finally i found a drive reading gc discs, and ripped mariokart today...
i must admit that i was a little impressed, it's looking much better then on my old tv. and runs with 95-100% of speed in 45-50fps with default settings, for other games performance tweak's are possible.
sadly controlls are better on the real thing, i wasn't able to finish first
so for a friendship's conquest i suggest the real thing...
but still a nice toy to play with, wind waker comes next
thereafter i'll try some wii games