That's why it's more difficult though. The speed ramps up and that momentum shifting stays relevant, so you have to be fully aware of how your vehicle is going to move at insane speeds, with tight ass track designs. It's tough as nails. And there is a shit tonne of super fast twitch reactions - you need to be processing in your head how your ship is doing in the space around it at full blast, overclocking your analysis and fine tuning your inputs like nothing else.
F-Zero in comparison is kind of like those old dodgem toys where you move left and right to dodge incoming vehicles. The physics are super simplified by comparison so that you can focus on sliding left and right... sure it gets fast and hard, and you have to focus on a clean line through the track but...wipeout does that while taking into consideration momentum... that's why it feels like a sim. You're constantly planning ahead not just the track but how your momentum is shifting along it. F-Zero is much more chilled. Still fun, and fast, but your brain isn't melting.
It's like you're sitting in the cockpit, fully responsible for the control of the vehicle. It feels a lot less arcade. I get some people like arcade, I like it too, but there's very little like wipeout.
And if you want to reach immortal speeds, there's Zone mode.
