Tried to get into this game, but loading time for my project 64 (1.6) is twice the load time to the wr holder when entering a stage. Tried to change the memory from 4 to 8, but did not do anything. any ideas? no point in running this game if i lose 2 sec each time i enter or leave a stage.

Try 1.7

or using mupen

what is mupen

Its basically project64 except in my experience runs better, generally more reliable and available on more platforms. would recommend getting it through retroarch especially if you run other games through emu

As far as I know, N64 emu runners of this game uses 1.7 instead of 1.6. You should give a try to it