clean Green Park! This is one of the easier, albeit more time consuming activities to complete in Wonderful(!). To pick up a can, all you have to do is find and drive over one. As mentioned earlier, there's 100 of these cans in Green Park. With the way the cans are placed, collecting all of them will basically give you a tour of the entire place. Considering this, I strongly suggest starting with the perimeter of the park, then working your way towards the park center.

Doing this will help ensure you don't miss any cans. If you are missing any, do a quick lap of the park's perimeter then work your way towards the park center again. The number of cans you currently have isn't tracked in your inventory, so if you need to find out how many are remaining, talk to the dump truck that's roaming around Green Park or talk to the one that's in the Recycling Center (pale green building with a tree pattern on its walls).

After collecting all 100 cans, drive over to the Directress's house. Head inside and speak with them; as a reward for your efforts, you'll be given the Studless [スタッドレス] set of tires. Studless tires will help make an upcoming minigame easier to complete, so don't forget to equip them when the time comes.

Collect the Fireworks before they're destroyed!

From here, you can do two things: head to the top of the hill and end the minigame early, or stick around and try to collect as many Q Coins as you can before time runs out. Although the latter seems like the more appealing option, it's better to do the former. Even with a great run, you'll usually only have 60-65 seconds left on the clock after collecting all 50 balls, so it's not worth the risk. Just collect the coins on your next run.

Once you're done collecting every firework ball you can, head to the summit to finish. You'll be treated to a fireworks show after; the length of which depends on the amount of fireworks you collected. The firetruck who asked for your help will give you a Firework Launch Tube [花火打ち上げ用の筒] the first time you complete this minigame, then a Plush Toy [ぬいぐるみ] on any subsequent attempts. Perfecting the minigame and collecting every coin here will grant you Stamps 24 and 25.

The opponents here, while a bit faster than Red City's, are still easy to beat with the parts you've obtained so far. The Ice Cream Truck and white FC3S will be your strongest opponents here, so make sure they don't pull away. The AI slows down a lot entering the first turn, so if you've got the guts, it's the best spot on the track for overtaking. Using the tips here, win the race and Stamps 19 and 20 will be awarded to you. Of course, winning's not the only thing we have to do here.
Coin collecting at Green Park is easy; a majority of the coins are placed out in the open and don't require you to venture too far out from the racing line to get them. The only exception to this is the last coin, which is hidden before the last undulation on the last section of the track. If you don't know it's there, it's very easy to pass up, so slow down well ahead of time to grab it. The maximum amount of coins I was able to collect in one run with the Green Park parts was four. Unless you want to break out the Ultra Turbo early, split your coin collection between two runs.

Surprisingly, a clean race at Green Park isn't that bad. Hell, you could do it on your first attempt while also collecting coins if you're good enough. The hardest part of driving cleanly here is how clustered together the AI Qs are during the first lap. On the second and third laps, the traffic will clear up and you'll only have the Ice Cream Truck to worry about. Once you're done here, you should have Stamps 19, 20, 21, and 22 in your Stamp Book.

The coins here are easy to collect since a majority of them are placed out in the open, but there are two that are hidden a bit better than the rest. The fourth coin is hidden behind the first large jump on the slope right after the big curve. Slow down so you don't miss it. The eighth coin is hidden way over to the right past some of the terrain after the second big jump. Take as much time as you need to find all of the coins before moving on; being thorough will save you from having to come back here for a while.

Once you're past the one open cliff this route has, you can simply drive the rest of the way at your own leisure. Continue making your way down the slope until you see the big "WELCOME YELLOW TOWN" banner. This banner essentially acts as the finish line for this minigame as the Total Time will stop counting after you cross it.

Drive into the small tunnel that's just past the Yellow Town banner and you'll be rewarded with Stamps 26 (Traversed the Snowy Slope and reached Yellow Town) and 27 (Collected every coin on the Snowy Slope).

Yellow Town Part Collection
Being one of the most lucrative places in the game for parts, you really shouldn't skip out on anything here. While there are a few disposable parts here like the Yellow Engine [イエローエンジン] and Heavy Chassis [おもいシャーシ], Yellow Town makes up for it by having the extremely useful Offroad [オフロード], Aero Parts [エアロパーツ], and Quick Steering [クイック・ステア] available for us to collect.

Offroad Starting from the Q's Factory, head out of the town center past the Domiso Visa and you'll come across a split road. Drive up the right side and before you reach the gong, turn left and jump off the edge. If you carried enough speed (80 km/h should be enough), you should have landed on an elevated piece of land with a chest on it. In this chest will be the Offroad tires.

Quick Steering Once again, starting from the Q's Factory, head into town by taking the main road and follow it until you reach the Mayor's house and the Yellow Town Gate. Both of these are located at the very end of the main road, so they shouldn't be hard to miss. Once you're at the gate, take a left and drive past the Mayor's house and up the small hill. At the crest of the hill tucked away in a small niche, you'll find a chest with Quick Steering inside.

Yellow Engine
Head back to the Yellow Town Gate. Instead of taking a left, head straight and drive down the darker dirt path. You'll find yourself in a tunnel that leads to some water. Drive into the water and you'll end up behind the town's waterfall. You should see a chest not too far away from you. Drive into it and the Yellow Engine is yours.

Aero Parts
This is easily the hardest part to get here by a good margin, but it's well worth the trouble. Head down the main road again until you reach the section of road that's a steep downhill. You'll find a split with a light and dark dirt path, with the dark path on the right. Head down the dark path past all of the houses until you reach a dead end. Turn left and head up the small incline. Take two lefts once you reach the top, and you'll find yourself on a narrow road that ends with a small ramp.

Jump off the ramp and you'll land on top of one of the houses. Drive along the rooftops while trying to carry as much speed as possible and right before you reach the last house, turn and aim slightly right towards the adjacent rooftop. Don't aim too far to the right, as there's a fence on the last rooftop that will stop you dead if you hit it.

If you managed to make it onto the last rooftop, then all you have to do now is drive into the small passageway that's close by. You'll find a chest with the Aero Parts inside.

Heavy Chassis The Heavy Chassis, while optional and generally useless in Wonderful(!), doesn't take too much effort or wandering around to obtain. Follow the directions that are detailed in the Quick Steering section, except this time, you're going to head straight and go down the two hills that are ahead. At the bottom of the second hill is a split where you can either go straight into the water or right. Turn right and you'll see the Bandit's Hideout and a road that ends with a jump.

It should be obvious what you need to do here; build up some speed, then jump the ramp. 95-100 km/h should be just enough to make it. Once you're across the river, head upstream until you reach a house. Head inside and you'll receive the Heavy Chassis from the Q who lives there.

Catch the Bandit!
I hope you went out of your way to collect the more important parts here before doing this, because the difficulty here all depends on whether or not your Q is up to snuff. The bandit, while not the fastest Q when it comes to top speed, turns very well and can pull away from you with his strong acceleration quite easily. You must be quick and not make too many mistakes when pursuing him if you want to catch him.

You also have to make sure you don't run into any other Qs, as that will kill any speed you might have built up. To make up for the tight roads and potential Qs you have to deal with, the bandit's hideout is placed very far from the house he robs, giving you ample time to catch him even if you make mistakes. The best place to catch him is on the long straight and downhill after the windy uphill section.
With the Yellow Engine, Aero Kit, and Power Transmission equipped, you should be able to catch up to him on that straight easily or catch him period if you're close enough. If you somehow aren't able to catch him at all even with the best parts here, then just wait outside his hideout and let him drive into you. After you catch him, he'll apologize and Stamp 31 will be yours.

Yellow Town Qualifying Race - Finish 3rd or higher
Say hello to our first offroad track in Wonderful. Compared to the previous courses, Yellow Town's track certainly bumps up the difficulty. Not only is there a frequent track hazard in the form of logs and stumps littering the track, but every opponent here also uses Big Tires which allows them to jump over those logs effortlessly. Winning here sounds like a real challenge at first, but as you'll soon find out, this track is more bark than bite.

The first section of the course is quite easy. Starting off, get as close as you can to the inner wall and try to brake late entering into the sweeper. You want to be going about 105-110 km/h to make it through the sweeper smoothly. Coming out of the sweeper is a small straight that ends with the Log Chicane. Hug the left side of the track to avoid any stumps and logs, then slow down early for the chicane. Enter the chicane from the right, turn left once you pass the first log to your right, then turn out and exit the chicane.
Once you're past that part, there's two ways you can go: high or low. By far the best general tip I can give for this track is to always take the high roads when possible. Taking the lower route, even with Big Tires equipped, is slower overall and also contains plenty of hazards you can run into or launch off of. The lower route also doesn't have any coins to collect, so there's really no reason to ever drive down there. You can still win with a comfortable lead using the lower route, but in my opinion, it's just not worth the effort.

As for the high route, aside from already being faster, it also contains a shortcut that saves a ton of time and none of the AI Qs ever seem to use it. Using that shortcut on all three laps will make winning here mindlessly easy. I highly recommend using it liberally to make obtaining Stamp 36 much easier.

Collecting coins now for Stamp 35 is sort of pointless as one coin is placed on top of a log, which we can't reach without Big Tires. However, four out of the five coins here can be obtained now if you so choose. Three of them are rather easy to find, but there is one coin that's very easy to miss here and that's the one placed behind the last middle pillar on the home straight. Be sure to slow down well ahead of time to collect it. Once you're done here, you should have Stamps 33, 34, and 36 added to your Stamp Book.

Black City Part Collection
Although Black City is a fair bit larger than Yellow Town, all of the parts here are placed rather close to each other and don't require too much effort to obtain. In fact, you could easily collect all of them in about a minute or two if you know where to look. The most notable parts here are the Black Engine [ブラックエンジン] and Sports Tires [スポーツタイヤ]. Both of these parts provide a very nice increase to overall performance and we'll need them both if we want to complete Stamp 32 as early as possible.
Black Engine
Starting from the Q's Factory, head east until you cross a small bridge. The road ends with a 90 degree right turn after crossing said bridge, so turn and drive up the road until you see a little passageway off to the right. Reverse, get a good run up, and jump off towards the small cliff ahead. 110 km/h should be enough to make the jump. It'll look like you undershot the jump at first, but you'll still be able to scale the side of the cliff without any issues. Turn to your left and you'll see a split road. Head left and at the end of this path will be the Black Engine.

Sports Tires
To better illustrate my point of the parts here being placed stupidly close to each other, we'll going to grab this part from the same place we got the Black Engine. Hop down the cliff and head upstream. Keep going until you see a waterfall ahead of you. Despite the water looking solid, there is a basin underneath the water that you can drive in just fine. At the bottom of this small basin will be the Sports Tires.

Low-High Transmission
This transmission is just weird, and I was never able to find a good use for it during any of my multiple playthroughs of Wonderful(!). The key thing that separates this transmission from the rest is that it only has two gears - the first gear shifts at about 55 km/h, and the second gear goes all the way up to 253 km/h. More details about this transmission are available in the Parts List at the bottom of this page, so for now, I'll just tell you how to obtain it.

Head the same way that you did for the Black Engine, but instead of driving down the passageway, keep heading up the road. The road will split (an all-too-familiar sight at this point) with a light dirt path and a dark dirt path. Head down the dark dirt path. Take the first left when possible and you'll come across an open area with a chest. Inside this chest is the Low-High Transmission [ローハイミッション].

Billiards This is arguably the most boring minigame in Wonderful(!). Your objective here is to sink all nine balls. ...And that's it. There's no time limit, no shot limit, you can foul as much as you want, and you always get warped back if you somehow manage to fall out of the play area. Only one stamp is available to collect here and that's Stamp 40 (Played a round of Billiards), so this is a minigame you'll probably play once then never touch again.

The terrain here is considered off-road, so Offroad, Sports, or even the Big tires are the best choice here if you really care about getting a decent score. Aside from that, there's very little to say here. Just hit the balls into the holes and you're done. Finishing a round of Billiards will give you the aforementioned Stamp 40.

The best setup to use for this is easily the Black Engine, Aero Kit, and Power Transmission - these three parts will give you the acceleration needed to catch the thief in time. Even then, you still need to drive pretty well so you don't lose him. Exiting out of the Jewelry Store puts you in a bad position if you don't immediately start turning to the right, so turn ahead of time as you're exiting the store.

Start tapping the gas too, as this'll help you move over to the right so you can get a good line through the plaza's entrance. Once you're out of the plaza, it's just a matter of keeping as much speed as you can. With a good enough exit out of the first turn, you should be able to just barely catch the thief right before he reaches the gate leading to Yellow Town.

Upon capturing the thief again, you'll receive Stamp 32 (I reformed the thief). Head back to the Jewelry Store afterwards and you'll receive the Light Chassis as a gift from the shop owner.

Soccer
Oh, man. Where do I start with this one? Soccer can either be easy or an absolute nightmare to complete with both stamps obtained depending on your luck. The reason why this can be so hard compared to HG2 & 3's Soccer is because of the way the AI cheats, and I don't mean that in a "i'm trying to cope with being bad at the game" way. When I say they cheat, I mean they cheat. The AI Qs here can turn infinitely and their grip is unlimited, meaning they can easily catch you off guard and snatch the ball if you slip up for even a second.

The physics on the ball itself are terrible, too. If you're even one degree off when trying to hit the ball straight, that will be enough to send the ball flying in another direction -- which the AI will then take advantage of to keep the ball away from you. Keep in mind, the whole time you're doing this, you also have to worry about your fuel usage since matches can easily drag on for a long time and your fuel is not restored if you forfeit. To make things even worse, your teammate is as dumb as a bag of rocks and will constantly try to sabotage you by missing the goal or hitting the ball away from it.

The first round of Soccer is always guaranteed to be easy as you'll have more than enough power to reach the ball first and hit it into the opposing goal with no problems. Afterwards, it turns into chaos. Rounds 2 and 3 start with the rival team right next to the ball, which they will naturally hit past you. If you try to go for it first on these rounds, you'll only set yourself up for a long, drawn out match where you're constantly chasing after the AI. Instead, try reversing towards the direction of the ball at the start. With enough luck, you can reverse, turn around to face the ball, and take control of the match much faster.
In general, the faster you can get control of the ball, the better. Play it safe and wait for the AI to make a mistake if you lose the ball since they can always turn the tables on you with their insane steering. Odds are very likely you're not going to get a perfect game the first time, so don't sweat it if the rival team scores. Just keep practicing Round 2 until you get a feel for how the later rounds are supposed to go, then give it another shot when you think you're ready.

Winning a match of Soccer here will get you Stamp 43, while winning with a perfect game (3-0) will get you Stamp 44. By the time you're done here, you should have both.

Black City Qualifying Race - Finish 3rd or higher
After dealing with Yellow Town's course, it's nice to be on a track that's mostly road again. A lot of 90° turns combined with a narrow and twisty offroad section can make this track a formidable foe, especially if you're trying to complete Stamp 48 (Completed a clean race at Black City). The rival Qs here haven't improved that much in terms of speed since our last race, so winning here is more about being able to handle the track both consistently and competently.

A important tip for this track (and in general, too) is to always be mindful of your speed. Mismatched terrain is everywhere during the first half of the track and the transition from road to dirt can be abrupt. The riskiest section is after the twisty dirt section past the bridge, where the left half of the straight is taken up by water. Driving in this water makes it easy to spin out and our Sports Tires only make the water's effects worse, so keep far to the right as you turn onto the back straight.

Past that is one section of the track we can use to our advantage to make things easier. Right before the tunnel at the end of the track lies two back-to-back 90° turns. The AI slows to a crawl during this section, mostly because the line they use to take the turns is terrible. If you use a proper line through that section, you can easily overtake any Qs that may be ahead of you and gain plenty of time on those that are behind. Of course, you still have to keep up with them before this section, but you shouldn't have too much trouble doing that at this point.

Collecting coins here is pretty easy. One of them is placed just ahead of the starting line, while the others are all placed in the latter half of the track and in fairly obvious locations too. There is one that deserves a special mention though, and that's the coin placed just outside of the tunnel. This coin is placed as close to the inner wall as possible, which means that unless you slow down and turn in well ahead of time, you are guaranteed to miss it.
Driving cleanly here seems really tough at first, but there is a way to do it consistently. Starting off, do your best to get into 6th after the first turn. Hug the inside as much as you can and you should be able to slip by the Garbage Truck and Midget II. Hang behind the Ice Cream Truck for the technical dirt part, then overtake him on the back straight. Hang in 5th until the road splits with two lanes, go left, then corner with a wide line to clear the white FC3S that usually leads the pack. If you got into 1st without hitting anything, then you're set for the rest of the race. Obviously, you should still drive as carefully as you can, but chances are you shouldn't have to worry about the other Qs after that.

Stamps 45, 46, 47, and 48 should all be in your Stampbook once you're finished here.

Let's deliver bread to Will and create the Jet Turbine! Ignoring the distance you have to drive to collect the bread in the first place, Will's request is just a simple fetch quest. The general gist of this is that Will wants you to pick up some bread for him back at Red City, then come back and deliver it to him. You can complete this quest very quickly if you've already memorized the directions for the Underground Maze, but if you're like me and can't read Japanese, I can imagine this is where a lot of people who played blindly got stuck. With a bit of research online nowadays, learning how to navigate the maze isn't hard.

Of course, I have to mention that this is the first time the player has to go through the Underground Maze to complete an objective. Beforehand, you could easily go through the game without ever needing to use it since everything so far (save for one or two stamps) could be completed on your first visit. That doesn't apply here. To make matters worse, Black City is the only place in the entire game that doesn't have an entrance to the Underground Maze. You instead have to head back to Yellow Town and use its entrance to the maze to travel between cities.
Knowing what we have to do, drive back to Yellow Town and head towards the waterfall. Roughly halfway down the waterfall's stream is a cave with a Q's Factory worker inside. These caves are also in Red City and Green Park, so if you were wondering what they were used for, now you know. Enter the cave and you'll be given three choices. Pick the top option and you'll be warped to the Underground Maze. Getting to Red City via the Maze is actually pretty easy; just drive straight until you reach a T-intersection, then take a right and go straight until you reach the Red City entrance. Drive into it and you'll receive Stamp 91 (Reached Red City through the Underground Maze).

Now that you're in Red City, head to Shopping Street and look for the shop that has a sign with bread on it. Once you find it, head inside and you'll receive a loaf of Bread [パン]. With the Bread in our inventory, it's time to head to the Blacksmith to create the Jet Turbine. Drive out of Shopping Street and towards the Post Office; located just a bit south of it will be a small, non-descript gray building. Inside this building is where the Blacksmith of Red City hangs out.

The first time you enter, the Blacksmith will strip you of all the items needed for the Jet Turbine. Since we completed the qualifier race back at Black City, we can simply reverse and enter again to immediately receive the Jet Turbine. Warp to the Q's Factory and equip your brand new part. Trust me when I say you'll be getting a lot of use out of it. We've taken care of everything we need to do here, so now we have to head back to Black City. Return to the Maze entrance you came out of earlier and agree to travel through the maze again.

This time, you're going to want to take the first two rights you see, then simply follow the road until you reach the Yellow Town entrance. You'll receive Stamp 93 (Reached Yellow Town through the Underground Maze) for coming through here. Now you're that back in Yellow Town, warp back to the Q's Factory and re-enter Black City through the gate. Return to Will's mansion, drop off the bread, and you'll finally be done with this quest and have a brand new Special part to play around with. Stamp 42 (I delivered bread to Will) will added to your Stampbook after successfully delivering the bread.

Power: 300 / Fuel Usage: 5 A well-balanced engine. Its power of 300 provides a noticeable increase in performance compared to the Yellow Engine while keeping fuel usage reasonable. Despite the great P:F ratio, stronger engines still outclass it through sheer power and rivals only get faster from here on out, so it's really not worth using past Red Town.

Acceleration + / Stability - A lightweight chassis, providing lesser weight and better acceleration at the cost of reduced stability. Despite what the game implies, bouncing does not become that much more noticeable with a lighter chassis equipped. For the most part, this is simply just a very welcome upgrade over the Normal Chassis. If you can snag it before the second half of the game starts, it will serve you well for a long time.

The Broken Jet Turbine
Even though it provides no boost power currently, you might be shocked to find out that the broken Jet Turbine does actually have a use in the Past. Using it will deplete your Fuel extremely quickly. At first, that doesn't sound like it could help at all, but if you remember the Racing section from The Basics of Wonderful!, then you'll know that your Q will accelerate faster the less fuel you have. See where I'm going with this?

By using it at the start of a race, you can utilize fuel strategy and set much faster times around a track than someone racing normally. You don't have to drop the Jet Turbine off at the Blacksmith in order to progress, so you could easily use this to your advantage for the four Past qualifier races then have it repaired as soon as the option becomes available.

Of course, the average player wouldn't know any of this and the game constantly tells you to get it repaired every time you enter a Q's Factory if you still have it equipped. For this walkthrough, I'll simply take the Jet Turbine over to the Blacksmith as intended by the developers and continue on like normal.

Red City Part Collection
The Past foreshadows the Present in more ways than one. Just like Red City at the start of the game, Red Town has very few parts to collect (two to be exact) and both are placed in very obvious and easily reachable locations. They're so easy to find, that no reference pictures are needed. It shouldn't take more than a minute to get both.
Red Magnum
Starting from the Q's Factory, head over to the Blacksmith's place south of the Post Office. Placed against the right side of the building will be a chest with the Red Magnum [レッドマグナム] inside. Drive into it and the engine's yours.

Speed Transmission
Drive over to where the 0-400 Drag Strip was in the Present. Instead of a drag strip, you'll find a dirt road that extends from one end of the town to the other. Halfway along this unpaved road will be an small, open field. In this field is a chest with the Speed Transmission [スピードミッション] inside.

Push the wagon back to the school!
Definitely not the weirdest thing we've ever done in this game, but it can be a bit annoying depending on how you tackle it. The task itself is incredibly easy: just push the wagon down the hill to the school's courtyard. The wagon has the same physics as any other Q you can push around while exploring, so it can roll with a good enough push. The only thing that can make this hard is how the game determines which direction you're pushing it.

The best way to describe it is "it's like the soccer balls from Black City". If you're not perfectly straight while pushing the wagon, it can drift off to the left or right very easily and get stuck on a wall. Unlike Soccer though, if you mess up and get the wagon stuck, it's simply a minor inconvenience that takes twenty seconds to fix and not something that'll ruin your week.

Do note that the wagon is almost immovable if you try to push it from the side, so always try to push it from the front or back. Reversing into it is also a good way to get it unstuck. Once you push it down the hill and into the school's courtyard, you'll receive Stamp 53 and (more than likely) enter the school, where the Q inside will thank you for your work.

Red Town Qualifying Race - Finish 3rd or higher
Our first proper race in the past, and while the track is easy overall, there is a really tricky section about halfway through that can really screw you over if you're not careful. Your main opponent here in the Past is the yellow Lincoln Futura, so get used to seeing him up front at the start of a race. Starting off, there's two ways we can go. You have the main track ahead of you and a dirt section off to your right; the latter isn't really viable as a shortcut and only contains a coin we need to collect for Stamp 57. Head through it once after the first lap to grab the coin then leave it be.

On the main track, you start off with a long right sweeper that ends with you merging onto one of Red Town's side roads. That corner exit's a bit narrow and you'll likely be carrying quite a bit of speed from the sweeper, so either let off the gas or quickly tap the brakes so you can slide out of the sweeper cleanly. What follows will be a small straight, but don't get too careless as that tricky section I mentioned earlier comes right after. The "Suicide Right" as I like to call it starts with a small jump on entry before turning hard to the right and ends with a quick turn to the left.
To avoid flying into the wall ahead of you, start laying on the brakes well before the turn begins. 140km/h is a safe speed to enter the turn with a proper racing line; without one, I'd say 125 km/h or so should at least keep you from smashing into the outer wall. Once you're in the turn proper, you'll notice the road is bumpy through here. The bumps here can send you out wide and and are a pain in the ass for lighter Chassis to deal with, so do not apply the throttle until you're certain you have control. Stay close to the inner wall so you can have a good line through the left turn that marks the end of the Suicide Right and that should be it.

The two turns after the Suicide Right are nothing to worry about. Another quick left, then one final right before the home straight. Repeat that two more times and you're done. As for coins, they're all placed in easy to find locations, although that doesn't mean they're easy to get and win with. Two coins are placed at the start and end of the Suicide Right, but they're placed all the way over on the inner edge of the track which means you really have to slow down to grab them.

Driving a clean race here isn't too bad as long as you practice Suicide Right and exercise caution coming out of the sweeper. Complete everything here and you'll obtain Stamp 55, 56, 57, and 58.

Power: 350 / Fuel Usage: 8 The first engine you can obtain in the Past. Being the first in the Magnum series of engines, the Red Magnum provides a decent increase to Power but at the cost of also increasing fuel usage by a good amount. Overall, it's a decent but disposable engine that gets overshadowed very quickly by the Green Magnum you can find in Green Town.

Green Town Part Collection It says a lot about how hard it is to find every part here when one of them is actively on display on its own little pedestal in the town center. Once again, you shouldn't need more than a minute or two to find every part here.

Green Magnum
This is the part that's on display in the middle of Green Town and go figure, it's really easy to get so long as you get a good enough run-up. Drive down to where the lake is and line yourself up with the chest. It's okay if you're a bit off. Once you're ready, start accelerating. As you get closer to the chest, you should see a log. Aim towards the log and you should ramp off of it and straight into the chest. In the chest will be the Green Magnum [グリーンマグナム]. Do note that it is possible to clip into the log and undershoot the chest; if that happens, try again and you should be able to grab it on your second try.
Variable Wing Probably the most notable part here as not only is it the fourth Special part we can obtain, but it's also one of the most useful parts in the game period. Getting it though can either be very easy or a total pain in the ass depending on your luck. Behind the town's Q's Factory is a small path that leads to a bunch of wooden boxes.

There's ten of these boxes here and by getting up to 50 km/h and ramming one, you can actually break them. Sounds easy, right? Here's the catch; these boxes are randomly generated each time you load your save. The Variable Wing can be in any of these ten boxes and there's no way to tell them apart. If you're unlucky enough, you can break every single box except for the one that contains the Wing, wasting a lot of time.

Once you do find the box that contains the Wing, it'll break open and reveal a chest. All you have to do after that is simply drive into it and both the Variable Wing [バリアブルウィング] and Stamp 60 will be yours.

Wide Transmission Another transmission for us to collect, how nice. Head over to where the Fortune Teller's Hall is; again, it's in the exact same location as it was in the Present. The quickest way to get there is simply take a right exiting the Q's Factory, then take a left when you see the light dirt road. Follow the road and you'll eventually go off a steep drop in the road. Right ahead of you will be a chest with the Wide Transmission [ワイドミッション] inside.

Green Town Qualifying Race - Finish 3rd or higher
Finally, our second (and last) proper dirt track after racing on road for a majority of the game. Compared to the first offroad track we raced on in Yellow Town, Green Town's course sees a very noticeable spike in difficulty. The main source of this difficulty spike is due to the way the town is designed. Green Town itself contains a few areas where the path you're on will just end with a sudden drop. This is fine while you're out exploring, but in a race, it becomes very dangerous.

There's two corners on this track that have a jump right before them and failing to slow down for a jump here can lead to disaster. The second turn at the start of the course especially can lead to you falling far behind if you screw up as it's possible to fly past the turn itself and land in a dead-end. Turning around in Wonderful(!) isn't exactly what I'd call "easy", so if happens, that's a huge time loss that can potentially cost you the race. The second jump-and-turn corner is in the latter half of the course past the lake and second forested area, though this one isn't as bad as the first.

Although it seems hopeless at first watching the rival Qs blast away from you exiting those turns, there's two things we can use to our advantage here. First, the Power Transmission. Even though we're well over halfway through the game, this is actually one course where we can really benefit from the short gear ratios the Power Transmission has. For example, it can help you keep up with the AI going uphill after the first jump-and-turn, while every other Transmission stalls. Second, the way the AI drives on this course sucks.

The AI slows down far too much to take the jump-and-turn corners and towards the end of the course, there is a section with a few steep bumps that the AI slows to a crawl to drive over. If you practice these sections enough, you can easily gain whatever time you lose back and with interest too. If you're close to the Futura or even have already overtaken them entering the second lap, you should be good for the rest of the race as long as you don't choke.

The placement of coins on this course is particularly cruel. Four out of five coins require you to deviate far from the ideal racing line to grab them with the most notable being the second and fifth coins -- one is placed in the air requiring good aim and the other is hidden over to the left on the middle bump in the last section. Trying to collect all of them while winning the race is suicide with our current setup. What I recommend you do instead is collect every other race stamp first, then have a run where you collect every coin while placing 3rd.

It'll save you a lot of time and frustration, trust me. As for a clean race, all of the usual tips apply, but there is one thing you should keep in mind. The last section with the steep bumps can add a hit to your counter if you drive over them incorrectly (aiming towards the steep end of the first bump can do this consistently). However, even if you drive over them "correctly", it's possible to still get a hit added to your counter for seemingly no reason. Keep as far to the right as possible when going over the first bump, turn in after clearing, then set your Wing to Up and try to fly over the rest of the bumps.

With enough time, patience, and skill, you should have Stamps 61, 62, 63, and 64 added to your Stampbook after a few successful races.

Gears: 5 / Top Speed: 263 km/h With an extremely tall 5th gear and extremely short everything else, the Wide Transmission tries to be a viable version of the Low-High Transmission. Too bad it just doesn't work. Because the gearing before 5th is so laughably short (you shift into 5th at 130km/h) and tracks generally aren't slow or tight enough to make use of such short gears, you're left with only 5th gear to use for almost everything. Since that gear is so tall though, you really struggle to accelerate unless you're on a perfectly flat, long straight with no turns. To put it bluntly, I don't recommend using it at all.

Gold City Part Collection Keeping in line with other towns in the Past, there aren't too many parts to collect here (three in total) and go figure, two of them aren't too hard to obtain either. There is one part here that you can obtain now if you really want; however, it clearly wasn't intended to be obtained at this point and is an absolute pain in the ass to get without the proper parts.

Gold Magnum
Directly north of the entrance to the mining tunnels and past the city's Q's Factory is a small stream of water. Drive off of the grassy terrain you're on and land in the stream. From here, head downstream until you see the stream end with a sudden drop. Slow down as much as you can and head off the drop; you'll land in a fairly deep body of water. Assuming you landed straight, turn around and you should see an opening to your right.

Drive through the opening and follow the road inside; you should find yourself on the second level of Gold City after exiting the tunnel you were in. Head straight from there until you come across an apple tree. Just past that tree will be a chest with the Gold Magnum [ゴールドマグナム] inside.

Semi-Racing
This is by far one of the easiest parts in the game in obtain. Simply take the first right after entering Gold City through the Underground Maze. The chest containing the Semi-Racing [セミレーシング] tires will be at the end of the path.

Rudder The fifth and last Special part we can obtain in Wonderful(!) and arguably the second best Special part in the game due to its incredible boost to handling response. The Rudder is located just behind a fenced-off area just ahead of the end of the city's small stream. Assuming you have the fixed Jet Turbine in your possession, just set your Wing to Up and boost off the incline in the terrain after hitting it. You should land past the fence without any trouble. Once you're in, just bump into the chest that's off to the side and the Rudder [ラダー] is yours.

It's worth noting that it is possible to make the jump without the Jet Turbine; however, it's extremely difficult and requires an insane amount of luck to pull off. Because of the way the ramp in the terrain is placed, trying to jump off of it by using whatever speed you build up will just lead to you slamming into the incline and losing all of your speed. We just don't have the acceleration to make up for the speed we lose, so the most reasonable course of action is to wait until we get the Jet Turbine back.

In my time playing Wonderful(!), I've only managed to do it once. Since then, I've spent hours grinding this jump on other saves to see if I could do it again (and consistently) and I could not replicate it no matter what. If anyone reading this manages to find a way to do it consistently, please let me know and I will update this section of the guide.

Chicken Game An iconic minigame in the Choro-Q series, Chicken makes a return after first appearing in Choro-Q 2. Wonderful's Chicken can be rather tough at first since the opposing Q launches quite fast and your brakes are almost useless with them locking up the instant hard braking is used. Thankfully, there's a few things we can do to make this minigame almost trivial to beat. The first is reinstalling the Power transmission; the road we race on before the jump is very short, so any unecessary top speed will make beating the rival Q to the jump much harder.

The second is using Reverse to slow down instead of the brakes. This little tip may shock you if you're used to the cotton brakes the game provides, but using the reverse gear to slow down provides all of the benefits of braking without ever needing to worry about locking up. It's a real gamechanger for those who hate the lack of ABS in Wonderful(!). Lastly, E-Game does not lock your steering during Chicken, which means you can simply block your rival and push him back, giving you more time to come to a stop.

With all of this in mind, start a round of Chicken. After the light turns green, pull ahead of your rival then move into his lane. He should bump you once or twice before backing off. Hit Reverse right before the jump and keep holding it after you land. Once you get to about 50km/h or so, engage the brakes so you can come to a complete stop. Do this right and you should stop about a second or so ahead of your rival.

Once you're done playing Chicken, you'll find yourself back in the bar with Stamp 73 (I won a game of Chicken) added to your Stampbook.

Gold City Qualifying Race - Finish 3rd or higher
Gold City's track contrasts quite starkly to its Present counterpart in Black City. Unlike the prior two towns which stepped up the difficulty of their tracks considerably, Gold City's track is pretty simple overall and isn't too challenging save for the last section. Perhaps the biggest change here is that the track is all road this time, which makes racing far less stressful. Gold City's track is also very wide, making a clean race here easy to complete even without much practice.

The most notable section of this track is the last section right after the three dips, where two sharp corners will come at you back-to-back and fast. Your lines through this section are especially important, so as you soon as you clear the last bump on the back straight, start slowing down and get into position if you haven't. For both corners, aim for 150 km/h and 105-110 km/h respectively. With good enough lines, you should be able to clear them at those speeds without any issues. On the incline before the finish line, aim a bit to the left so you can clip the apex as you clear the hill.
Collecting coins is also fairly easy too. Three of the five coins are placed in easy to find locations. The other two, the third and fifth respectively, are hidden a bit better. The third coin is tucked away on the right side of the track just past the Sweets shop; it's easy to pass by, so make sure you slow down for it well ahead of time. The fifth coin can be found on the incline before the finish line; again, this one is placed all the way over to the right by the inner wall making it easy to pass by. Go slow coming out of the turn right before the incline and you should have no problems spotting and grabbing it.

A clean race here is easy. The only section that should prove remotely challenging is the start where you must make your way through the starting traffic. The AI Qs leave big gaps between each other though, so with some confidence, you can weave between them. By the time you exit the tunnel, you should be in first already. From there, as long as you can drive somewhat competently, the rest is cake.

Complete everything here and you should walk away with Stamps 69, 70, 71, and 72 added to your Stampbook.

The Sound Pass - Listen Closely and Answer Correctly
The Sound Pass is a mountain pass that takes us directly from Gold City to Blue City. At first, you'd probably think that it would be easy to reach Blue City by going through here. Just take a drive through the mountains for a bit and you're done, right? Nah, there's no way it would get its own highlighted section if that was the case. The "Sound" part of "Sound Pass" is played straight here.

The basic gist of this minigame is there are two gates at the end of every path. Right before them are plates with music notes stamped on them. Driving over a plate will play a short melody. In order to figure out which gate is the correct one, you have to drive into music notes that are scattered along the pass. There's two types of notes: black and red. Only the black notes will give you the correct melody; the red notes are only meant to trick you and serve no purpose.

Obviously, sound plays a huge role in this minigame, so turn up your TV or speakers while trying to find the correct melody. There's eleven of these gates you must pass through, and if you mess up, you'll be sent all the way back to the start. You're allowed to drive back and listen to the melody as many times as you want, so take it slow and don't rush.

If you're unable to figure out which melody is the correct one or just can't be bothered listening to the same notes over and over, then there is one thing you can do. The correct gate is always the same no matter what. By writing down which gates are the correct gates (or just looking it up online), you can just reference your note every time you go through the pass and complete it with zero trouble.

Make it through without failing and you'll receive Stamp 74 (Arrived at Blue City through the Sound Pass).

Blue City Part Collection
Remember how Gold City handled its parts? Blue City is identical: two parts are placed in easy to reach locations, while the last one can only be obtained after you get the Jet Turbine back. For now, it shouldn't take longer than two or three minutes to obtain the two parts that are available to us.

Blue Magnum
Starting from the Q's Factory, turn left and drive straight until you reach the last intersection. Take a left, then follow the road until you come across a small pond. You should see some water flowing into it. It might not seem like it at first, but you can actually drive up the stream. Head upstream past the few rocks along the way and you'll see a chest. Inside this chest is the Blue Magnum [ブルーマグナム].

Super Quick Steering
Once again, starting from the Q's Factory, head up the main road and take a right when you see the road split into three directions. Continue driving along and take the first right you see. This will take you into a closed rotunda, where a chest with the Super Quick Steering [スーパークイック] can be found right in the center. Bump into the chest and it's yours.

Racing Tires
Much like the Rudder back in Gold City, the Racing Tires are a part that we simply can't obtain yet. Trust me, I tried. Why? The chest containing the tires is placed up on a ledge that requires you to hop across a few platforms to reach. That doesn't sound too bad, right? After all, we did something like that to obtain the Aero Parts way back in Yellow Town. However, it's not that simple. The initial jump to get onto the platform that allows you to even make the jump towards the chest is impossible to clear if you don't have the fixed Jet Turbine with you.

There's no magical combination of parts or perfect fuel strategy that will allow you to clear that first jump; you need the Jet Turbine period. If you're reading this and already have the fixed Jet Turbine, then all you have to do is head over to the set of stairs located at the last intersection. Drive up them, get a good run-up, boost over the first jump, then clear the second one like normal. Do that and the Racing Tires [レーシングタイヤ] are yours. Ideally, you should grab these right before you travel back to the Present as it'll save you a trip to the Past.

Gymkhana Another staple of earlier Choro-Q games that ended up getting dropped after the release of HG2, Gymkhana is a relatively simple concept that has a surprising amount of depth to it. The objective here is to make it to the goal by following the route the game provides; the route itself is shown via a map that pops up before every round and through tire marks on the road. You're given a decent amount of freedom when it comes to deviating from the intended lines, but don't get too greedy. Trying to cut across the route in any way will result in a "MISS COURSE" and you'll have to start over.

Touching any of the cones dotted around the various routes will add five seconds to your total time; this doesn't really matter until you go for Stamp 82, where this time penalty can be the difference between getting the stamp or walking away with nothing. In total, there's five stages you can play through in Gymkhana, though the four before the last Advanced stage can only be played once until you complete Stamp 82.

Fuel remains constant as you play Gymkhana and isn't refilled before starting or retrying a stage, so if you want to use fuel strategy to get faster times or make Stamp 82 easier, you can. With all of that finally out of the way, let's talk about the five stages available and how to best tackle them.

Stage One - Gymkhana Practice
It couldn't get any easier than this; a simple 180° after reaching the cone in the center of the coliseum. This serves as the perfect way of showing you what to expect during these rounds of Gymkhana. Be sure to slow down as much as you can and go out wide before turning in, as the 180 itself is rather tight.

Stage Two - Introduction to Gymkhana
This is practically the same route as the first stage, but with the addition of having to drive between two cones before and after the 180° turn. The gap, while small, is just big enough for you to comfortably squeeze through. Another very easy stage.

Stage Three - Gymkhana (Beginner) This is the first stage in Gymkhana where the route actually starts to become somewhat complex and not something you could do with your eyes closed. This starts off with a series of turns following the pattern of right-left-right-left, before turning around at the fifth cone and repeating the pattern back to the starting line. Use this stage as an opportunity to get used to the very slight delay the Super Quick Steering has, as the next two stages will greatly increase the complexity of the route.

Stage Four - Gymkhana (Intermediate) Now things start getting tricky. The key to succeeding here without understeering into another part of the route and getting a "MISS COURSE" is to just simply brake and turn in early. That slight delay I talked about above does play a big role in how well you can handle the course. Namely, transitioning from one turn to the next can either be done somewhat smoothly or with a lot of difficulty depending on your skill. Practice and you should get the flow of the route down eventually.

Stage Five - Gymkhana (Advanced) The fifth and final stage, and naturally the most demanding. The first two turns aren't bad as long as you get a proper line; exit wide out of the second turn to get a good entry into the upcoming hairpin. Coming out of the first hairpin, take the medium turn lifting once, then start braking before you reach the fifth cone. Take the next few hairpins smoothly and focus on maximizing your exit speed. Exit the last hairpin, blast towards the finish, and you'll be done.

Completing Stamp 82 (I got a record of under 40 seconds at Advanced Gymkhana) is a matter of utilizing route knowledge, good lines, and strong parts. The Rudder and Racing Tires should make completing this quite easy. If you lack the skills to complete it confidently, then you can always resort to spamming the Jet Turbine. I tried it myself during a casual run without the Jet Turbine and was able to get a 38'33 with the parts that were available up to Blue City + the Rudder. Try it yourself and see how fast you can go!

Blue City Qualifying Race - Finish 3rd or higher
Did you learn more about your setup while running Gymkhana? I sure hope you did, because Blue City is home to arguably the hardest course in the entire game. It's also the longest too, with an average lap taking about 1'10-1'15 with the best parts equipped. To make things even worse, Blue City's track still has you run a full three laps despite its length. Needless to say, engines that have bad fuel economy (Blue Magnum, Ultra Turbo) will suffer greatly here unless you constantly use the clutch or let off the gas.

Because this track has so many turns and very few straights, I highly recommend changing your current transmission over to Power. Normal can also work too if you decide to run a stronger engine. In terms of handling, do not run anything below Super Quick Steering and Semi-Racing. Turns on this track come at you very quickly and any kind of major steering delay or grip loss will screw you over. In particular, the esses and chicane after the tunnel and the last section right after the split can be deadly if you don't have the right parts.

The "Stairway to Heaven" section at the start is probably one of the worst sections on this track, solely due to how painful it is to complete cleanly. After completing the roundabout, you're faced with three sets of stairs that turn inwards on themselves. These stairs can make you catch air or bounce easily, which when combined with the very narrow road, makes it laughably easy to launch yourself into a wall. From my experience, the best way to take this section is to hit the first set of stairs at about 80km/h, then lift and slow down to 65-70 for the other two sets. The jump-and-turn that comes soon after can be taken at about 100km/h or so.

Collecting coins, as you'd expect, is still not that hard. Perhaps the one key thing to note here is that you must go through both ways at the split in order to collect every coin. Aside from that, the third coin is placed in a rather tricky spot; it sits right below the jump that leads you out of the tunnel. Slow down as much as you can and aim a bit to your left exiting the tunnel and you should be able to snatch it without much trouble.

Completing a clean race at Blue City relies solely on your ability to run consistent laps around this track without choking, which is a tall order considering where we're at. In a surprising twist, E-Game made the Clean Race stamp here obtainable without needing to reach 3rd or higher. Therefore, you can simply wait at the starting line, depart after 30 seconds or so, then just cruise your way to the finish line. If you really want to push your skills though, try getting 1st while driving a clean race without using the Rudder or Racing Tires. It can be done, but for newer or inexperienced players, it'll prove to be a very good challenge.

Finish everything here and you'll be rewarded with Stamps 83, 84, 85, and 86.

Making The Most Out of Your Rudder How much steering response is too much? This is a question that can be hard to answer. As we know by now, tires can exceed their grip levels rather easily in Wonderful(!), so having a car that responds too fast for the tires to keep up can really hurt you during the upcoming WGPs. A very common mistake I see in Japanese playthroughs is using Super / Ultra Quick Steering while also having the Rudder equipped. If you don't understand how the Rudder works, then this wouldn't seem like an issue at first.

The Rudder mostly benefits the player at lower speeds by providing extra steering response that normal Steering parts usually can't provide since their boosts to turning speed don't kick in until you reach a higher speed. At high speeds though, the effects of the Rudder are stacked on top of your pre-existing Steering response. This means that using quicker Steering parts will make your car extremely susceptible to both traction loss and unintended powerslides.

To counteract this, simply downgrade your Steering to Normal whenever you equip the Rudder. You'll find that your steering becomes far smoother at higher speeds while steering at low speeds is unaffected. If you feel the steering response is a tad too slow, then try Quick Steering. Once you get used to Normal Steering with the Rudder, it becomes hard to justify using anything else.

Power: 450 / Fuel Usage: 15 The strongest engine in the Magnum series and the most fuel hungry. During a normal playthrough, the Blue Magnum gets zero time to shine as it becomes overshadowed extremely quickly by the Blue Special. If you take the time to grab it before you start working on Blue City though, then its high power can prove incredibly useful on the shorter tracks you must race on.

Turning Speed: 4 With double the turning speed of Quick Steering, the Super Quick Steering shortens the delay even further to a little under half a second or so. While very useful for the Blue City qualifier, it becomes irrelevant almost laughably quickly as both the Rudder and Ultra Quick Steering can be obtained right after you travel back to the Present. If you want to make the most of it during your time in the Past, grab it as early as you can.

Blue Lake Part Collection There's nothing we can't reach now that we have the Jet Turbine again. Driving underwater makes it extremely easy to gain and hold airtime, which in turn, makes it easy to obtain everything here. You shouldn't need more than five minutes to get everything here. One thing I should point out is you have unlimited fuel while in Blue Lake, so feel free to use your Jet Turbine as much as you want to help speed things up.

Big Tires This is the only part in Blue Lake that poses some kind of difficulty while trying to obtain it, and that's only if you don't have the Heavy Chassis. Even then, it's still easy to grab. Starting from the Q's Factory, drive over to where the colosseum was in the Past. Once you're at the ruins of the colosseum, take a left. There's two whirlpools in your way that'll suck you in if you don't boost and turn away from them, so set your Wing to Down and activate your Jets if you get caught in their pull. As you get sucked towards the second whirlpool, turn to your left and you'll see a chest. Break free and drive towards it. Inside the chest will be the Big Tires [ビッグタイヤ].

Blue Special
The Blue Special is located directly north of where the Racing Tires were in the Past. Since gravity is basically nonexistent underwater, you should have no trouble getting up onto the ledge where the Blue Special is. Use the terrain around you to launch yourself or take the original route you used in Blue City. No matter how you reach the chest, bump into it and the Blue Special [ブルースペシャル] will be yours.

Super Transmission Again, another easy part to obtain. The Super Transmission can be found at the top of the coliseum ruins. The easiest way to get there is to slap on your new set of Big Tires and head over to where the Q's Factory was in the Past. You should see the roof of the Q's Factory poking out of the ground. Get some speed, then ramp off the roof of the former Q's Factory. While you're in the air, aim yourself towards the right side of the coliseum. Once you see the chest, use the surrounding terrain to stop yourself from shooting past it. Drive into it and you'll obtain the Super Transmission [スーパーミッション].

Rock Climbing
Calling this a "minigame" might seem like a bit of a stretch, but since Rock Climbing has Choro-Q coins for us to collect, I'll treat it as such. Rock Climbing, true to its name, has a lot of very steep terrain you have to scale to reach the exit and has a lot of sudden drops sprinkled all throughout the level. If you're still running the Semi-Racing or Racing Tires from earlier, you're going to be in for a terrible time. Thankfully, you can back out of Rock Climbing through the pause menu and head back to the Q's Factory to change tires as long you don't mind having to drive back.

The goal of Rock Climbing is incredibly simple: just reach the exit located northwest at the other end of the map. Assuming you don't get distracted by the totally diverse and unique scenery here, you can reach the exit in about a minute. The driving is the easy part, now comes the slightly challenging part: obtaining all ten Choro-Q Coins here.

I haven't mentioned it yet, but Fuel use is re-enabled during Rock Climbing since you're no longer underwater. Because there's zero landmarks you can reference during Rock Climbing, most of your coins are going to be found by just wandering around aimlessly and looking for anything yellow that might stick out against the backdrop of the brown terrain. Naturally, having to waste time wandering through the map will eat through your fuel. Any kind of fuel hungry engine ( Blue Magnum, Ultra Turbo) is not recommended if you're hunting for coins. The Jet Turbine should also be used as little as possible to help save fuel.

If you're starting to run low on fuel while exploring, head to the exit to cash in any coins you have collected and warp to the Q's Factory. Reach the end with all Choro-Q coins in tow and you'll receive Stamps 89 (Completed Rock Climbing and returned to Red City) and 90 (I collected every coin on the Rock Climbing range).

Time Attack! - Reach the Drawbridge in under 30 seconds
Definitely the easier of the two Time Attack stamps, Stamp 13 (Crossed the drawbridge in under 30 seconds) can still prove to be challenging for an inexperienced racer. The key to getting under 30 seconds here is to hold the inside line as much as possible. Bouncing towards the outside happens often with the speeds you need to average, so tap the gas to stick to the inside and be ready to react to any bounces. Your average speed throughout a run should be 120-130km/h after the start.

Repeat this process until you reach the bridge, then accelerate towards the finish. If you can reach the bridge with 26"00 or 27"00 on the clock, that will be more than fast enough to beat the target time and obtain Stamp 13. I was able to complete this with a final time of 26"81 without using the Jet Turbine once, so if you're struggling to reach the finish in time, boost at the start and on the final straight before the jump.

If you skipped getting the Ultra Turbo early, take the time to grab it now as it'll come in handy during certain tracks in the upcoming WGPs.

Time Attack! - Reach the end of the Slope in 60 seconds
The second of the two Time Attack stamps, Stamp 28 (I reached the end of the slope in less than 60 seconds) is all about how well you can maximize your speed. Racing lines are merely a suggestion here; instead, you're going to want to go as fast as you can into turns and use the walls to both slow down and redirect yourself. In terms of part choice, you can either go with the Big or Studless tires. Studless tires seem to gain much less air compared to the Big Tires, so if you have them, I highly recommend using them.

You're going to be using your Jet Turbine a lot while trying to get this stamp, so be sure to come here only after visiting the Q's Factory. Restarting a run from the pause menu will not restore any fuel you used, so if you mess up, just leave and come back after refueling.

Starting off, try to aim between all of the bumps and hills that plague the first straight. You want to cut between them so you gain as little air as possible. Rocket ahead until you reach the huge banked turn, then start drifting to the right. Lift off the gas and go as wide as possible while adjusting your angle to face the corner exit and next straight; when you tap the outer wall, you should be going about 120-140km/h. Boost back up to speed, then when you clear the first big jump, aim towards the right wall. Bump into the wall while reverse braking, then turn towards the inside at about 130km/h.

From there, it's a piece of a cake. The second big jump can cause you to lose control easily if you're not careful, so try to land straight. Bounce off the wall that's just past the Split Rock, then boost your way towards the finish line. My best time here was 55"38, so with suitable practice, you can obtain Stamp 28 without any trouble.

Let's help Jim and Kana make up!
Man, talk about a spike in complexity here. There's a lot of steps to this quest and it's easy to lose track of which step you're on if you can't read Japanese, but trust me when I say your patience will be rewarded. Starting in Red Town, head over to Kana Poultry directly across from Jim's Ranch. Inside, Kana will tell you about a heartfelt letter that she sent to Jim, but for some reason, Kana never received a response. Drive over to Jim's Ranch and Jim has no clue what letter you're talking about...

Talk to Kana again, then head to the local Post Office. The Postmaster will tell you he "leaves the deliveries to the younger guys" and tells you to ask one of them instead. What you have to do now is find the Delivery Truck that roams around Red Town and talk to him. There aren't that many Qs roaming the streets, but if you can't find the truck, just wait outside the Post Office and he'll eventually drive by. The Delivery Truck will inform you that the letter was sent to Jim, but surely, that can't be right.

Drive back to Jim's Ranch and Jim will tell you that the letter he received was actually for the owner of the sweets shop over in Gold City and asks you to tell Kana to be more direct with her advances. That latter part doesn't really matter, as our next objective is to head to Gold City to continue our quest to figure out where Kana's letter could be.

Once you reach the Sweets Shop in Gold City, head inside and the owner will tell you he doesn't have the letter anymore. He does know who you can ask to find it though; the dump truck down in the Mines. Upon speaking to said dump truck, he'll tell you he actually has two letters; one for the Sweets Shop and one for Jim. After asking if you know Jim, you'll receive Kana's Letter (カーナからの手紙) and Stamp 67 (Did we find gold in the gold mine?) after a bit more dialogue. With the letter in our possession, return to Jim's Ranch back in Red Town.

After Jim reads the letter, he'll promise to take care of not only his cows, but Kana as well. The quest is considered complete after that, and you'll receive Stamp 52 (Jim and Kana made up) for all of your hard work.

Power: 500 / Fuel Usage: 12 The best overall engine in Wonderful(!). With the second highest power output combined with a fuel usage lower than some of the weaker engines, the Blue Special is the perfect engine for just about any track. Its power can be outclassed by the Ultra Turbo on some tracks, but you simply can't beat its P:F ratio.

1st

2 points

Past World Grand Prix - Gold City

Recommended Parts

Tires	Racing
Engine	Blue Special
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Speed
Special	All

There isn't much new to talk about when it comes to the races in the WGPs. In terms of track layout, nothing's been changed or added. What you've learned from the first time you raced at these tracks will work just fine. The main difference here is your opponents; they are extremely fast this time. Specifically, every rival Q's acceleration and grip has been increased tremendously, which makes keeping pace with them and winning significantly harder.

The key strategy at Gold City is to overtake at the Sweets Shop jump and the end at the back-to-back corners. The AI always slams on the brakes and cruises through those sections, allowing you to pass them easily with your superior cornering speed. Their lines through the tunnel also leave a lot to be desired, which makes it a good section to use if you want to overtake as many cars as possible early on. Once you're in 1st, it's just a matter of maintaining your pace until you cross the finish line.

Past World Grand Prix - Green Town

Recommended Parts

Tires	Big / Offroad
Engine	Blue Special
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Speed
Special	All

Green Town is arguably the hardest track you have to race at during the Past World Grand Prix. If the traction and speed the rival Qs had here was great before, you'll be floored at just how fast they are now. The two main points of attack at Green Town are the first drop and the last set of bumps before the home straight. The latter of those two tends to be the more reliable option, and use of the Jet Turbine coming out of those bumps will allow you to build a solid lead.

Since the Big and Offroad tires lack the insane traction the Racing tires had, you'll need to be careful cornering. Coming off the home straight and into the first drop smoothly is very tricky as the speeds you'll be going at make it easy to exceed your limits and spin out. You should be in 1st by Lap 2; after that, it should be smooth sailing as long as you maintain a good pace with the Jet Turbine.

Past World Grand Prix - Red Town

Recommended Parts

Tires	Racing
Engine	Ultra Turbo
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Speed
Special	All

The difficulty takes a sharp dive at Red Town, giving us a nice reprieve before the finale at Blue City. Aside from the Suicide Right and final few corners, this track is a cakewalk. With the Ultra Turbo's immense strength, you should be able to reach 1st in no time and have no issues maintaining your position. Since Red Town's circuit is so short, the race shouldn't take longer than a minute and a half. Keep up a good pace and you win with a sizable lead over everyone else.

Past World Grand Prix - Blue City

Recommended Parts

Tires	Racing
Engine	Blue Special
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal / Quick
Transmission	Normal
Special	All

This is it: the ultimate test of car and driver. The last thing stopping you from claiming that awesome Champion's Cup and moving to the Modern World Grand Prix. Blue City is still as tough as before, but with the addition of both the Rudder and Racing Tires, racing here is not as bad as it used to be. It's still very tough though, and mistakes are costly with how fast the AI can be through certain sections.

With the Rudder equipped, jumps are nothing to worry about since you can now steer yourself while in the air. This is especially important in the early parts of the track, where it's common to have these "jump and turn" sections. If you can't handle the tight esses or the last section confidently, consider using the Quick Steering for this track instead. It'll make the gentler turns harder to complete without losing grip though, so it's up to you if you want to sacrifice stability for better turnability.

It's up to you to come out on top. Give it your all and don't be afraid to reload your save and try again if you screw up or need to practice.

Modern World Grand Prix - Black City

Recommended Parts

Tires	Semi-Racing
Engine	Blue Special
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Speed
Special	All

For the first and only time in Wonderful(!), you'll get the chance to race both your rival and Will. Will tends to perform quite strongly in the MWGP, so use him as a way to judge your pace throughout all of the tracks.

Contrary to what several Japanese guides recommend for this track, Semi-Racing tends to perform better overall here than Racing. This is mostly due to the relatively minor off-road section close to the start of the track, which is a nightmare to drive through if you don't have suitable Off-road grip. Said section can also be very unpredictable if you don't have enough grip; the initial turn-in can be enough to spin you out.

Since the Semi-Racing tires obviously have less On-road grip than Racing, it's important to be mindful of your speed while keeping your steering smooth. At the speeds you're going combined with the Rudder, it's easy to break traction. Steer clear of the water on the back straight as well since Semi-Racing tires have awful Wet grip. Stay cool, overtake when you can, and you'll snag the win in no time.

Modern World Grand Prix - Green Park

Recommended Parts

Tires	Racing
Engine	Ultra Turbo
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Speed
Special	All

Much like PWGP Green Town, the rivals here are exceptionally fast and can easily pull away from you. Their incredible speed is shown off well on Green Park's very long home straight, meaning any time you gain on them has to be in the turns. Your primary points of attack are the first turn and middle hairpin, which the rival Qs slow down tremendously for. The Ultra Turbo will do a fantastic job of helping you accelerate out of turns faster here.

Keep up a good pace, don't choke (especially coming off the home straight into the first turn) and Green Park will be nothing to worry about.

Recommended Parts

Tires	Big / Offroad
Engine	Blue Special
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Normal
Special	All

Yellow Town is basically just a free 6 points. You don't even have to try to get 1st. The rival Qs still don't understand what a shortcut is, and the one superior part they had ( Big Tires) doesn't matter anymore since you have them now. Take the shortcut on all three laps and leave them in the dust.

Modern World Grand Prix - Red City

Recommended Parts

Tires	Racing
Engine	Ultra Turbo
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Speed
Special	All

The semi-finale of the MWGP is just more of the same. The only sections you have to worry about are the small dirt road and Risky Curve. The dirt section can be easily defeated by using the paved shoulder that's off on the sides of the track, and the Risky Curve can be taken flat out with the right strategy. Said strategy is simply just getting as wide of a line as possible before turning in hard and clipping the inner wall.

The momentum from the slide caused by turning in so suddenly will push you outwards, meaning you won't get stuck on the wall. Instead, you end up using it to slow yourself down just enough to take the turn without crashing into the outer wall. It sounds complicated, but with practice, you'll be able to do it consistently. Put the Ultra Turbo's strength and course strategies to good use and you should win with a commanding lead over everyone else.

Modern World Grand Prix - Underground Maze

Recommended Parts

Tires	Sports
Engine	Ultra Turbo
Chassis	Supreme
Steering	Normal
Transmission	Super
Special	All

The finale of the MWGP. This is what it all comes down to, though the track makes what should be an exciting finale into a disappointing time trial. Despite the Underground Maze being mostly straightaways with a few 90° turns here and there, the rivals will not hesitate to start slowing down for those turns extremely early. This is most apparent before the third turn, where the rival Qs will start slowing down about a kilometer in advance.

The main road is all water, much like the actual Underground Maze you explore in the Present. To combat this, use the shoulder on the sides of the track to gain traction. The very long straight about a minute in will give you ample room to make the most out of your Engine and Transmission. The track ends not long after that, and by then, your rivals will have no chance of catching you.

Course in the Clouds - Finish 3rd or higher
Does this track seem familiar? The concept of a race track floating in the clouds/sky is one that E-Game would use in all of their works, and like many things in HG2/3, it started here. The Course in the Clouds is one of two tracks in Wonderful! where there is no course map; however, the course is simple enough that you won't really need one. This track is also notable for being the only course in Wonderful! where it's possible to fall off and involuntarily retire. If this happens, you lose all progress you made and any Choro-Q Coins you might have collected during the race.

Obviously, try not to fall off at all costs. As long as you're careful and set your Wing to Up before taking any big jumps, you shouldn't have to worry about falling off the course unless you make a mistake. Leaps of faith are going to be your worst enemy the first time you race here, so memorize all of the major jumps and shortcuts on the first lap so you can race with confidence. The best shortcut comes after the third jump -- keep to the left and jump onto the metal grate road to cut a good chunk off the course.

Laps 2 and 3 shouldn't be too hard once you get the basic route and Wing strategy down. There's no need to complete a Clean Race here, but there is a need to collect the last few Choro-Q Coins. Unlike other circuits, you do not need to place 3rd or higher on this track to bank the coins you've collected. Four of the coins are placed along the main route, with the first three requiring some precise aim to grab. The fifth and sixth coins are found on the alternate routes, with the latter requiring a good amount of sidetracking to get.
The fifth coin can be found floating between the two mesh roads, and the sixth and final coin is located on the alternate dirt section that splits the upper road into two for the third jump. Slam on the brakes and turn to the right when you see the third "Jump!" sign and you should land on the alternate route. Drive down the road and you'll see three steps; on the middle step is the fourth coin. It should only take you two runs at this course to collect all three stamps here. Once you're finished, you should have Stamp 96, 97, and 98 added to your Stampbook.

Drifting is not possible with the Devil's Tires, which means that sharp turns must be handled with care if you don't want to understeer into a wall. Once you master them, you'll never want to use anything else. A fantastic reward for obtaining all 100 Stamps.

Drifting is not possible with the Devil's Tires, which means that sharp turns must be handled with care if you don't want to understeer into a wall. Once you master them, you'll never want to use anything else. A fantastic reward for obtaining all 100 Stamps.

Top Speed: 301km/h / Gears: 5 The final transmission in Wonderful(!) with the highest top speed, the Super Transmission can only truly excel on a track with long straights. There's sadly not many of those in the game, but on the few tracks where you can utilize its full potential, nobody will be able to catch you. Use this in tandem with the Speed Transmission on shorter tracks and you'll be practically unstoppable.

I got the Red City Visa. [レッドシティのビザを手に入れた]

I ran the quarter mile with my friend! [幼馴染とゼロヨンレースをした]

Correctly guessed the number of cows in Jim's Ranch. [ジム牧場の牛の数を当てた]

I drove a clean race in Black City and won a prize! [ブラックシティのレースでぶつからず入賞できた]

Awarded after placing 3rd or higher at Red Town.
The course is mostly easy, so qualifying isn't difficult.

Awarded after collecting every coin in the Red Town qualifier race.
Several coins require you to slow down severely, so try to collect them all on two different runs.