Mario Kart 64 records: Can you beat any of these?

[Jaicee]

S.Peelman said:

Jaicee said:

Lol, I understand! The D.K. Jungle Parkway shortcut where you jump through the wall takes a LOT of practice and even though is more than a little difficult. I've memorized the spot -- the particular sun-soaked little space on the ground -- where you need to jump from over the years, as well as the angle that you have to jump from, and that's helped a lot, but it's still 50 times easier said than done, considering you have to be barreling toward the corner at full speed and a curvature! The window for proper execution is exceedingly small.

Ooooohhh yeah, I remember that Bowser's Castle shortcut! But I don't remember ever being able to do it in the original Mario Kart 64 version of the course. Were you playing the N64 version or like Mario Kart Wii's version like in the video?

The N64 version, also played the Wii version of course but I didn’t dabble in time trail anymore at that point. I don’t remember whether or not I thought it was hard though. 

Neat!! I don't think I've ever been able to do that before!

That said, here's the current world record time for Bowser's Castle that was set on Mario Kart 64 itself. It's 1 minute and 49 seconds, which is about 12 seconds faster than my personal best. This guy doesn't use any shortcuts besides mushroom boosting across the grass, which is an obvious one. That makes me wonder if hopping on the wall railing is a practical approach in this version of the course. It's definitely practical (and more feasible, needless to say) in the Mario Kart Will version of MK64's Bower's Castle, but maybe not as much in the original game.