Alright, so now I have been focusing on time trial mode, and defeated all of the normal ones easy. Now of course I am trying to beat the fast ghosts. I am having trouble on moo meadows, beating that baby Daisy user. I am using manual drift around sharp turns, and using the same shroom-way as the ghost. I don't understand exactly what I am doing differently from all of the other people who can actually beat the staff ghosts without supposedly breaking a sweat...

I explored the level looking for other short-cuts that could be used but I couldn't find one. Is time trial really about beating all of the ghosts using the fastest character you can find in the game, or can I beat them using my mii and vehicle of choice? The sad part is, most of these ghosts aren't even using manual. >.<

Any help?

Edit: Is it just me or does everyone else have to do it over and over again until they get it right? I get the (probably false) idea that a lot of people on this forum have no problem at all beating the staff ghosts. Ugh.

Well, for the Moo Moo Meadows EGD, I use my speed boost over the corner just after the cows and before the blue ramp.

You need to take corners more quicker.

yeah im finding the same problem on moo moo meadows is the baby daisy one the expert staff because if it is iv done 1 more trial

I can't beat the expert staff ghost on moo moo. Which is fine by me because I dont really care about time trials all that much

AFAIK the 3 vehicles that can beat almost any expert staff ghost are: Bullet Bike, Mach Bike, Flame Runner. Anything else, no guarantees.

I haven't gone through and beaten all the expert ghosts yet, done about half so far, been spending more time trying to work on the 3* ranking (bout halfway there, Mirror is gonna kill me though) and getting my VR up (somewhere around 8300 now and climbing consistantly, just need more play time on it).. also, when I do the ghosts, I just keep reseting if I screw up more than I think I should, even if I'm ahead of the expert ghost.. I try to get the best time I can, not "just" beat the expert guy. Used Funky + Flame Runner for most of them, Funky + Spear for a few, Daisy + Mach Bike for a couple (more recently). Using a proper line with sharp turns and using shortcuts the best you can saves you the most time. Inside drifting bike is more or less a must, with a couple possible exceptions. I recommend watching the WR guys, and try to go from there.. copy them to the best of your ability On Moo Moo Meadows make sure you keep turns to the inside as close as possible (really easy on this track), use the shortcut [edit: I mean mushrooming across the grass] on the last turn by the cows, don't use the ramp thats by itself right after that shortcut (still not sure about using the booster ramp, I think when I beat the expert ghost I used the ramp on one lap, because otherwise with my time I kept hitting the gopher guy on one of the laps, either second or third not sure).

u dont have to use the fastest combination to unlock expert ghost or beat them i used baby luigi on moo moo meadows and got the expert ghost and (almost) beat it,the track u should watch out for is shy guy beach though as that was a real challenge for me to unlock the expert ghost on that.

I had a few goes at beating the Moo Moo Meadows one but didn't get under 1.30. As there was no actual reward for it I went on to something else.

As the saying goes: "if at first you don't succeed...

...give up".

I'm not a fan of that track so it doesn't really bother me.

torpedo? the spear?

On topic however. I for one do not beat EGD without breaking a sweat. But you are correct, keep trying and you'll eventually make it. KEEP TRAAIIING!