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World Driver Championship

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To do:
Figure out what the unknown cheats do.

Just another racing game in the N64 library.

Cheats#

Worldchampionshipdriver-cheat1.png Worldchampionshipdriver-cheat2.png Worldchampionshipdriver-cheat3.png Worldchampionshipdriver-cheat4.png Worldchampionshipdriver-cheat5.png

Several cheats can be input while in a race, or the main menu. It's best to enter these while driving. These will change visual appearances of map and car graphics, unlock cars, enable special effects and more.

Button Inputs

Internal Cheat Name

Reward

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, C-Down, A, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Up, Z, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right

cheat challanger

Unlocks the EXR Challenger.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, C-Down, Z, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Down

cheat mirror championship

Championship races are played with the tracks mirrored.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, Z, Z, B, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Up, Z, Start

cheat gt2 events

All GT2 events are selectable.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, Z, Z, A, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Up, Z, Start

cheat gt1 events

All GT1 events are selectable.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, A, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Left, Z, D-Pad Right, A, C-Down, Start

cheat tracks

Unlocks all tracks.

B, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Right, A, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Left, Z, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right

None

Unknown.

D-Pad Right, A, C-Down, D-Pad Right, Start, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, C-Down, Z

cheat race Select

Unknown.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, Z, Z, A, C-Down, A, D-Pad Right, Start

gt1 cars

Unlocks GT1 cars.

D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right, Z, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, C-Down, A, D-Pad Right, Start

None

Small cars.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, D-Pad Up, Z, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right, C-Down, D-Pad Right, Z, D-Pad Right

cheat interceptor

Unlocks the 2000 Falcon Interceptor, the final car in the GT1 class.

D-Pad Up, D-Pad Down, Start, B, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, C-Down, A, D-Pad Right, Start

None

Invisible cars.

Z, D-Pad Right, Z, A, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Up, Start

cheat open win sequence

Unknown.

D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Up, Z, C-Down, A, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right

cheat disable team specials

Unknown.

B, D-Pad Left, A, C-Down, C-Down, A, D-Pad Right, Start

None

Change all cars to black cars.

D-Pad Up, D-Pad Left, A, Z, C-Down, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, Start

None

Retro map graphics.

C-Down, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Right, A, D-Pad Right, Z

None

Black and white mode.

D-Pad Up, D-Pad Right, D-Pad Right, Z, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Down

None

Enable special camera angles.

(Source: Punk7890)

Error Messages#

Throughout the ROM are several humorous error messages, many of which involve yelling at the game's developers.

DEREK!  The length was %d bytes!
GUUUA
Physics edge list is too big; tell Brian Fehdrau
FIX THIS STUPID CASE ROB!!!!!!!
Damn it Jim!!!!  Bad background index
danger jimmy joe, baby buffer exceeded!!!!!
danger will robinson, small buffer exceeded!!!!!
we are going to view the ghost
impossible to get this message!!!!!
what the fuck!!!!!!!!!
derek update
no freaking paks!!!!
yo baby!!!

Here's a hack showing what the output of these messages would have looked like when being run on a dev setup: Watch on YouTube

Regional Differences#

The gamma boost option was added to the pause menu in the European version.