One of the main reasons that people raise Chao is to race them.
Winning all the Chao races is essential as they have ten out of the 180 emblems needed to complete the game on the Dreamcast version,
and five out of 180 for the Gamecube version.
In order for your Chao to be any good in the races (excluding beginner),
you need to raise all of five of your Chao's skills up to a respective level (SWM FLY RUN PWR STA).
This way, you should get all the Chao emblems with ease.
While racing your Chao watch your stamina! It will gradually decrease as the race goes on.
You can cheer for your Chao and give it a small boost by pressing the 'L' or 'R' buttons.
This will make it go faster for a few seconds but will decrease its stamina a bit too,
so make sure you have enough to last you for the entire race! Or your Chao will have its speed decreased by about half.
The best time to use the boost is when your Chao is doing its strongest attribute.
For example, if your Chao has a very good swimming stat, use a boost while it is swimming to get the most effect.
Boost will have no effect while a Chao has tripped, is getting up after a trip, is working out things (intelligence), or is eating.
Beginner Races:
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The Beginner Races:
As these are beginner races, your Chao's stats don't need to be too high. |
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Crab Pool "key to winning is swimming" This is simply a swimming competition from start to finish. |
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Stump Valley "key to winning is flying" This track is a running track with a cliff you have to fly down. However, if your Chao is not very good at flying you may have to climb up the cliff. |
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Mushroom Forest "key to winning is running" This is a straight running race with nothing else involved. |
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Block Canyon "key to winning is climbing" Run forward a short distance and you will get to the main cliff that you have to climb up to reach the goal. |
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Jewel Races:
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The Jewel Races:
The Beginner Races were the easiest races to win. The Jewel Races are next, and are much harder. This is the main set of races; with six courses, each with five levels. Think you can beat them all? |
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Aquamarine "key to winning is swimming" This course is focused on running and swimming; the largest pool is near the end. |
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Topaz "key to winning is flying" Flying is needed to have an edge, although nearly every other skill is tested too. |
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Peridot "key to winning is running" This course is just a long running race with no other skill needed. |
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Garnet "key to winning is power" This course needs running and power. Needs power due to cliffs needed to be climbed and a tree that you have to shake down a nut from to eat. |
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Onyx "key to winning is intelligence and luck" Running is needed as well as intelligence. The first puzzle is a Jack in the Box (intelligence determines how quickly the Chao opens it, luck if there is a spring thing inside to startle the Chao), the second shows a picture of a fruit that your Chao must pick up (intelligence), and the last needs luck to avoid falling down a hole after choosing a finishing path. |
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Diamond "key to winning is general ability" Every single skill is tested in this race, is your Chao up for it? I still reccomend your running stat to be very good to stand a chance. I estimate around 700 (Dreamcast). |
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Challenge Races:
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The Challenge Races:
Now its time for the Challenge Races! These are some very good races that are usually quite long, but can show you some very rare and strange looking Chao! They consist of different races with different opponents. |
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Gold and Silver Rivals Gold and Silver Chao A long course against Gold and Silver Chao. You will probably need a well-rounded Chao for this race. |
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He Returns Chacron The same track as the previous race. It is against seven Chao but one of them is Chacron from Sonic Adventure 1 (he is very good). |
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I'm Trying! Omochao A long running race against seven Omochao's. This race isn't to hard if your Chao has a good running stat. |
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Small Animal Challenge Small Animals A long race testing all your skills against seven small animals. |
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Cockroach Chao Group Black Chao with Dragon Antennae (as Chao ears) This race is against some black Cockroach Chao. Not too hard. |
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Oh, My Egg! Full Eggs A long running race against Chao Eggs that have eyes and legs! Quite amusing to race against. |
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Skeleton Group Chao with Skull hats This is a long race against seven other Chao wearing skull hats. |
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Pumpkin Group Chao with Pumpkin hats This race is exactly the same as the skeleton group but the Chao are wearing pumpkin hats instead. |
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Ghost Group Chao with no legs (Chao bat legs, Half Fish Chao ball) This is on the same course as the skull and pumpkin group race but the Chao all have no legs and a flame dot. Some wear hats too. |
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He Strikes Back Chacron again The levels get raised now. Chacron is back for revenge and he is harder to beat! The race is on the same track that you raced him before but Chacron has improved in every area and may give your Chao a tough challenge. |
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Chao Ranger Jewel Chao This race is against some Jewel Chao. This race isn't that tough and you should win if you beat Chacron in the previous race. (In the Gamecube version the Jewel Chao are replaced with Shiny Chao) |
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Here comes the Ultimate Rival Light Chao (Neutral Chaos Chao) This is the last Challenge race and is against the Light Chao. This race can be pretty tricky to beat but if your running stat is quite high, you should win. |
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Hero Races:
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The Hero Races:
Dark Chao cannot enter these races. Neutral and Hero Chao only! There are only four races for each, but they can be quite tricky. |
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Baby Devil Small Dark Chao A long running race against some small Dark Chao. |
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Child Devil Evolved Dark Chao A long race against some faster Dark Chao. You will do well if your Chao has been trained more since the last race. |
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Death Troops Skull hats A race against some Dark Chao with skulls on their head. Mainly power is needed with two cliffs to climb and a nut tree to shake. |
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Devil vs Angel Devil Chao (Dark Chaos Chao) A 1 on 1 race against a strong Devil Chao. A tough race to beat, just like the last challenge race. |
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Dark Races:
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The Dark Races:
Hero Chao cannot enter these races. Neutral and Dark Chao only! There are only four races for each, but they can be quite tricky. |
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Baby Angel Small Hero Chao A long race against some small Hero Chao. Running is the only skill required. |
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Angels Evolved Hero Chao Another long race against some faster Hero Chao. |
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Flying Angels Flying type Hero Chao This course requires high flying and swimming stats, with running having to be quite high as usual. There are a few cliffs with water below, and a pool to swim in near the end. |
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Angel vs Devil Devil Chao (Dark Chaos Chao) A 1 on 1 race against a strong Angel Chao. A tough race to beat, just like the last challenge and hero races. |
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