Fatal Racing - Bonus Cup

Bonus Cup

The Bonus Cup is a secret, hidden cup that only becomes available once the Premier Cup has been beaten at the highest difficulty level. None of the races have names, they are simply referred to as Race 1, Race2, etc. Each one is an extreme, physics defying course in which the race is usually ended through the destruction of all competitors rather than driving the full distance. Examples include a small high-walled circular course with an average 10 second lap time, and a long T-shaped course with randomized jumps causing huge levels of damage where pitting to repair is usually required every other lap.

Race 1 is a short oval that is literally one long corkscrew with a short starting straight and pitlane. Although it looks intimidating, the corkscrew is magnetic and it is therefore impossible to fall off.

Race 2 is a very short and flat dogleg oval. Its defining features are the pit lane in the middle of the road with no cover and the 'pinball walls', similar to those found on Coffin Run, along the entire length. The slightest brush with such a wall causes your car to bounce all over the track back and forth taking major damage. There is also a gap between the track and said walls which you can fall into.

Race 3 is the second most difficult track in the game. It seems to be bugged, requiring far longer to complete than the others, up to 30 minutes on Impossible difficulty. The track is a T-shape at the bottom of a deep canyon and is just wide enough for one or two cars side by side, making it hard to escape from bullying opponents. Additionally, the pitlane is short and dangerous. The most deadly feature of the track, however, are the moving speedbumps which exceed anything found on the regular tracks and launch a car very high into the air, causing major damage on touchdown. One of the speedbumps even tilts backwards past 90 degrees, causing a car that hits it at the wrong time to fly backwards and land upside down.

Race 4 is the most difficult track on the higher difficulty settings and especially damage settings. It is basically an endless straight road that curls down until you are upside down, then curls back up. The road at the middle section is transparent so you can see the opponents driving upside down. Although it obviously does not require any cornering skill, the risky location of the pitlane in the middle of the road with no protection from speeding cars and the lack of corners to evade opponent attacks means that a race on Impossible/High settings usually results in the player car and almost everyone else getting destroyed. It is very easy to take damage from opponents due to the blind curls at the ends of the track which hide such things as opponents going the wrong way or standing still in the pit section, and slowing down for any reason (including car damage or trying to pit) will result in getting rear-ended multiple times and destroyed quickly.

Race 5 is a cloverleaf shape: a square walled off by buildings with 270 degree turns at the ends. You can take the obvious shortcut at the intersections and easily win this race. The pitlane, despite being in the middle of the road again, is not much of a hazard because the track is long and there are no hazards that cause damage. Note that this track causes a significant FPS drop even on a decent Pentium.

Race 6 is an oval that narrows in the middle, with a drop-off balcony. The most 'normal' of the Bonus Cup tracks, it is fairly long and lacks defining features.

Race 7 is basically a wide circle in a canyon. Ten second lap times are common. Due to the very short length, the cars tend to bunch up on this track, and the outer edge of the circle is banked but has little grip. Also, the walls are 'pinball walls'. Colliding with an opponent or driving too fast may send you sliding into the outer pinball wall, causing you to bounce back and forth, usually until your car explodes. This is also a good strategy against opponents, though. The pitlane spans about half the length of the track and is on the slippery bank.

Race 8 is an oval with many graphical features of the other two Reise Wagon tracks. It has two loops along one straight, moving speedbumps that launch you into the air along the other straight, and a unique feature: two trapdoors that periodically open to swallow cars. You can avoid these by driving on the sidewalk, but the AI goes straight in, usually in such large quantities that many cars bug out and freeze upon respawning, never moving again until another car hits them. This problem, along with the very long duration of 30 minutes, makes this track unplayable for serious racing.