I can completely agree with you. I played it when I around 6 years and was only able to beat this stage once in my life....it took me one whole year 😅. I just love this game and I'm glad I'm not the only one🤗👍🏼

Epic!!!!!!!!! This level was beyond challenging bro

I played this when I was really young. I was born in 2004 but I had older cousins who had an n64 and I still have it to this day. It’s so great

YEEES! I was seven when me and my brother tried to get through this stage. We both were screaming and jumping when we finally did it. So epic moment 😂

Exactly the same for me. Good times

As someone that did it back in the day on a Nintendo 64 controller it drove me up the damn wall but after countless tries, I finally did it. Now I’m excited to do it again on my PS five with a much better controller.

@@jonathanj.3695 I still do it...

Weird... I find this game to be easy, at least in regards to beating the AI. Then again I play the PC version which runs and controls more smoothly than the N64 version. What I find difficult, though, is pushing the limits of how freakin' fast you can get around a track. Once you're up to full upgrades you can beat the AI without even boosting once you get the hang of things, just play things safe and keep your speed up whenever possible. But when you're cutting as close to the inside of each corner as possible, boosting at the most optimal points and holding that boost for as long as possible, while simultaneously threading the needle between obstacles... that's when this game becomes truly hard, and when the sense of speed is at its peak.

@@VestedUTuber The game is easy. I remember playing this game as a kid and having problems with this sky planet. I did not beat it as a kid (when I rented it). Played on the Switch and beat it quite easily... I think the AI is the problem. Because in some levels I did crash a lot, but I was so ahead it didn't matter... The tracks are challening, but the AI is too slow.

@@gundamzerostrike At one point I actually got curious about why the AI is so bad and decided to sandbag in order to observe it, turns out that at the start of the race they tend to bunch up off the starting grid and that really slows all of them down until they unbunch, which can take a good 30 seconds in some cases (like on Baroo Coast, Grabvine Gateway and Fire Mountain Rally). This is on top of their already typically slow pace, though I have had situations where if I ran faster than a certain time the AI would somehow finish within a couple seconds of me even though they were nowhere to be seen on the radar, but if I were to have finished only a couple seconds slower they'd be as far back as a minute behind. Honestly, the AI is really weird in this game. It seems like they had to compensate for people playing with different upgrade configurations and ended up going a bit too far in the opposite direction. The reason I mentioned the N64 version being a bit harder, though, is because that version has a nasty amount of controller lag due to the game often suffering from framerate drops and the fact that it was developed in an era back when framerate and game ticks couldn't be isolated easily.

@@VestedUTuber Yeah. This game needs a true remaster. They just need to add a few new tracks, new game modes (elimination mode or something like that) and remaster de visuals. I'm not even asking for a full remake, just add some new textures and few more polygons here and htere and we would have a new classic in our hands.

Thanks man 🤗

this really allows u to fall once in 3 laps

The best I've managed to salvage is 3rd place tho I fell off on the 3rd lap.

I hated falling down the pit, I would rage reset u til I got a perfect run lol

I just beat it and fell off it twice, stayed on top once. idk how, but it happened. I did well for the rest of the track with no wrecking, so that'd probably do it

Hahaha, a seriously memorable moment. I remember almost losing my mind trying to win this race as a kid

And Baranta's podracer model name (Shelba Razor) is a pun on Carroll Shelby who was a famous racer. It's strange that wookiepedia does NOT confirm this. But it's such a dead-giveaway pun. Pfft.

That's our childhood...yes. I have to admit that I did it first try....I'm sorry for that 😅

@@jamie_michelson I gotta say that's impressive. I just couldn't stay on the top track.

@@AxelOwnz That's the hardest part. As you saw in my video I fell down once but I still made it. If your pod is fast enough you can fall down but not in the first lap. Then it's game over

@@jamie_michelson Eh, you can fall down in the first lap and still win, you just need to stay up 2/3 times really (though if you fall down in the first you might as well restart to save time as it's right at the beginning).

@@GoldenSunAlex Indeed. A restart is the easiest option 😅

Same here. Wasn´t able to beat it as a kid 😅

That only happened when you ended up taking the bottom path, I just saw that as a bug tbh

@@Anonymys43 problem with the bottom path here is that you have to take that insanely long detour

Nice 😎👍🏼

Haha yeah. I had that same wtf moment when I was a young boy 15 years ago 😅

@@jamie_michelson same me and my sibs had no answer to this stage or any others after this so we gave up only 25 plus years later i only managed with niva kee and the near maxed out speed to 940 decent turning accle and something else breaks i guess was a nice touch on making niva the most broken att now its less likely but wouldnt you know it i lost anyway to this blasted stage

Yep, one of the most annoying bugs on this track...

"Gyabuu hahahahahaha"

I never made it as a kid tbh and nowadays this track became way easier. I guess because of my age and the controls being better in this new version. Furthermor it is possible to make a comeback even with non-upgraded pods. You just have to be quick as f*** otherwise you won´t catch 1st 😂

😂👌

Thanks but everyone can be worthy! Even you 🤗

Yeah mate....I didn't want to take the bottom route....but had no choice

Me too

Oh yeah, I know that problem too well. Cost me some races and yeah it´s a old game. Glitches are kinda common but of course it would have been nice if they had fixed some of the glitches in the game

I can completely agree man. This stage her got so easy on the new consoles but that jungle stage with Anakin as your Main opponent is damn hard

@@jamie_michelson I think the N64 version only ran at 20-30fps. Playing it on xbox has been like playing a completely different game. Also I wouldn't be surprised if they've tightened up the input lag significantly - it's so quick it makes other racing games feel sluggish. I played another old racing game (Hydro Thunder Hurricane) right after playing this and compared to how it usually feels, it felt like wading through treacle in comparison 😂

@@MakeMagic That would explain these immense differences, good point 👍

Awesome!! Yeah the "half lap down" if you fall off is a real pain in the ass... but once you get the technique for staying on top down, i think the track is actually kinda fun! (Dethro's Revenge is still my personal favorite Ord Ibanna track)

I remember dropping neva kee and anakin for this level. Super twitchy turning

and i swear they designed it so if you were taking the top route, you're inherently faster

@@absentjade883 Same, as a kid I never completed this track. Hard as hell. But it is possible to get onto the top again after you've fallen down! (Atleast in the PS4 version 😅)

Legit

Thanks man. I´d say it was a pretty successful race. It may look easy (with Pod upgrades it get´s sorta easy) but in reality it isn´t really. I was sweating on this run hard (was my first try after 16 years) and didn´t think I could beat this track so fast 😅

GG Nice! Love to hear you made it 😎👍

Bullseye absolutely carried me through the entire game recently, his turning is absurd, it's like tracing the racing line freehand with a pencil. Can't get some of the tighter tracks perfect with any other racer, personally.

Thank you very much 🤗

Maybe it is but nowadays it's a bit easier

Yes, yes there is a shortcut there on the left 😊

Vielen Dank :-D

Use bulleye navuar small engine and best stats in game

I main Mars too!

I tried this map with Mars Hip without any upgrades. Was hard but I made it coming first. 😅 I can only recommend using smaller pods like Anakins or bullseye like Jonathan M recommended

@@Hell-yeah420.69 bullseye navuar mains woo, but in all seriousness having lots of stats doesn't mean it's actually good for a map. The massive amount of turning and lack of traction can be brutal for trying to be super careful at the beginning.

@@link3hyrule Neva Kee for me. Great steering, and a very long boost with quick cooldown.

Yeah, I know. But as a diehard racer, I love to use the break as little as possible 😅

It really is fun man. If you have a PS, you can buy it from the store ;-)

Thx dude 🤗 I'll give it a try when I have the time 😅👌🏼

Indeed. It's a necessary safety measure 😂

Atleast you made it now. Congrats 💪

The Dreamcast was easy I was able to succeed that compared to pc

I can agree with you on that. Felt definitely easier than on the Dreamcast but to be honest: I still was a small kid back in those days 🙄

I have to admit that I didn´t make Anakin´s track first try, well I can´t remember so. That one is very hard too, especially with a pod that doesn´t turn well but with good upgrades you should be able to make it 🤗

@@jamie_michelson niva kee is good in most tracks when it comes to cornering

Thank you man 🤗👍

Yeah, would be cool but I can't play the piano so sadly I won't be able to make such videos. Perhaps someone else out there can do those piano tutorials 😊👍🏼

@@jamie_michelson true!

Which pod did you use? Every pod still has different stats, even when maxed out, Ebe Endecott being one of the best when it comes to handling

Didn't know about that. Thank you for the information 👌🏼

Anytime the only reason i found out lol os cuz i die alot and thats cuz my other comment when i mentioned how i used niva kee i had a ton of speed and any extras were to help him with repaiers and such breaks too but when i started to realize that issue and why i was suddenly not as fast as i used to be was do to me constantly crashing and dieing mid course im sure you can guess where xD totaly not intentional but yeah went from 700s in speed to 500s which niva is around 600s when you first unlock him hes not a bad pick imo

@@munchielitten5961 Yeah, Neva Kee is a flipping beast, even without any upgrades. Has some crazy handling and traction stats 😅 When I played this game I just tried my best to not crash as in the reality of Star Wars, you don´t want to crash your pod or you´ll just die or get wounded pretty bad 😂

Haha, yes. Still has some bugs where it makes you go through the floor down to the second floor. That one is nasty as hell 😅

Go slow on highroad

Haha, atleast you´ve managed to beat the track 😂💪

If I remember correctly you need to press and hold the left stick forward and the moment you get a yellow dot on the right in your speedometer, press or press and hold X (Don't know what worked) Hope I could help

@@jamie_michelson thanks, i great

Congrats on beating it tho 😎😉

Yep, that way it's almost always a safe win. Only problem is: Do it too slow and you won't win which is the reason why I still try to push hard on that section 😊

Dang. I watched this vid 10 months ago.