Ridge Racer 2 Options

Hello there! I've seen people play RR2 through socom.cc recently, and got the idea for me and my friend to try and play some ourselves, But with about three days of finagling with the Network options, swapping offsets and other options and no dice. So i come with a question, as i do know people can play the game emulator to emulator, is there any options that make or break RR2 specifically? Are we missing something stupidly obvious to making it tick as it should?

I appreciate the help in advance!