Games

Crash Team Racing

Naughty Dog

1999•Racing•PEGI 3•About 15 hours

Taste attributes: actioncomedyfantasyscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalsportsfastunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedall consuming questfighting evilgame/competitionhuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, very fast racing game, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like pace over patience.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

84 / 100

454 ratings

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About This Game

Crash Team Racing is a kart racing game featuring popular characters from the Crash Bandicoot series. The gameplay is very similar to other kart racing video games like Mario Kart: players have to choose a character and compete against the other racers on various racetracks. The story mode allows you to choose any one of the characters to complete all the main races and beat the ultimate boss Nitrous Oxide. Each of the main races are against 7 other AI competitors with 5 boss races. There are also a few arcade modes up to 4 players.

Summary: IGDB

Story

An egotistical space alien by the name of Nitros Oxide comes to Earth and challenges Crash Bandicoot, his friends and foes to a racing competition before facing himself, threatening to turn the world into a concrete parking lot if he wins.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionComedyFantasyScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalSportsAll consuming questFighting evilGame/competitionHuman spirit/resilience/survivalUnderdog triumphsUnlikely connections

Keywords

AliensVehicular combatGo-kartMascotUfoDoctorTime limitMad scientist

Details

Developer: Naughty Dog
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Released: 19 October 1999
Series: Crash Bandicoot
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 5h rushed, 15h normally, 25h complete
Age rating: PEGI 3
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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