World Driver Championship (Actual N64 Capture) - Excalibur Mystic Ghost on Les Gets

This is a capture of me racing against the Excalibur Mystic time attack ghost in World Driver Championship for the Nintendo 64. This is not an emulator. This footage was recorded directly from my Nintendo 64 using an actual World Driver Championship cartridge.

The developer of this game, Boss Game Studios, included several ghosts in the Time Attack section of the game, and one of these ghosts is the Excalibur Mystic on the Les Gets track. The Mystic, along with the hidden Falcon Interceptor, is the fastest car in the game. To unlock the car, you have to achieve an overall ranking of first in the GT circuits. This means beating the game completely, and then some.

I don't know if this ghost was a capture of Boss's absolute best time on this track, but it's fairly fast, although by no means the fastest time humanly possible. This video shows you how to beat the ghost soundly.

To do this, you'll need the Excalibur Mystic or the Falcon Interceptor and some smarter driving techniques.

The key to beating Boss's ghost is to not brake through the snow tunnel at the bottom of the first long straightaway, unlike Boss. To make it through the tunnel without braking, you'll need to turn hard left initially without counter-steering to the right. It may take a little practice, but once you get the feeling for it, you'll be able to make the turn at full speed nearly every time.

Aside from that, just drive your best and don't hit a wall or spin out. I'm using a manual transmission here because manual transmissions rock, plus it gives me more control and helps me to prevent the car from spinning out. However, I don't think it really makes a difference if you use an automatic transmission.

Recorded with the Hauppauge HD PVR and the official N64 S-video cable. I used a Toshiba model D-R550 DVD Recorder to standardize the N64's native 240p/480i signal so that the Hauppauge could capture the console's audio/video signal.

I'm using a standard Nintendo 64 controller.