I beat this game so much as a kid and did all challanges including beating oxide twice to officially beat the game, power slide every map max speed all day every day baby!!!! I'm so hyped 🤪
Furcas I think you should ignore the fruit and hug the wall. Only hit one turbo pad and the one that’s first and least out-of-the-way and maintain your fire and stay on the edges. People won’t even be close to you.
Here's a tip not many people know about: Use your airbrakes! If you hold Square while in the air you can spin your kart with the left stick so that you land facing the best direction. This is extremely useful in tracks like Cortex Castle, especially when you play as a fast character.
@@triggerfinger7831 Not nearly as hard as Oxide Station.Try keeping USF with all of those tight turns. Simply keeping Sacred Fire on the last two laps of Crash Cove is easy in comparison.
@@spaceangelmewtwo9074 I didn't say that crash cove is any harder than oxide station, I admit that you made a good point but I'm just saying that crash cove is definitely harder than what most of the people think
@@dynamicsketch Grand Prix is more like the Battle Pass. Not really a new mode, just an event to earn some monthly goodies. But I'm all for more modes. But not ranked, it's going to be a nightmare to do properly, and when it actually works the queue might end up becoming nightmarish. If I wanna race against someone good, I'll find them myself and our battle will be just as legendary. But as for modes... we could add in a mode where all turbo pads are super turbo pads (USF), all items are turbos, and elimination (X amount of seconds and the person in last place gets eliminated) just to name a few. Maybe implement team mechanic Nitro Kart has, but with an entirely different effect that isn't literally boss mode, and make that another mode too.
@@kyotanaka920 yeah more options to chose from would be good. For the ranked thing i was thinking more to what mario kart did on the switch. They used a player skill rating system (i think) and it goes up and down depending on where you finish. It would be great to be up against vets of the game rather then kids playing the game for the first time and destroying them 30 sec+.
Mine too, when I go to retro games I no longer use the anlog stick, instead I use D-pad which hurts my fingers, but that's how I used to play those games lol
Tip number one where unlockable characters are upgrades is dead wrong. ALL characters share a specific trait: all around, Accel, Turn, or Speed. There is no different stat lineup than what is offered. Originally, Penta Penguin had maxed out stats across the board. But that was only for the original PS1, and that was on a PAL version of the game on top of that: the NSTC or whatever had the same stats as Polar and Pura. This is to this day the sole exception to the rule. So Nitro Kart characters are not better. They're just characters. Crunch is the same as Dingodile and Tiny, Nash is the same as N. Gin and Coco, and so on. Unless Beenox decides to add powercrept characters to grand prixs, your starting roster is as good as the rest. Its personal preference if you wanna play as a space doggo or sexy bandicoot.
What I love about CTR is that it heavily relies on skill and practice to win more than than cheap luck using weapons. Good thing I have been practicing for 15+ years for this 😂😂
Fairly impressed with the content in this video. Usually advise coming from people working with mainstream channels like this flop but you certainly know you're stuff!
This is a fantastic list of tips. You can just tell that Rob really knows CTR well and is passionate about it. *This* is what gaming journalism should be like.
There is a 10th entry that would help those wondering how some people go so fast and even lap them. "Sacred fire" while drift boosting over a speed pad (the green boost/turbo pads) you can extend that boost every time you drift boost while it is still up. Not the best explanation but it what makes a super boost last half a lap or even an entire one instead of a few seconds. Tricky to learn at the start but something important to learn for oxide time trials or just beating random people online. If you know how to do it and the other racers do not, well you might have already won. More who learn the better races we get to have :D Have fun live on the fast lane ;D
I got the game this morning. At first, I was a lot rustier than I thought I'd be. Haven't played in maybe 3-4 years. I actually lost at third place in Crash Cove on adventure mode. Once I got my 'road legs' back, all my muscle memory gradually came flowing back to me, and then some. I was soon able to consistently pull off shortcuts that I struggled to do back in the day, like memorizing the exact spot of the halfpipe in Sewer Speedway that will launch you right into the hole, or perfectly timing and chaining slide boosts and air time boosts to skip the bridge in Blizzard Bluff. (still can't get the hang of jumping over the mountainside fence, but I'll get it eventually) As for playing dirty.. When I get placed in a team with veteran racers, I will make it my mission to get to the shortcuts before they do, and lay TNT Crates and Potions all over them!
I would also recommend practicing when to hit the boost while powersliding, there is an option in which you can practice it by making your tires glow, they glow the moment you would need to boost, there is also a feature where your vehicle makes smoke to let you know that you need to boost
Tip #10. Research what “Reserves” are and learn about “Sacred Fire” and “Ultimate Sacred”. Theres plenty of videos that explain what they are. Understanding this hidden mechanic in CTR will make you unstoppable against most players.
Coming from an actual pro, •Use speed characters, they are just better than the other 3 category's •Remember to constantly be drifting, remember to make perfect boosts as those will matain your boost better •Try beating all of n.tropy's times in time trial this will make you a lot better in each track, and if you want to be even better, complete all of the n oxide's time trials. You will be at the best of the 1% of the game if you do that •If you get a tnt just hop a lot of times and it will come off •Dont go to close to people with shields, you will get stunned if you touch them •If you are ahead in first place try to have a shield ready to defend yourself against the blue orbs •Ask me anything
@@kaje3435 I worked on the animations, and thank you and everyone else for the support and praise :) We looked at almost every comments on the internet about the game and it fueled us with determination to do our best :)
10. Be aware of your surroundings. Sometimes you juat don't see those potions while you are too focuaed on trying to get ahead. Other times, somebody just hits you with a bomb from out of nowhere. Sometimes, you accidentally hit a Nitro crate you yourself placed because you wanted to show off. Remember, CTR isn't just a race, it's also a battle.
Advanced Tip: If you hold down and the direction you want to turn and the brake button in midair, you'll do an insanely sharp turn without losing speed, this is how pro players maintain their boost through corners like the hot air skyway hairpin.
Great video Rob but i'd love to see a few more videos on Judgement too (and yes i still miss Hollie's enthusiasm for the series, but Rosie likes it too) :)
Rob out here displaying that he really HAS been practicing since the original release xD some of these I had no idea (like the speed boost while powersliding? Fkn glorious)
yes i like the game in general but one thing that sucks is every single CNK map that they made changes to the track as we were able drive upside down on some parts and all the loops and stuff
You mentioned pretty much all the main tips, but you forgot a detail about the turbo sliding tip, which is that other than the gauge, you have other visual cues to tell when the turbo is ready: -When the exhaust smoke turns black -When the burning lines on the wheels meet at their center (the Nitro Wheels feature). Obviously, the gauge is better cause more accurate and easy to read, but since it's apart from the track (you have to look at the bottom right corner, leaving the track unattended), the wheels and the exhaust are a more "closer to the track" option. Great video nonetheless~
Tip: Let go of accelerate and hold brake (square/y depending on the console) to make really tight turns. Even just a small tap can get you around 90 degree turns like the one’s in Papu’s Pyramid, and the speed loss is usually pretty small. Just don’t try to do it out of a powerslide.
I feel like you guys left one more thing out. Tip #10: customization. Some people may argue with me but I tested out a theory. I used coco and knowing her build as in average size like how big or small m. She’s average size so I put her in a relatively small vehicle with thin wheels and I was zooming, including powersliding. But I was using fake crash or another character same as him in a average size car and I was going incredibly slow. Even though the wheels and car have no stats in the game, I feel like the size matters. I have noticed that without powersliding some cars are faster than others, also depending on who you put in the car. I refuse to believe that powersliding in this game means everything and I’m gonna find the solution
Strawberry Knight, when you become a master class CTR player like me and Rob, the only class that truly matters is yourself. You leave everyone in the dust. Plus, N. Gin, Coco, Pinstripe, and Penta Penguin can access shortcuts that require higher jumps easier than other characters like in Cortex Castle.
@@nedkelly8958 Sewer Speedway shortcut is also WAAAAY easier on an acceleration class than any other class cuz as said before. Their jump is better. And speedrunners all use coco.
Should've mentioned how sacred fire and ultra sacred fire works as mastering these can shave massive amounts of time on some tracks, such as meteor gorge deep sea driving and oxide station etc... Maintaining the USF will lead to you blazing by the other racers.
This isn't crash team racing related but I need to talk about the pain I just went through when it came to getting my recent platinum. Okay so recently (like the last 6 months) I've become an achieve hunter, I've gone out my way to platinum any game I can and they've all gone well (like I finally got my Rainbow six siege platinum because they fixed a bugged trophy) but by god I'll never complain about how hard a trophy is again. I recent platinumed DOOM In preparation for DOOM ETERNAL, the thing is is that I 100% EVERYTHING in DOOM BUT...THERE WAS A BUG, it was my last trophy, "Complete the circle" where you have to earn ALL runes, I've done this across 3 different save slots (all bugged) and I never noticed but in my current 100% save I UPGRADED ALL THE RUNES, I then looked in the trophy list out of confusion and I saw this mess, I had all other trophies including the one where I upgrade all runes but I didn't have "Complete the circle" so I had to make ANOTHER save, and I don't play ANY save on the easiest difficulty, the lowest I've gone in DOOM is ultra violence and my 100% save was on nightmare (that was hard) but I decided to be really special and put my new save for just getting the runes on nightmare as well, after 12 hours I've finally got the last trophy and by extension the platinum, the bad thing? I didn't get ANY sleep. Luckily it's school holiday but I'll say this...I'll NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. I will always love DOOM and it's the only game I'd go through all that to platinum...but after that No, never again, I like my sleep, shortening my game time is a good idea
If you're like me, a god in old skool CTR. None of it's challenges could faze you. Some mechanics are quite different. Let's take the sewer for example, the hard shortcut is really not as much a matter of speed but of angle and timing. To make the jump, don't focus all your energy on speed. Just make sure you're perpendicular to the edge, you'll jump much higher en be able to pull it of no sweat. Like the good ol' days.
Basically the karts that have the best speed are the best karts in the game cause it's just getting used to the turning and you're set. acel karts are good if you except to be getting hit a lot which shouldn't happen if you're skilled driver. Handling karts are good for snaking on straight runways and beginners but lack the speed needed.
I promised to my friends that i get platinum trophy in this game. I just wanna say... *it was mistake.* Oh yeah just one trophy remaining: Beat every Nitros Oxide ghosts. Kill Me.
playing against someone in the same room - Hold L1+R1 and Press Triangle, Right (x2), Circle, Left at the menu screen - it'll open up several shortcuts that are difficult without the Super Turbo Pads, especially over the fence on Blizzard Bluff and cutting out a significant section of the track on Papu's Pyramid
I’m pretty sure Mario kart doesn’t have this many mechanics Here are some expert advices.. There are some hidden mechanics u missed, like hitting (square button in ps3/ X button in Xbox) while rotating or drifting in midair will give you a boost if you are driving fast. Just make sure you hit the button while in midair. Also, the color of the fire indicates how fast and how long the boost will last. I think there are 4 degrees of fire: small red, bing red, yellow, and blue. Another hint is you can maintain your speed boost if you successfully use the drifting boost. Another way to maintain the boost is by landing while drifting. I hope that helps.. and good luck with your race 👍
Specific tips, but if you’re in first, the blue homing orb is getting close, and someone is close behind in 2nd, you can let them overtake you so it’ll hit them instead of you (make sure they’re on the other side of the track though). That and there are some boost pads that last indefinitely until you brake or touch a wall, like the one at the end of cortex’s castle.
"Characters play different" "Oxide's ghosts are hard and you need to beat them in every track for the trophy" "CTR Challenge is the best mode to find shortcuts" This video didn't aged well, did it? *Sorry for the bad english
Great tips. I just picked this up last night and starting figuring it out rather quick. I can't believe I never played the original. I had crash bandicoot as a kid but never heard of CTR. Anyway one tip I have is if you're used to playing racing games like I am, especially for this generation, switch your controller to the alternate setting. This make the acceleration button R2 instead of X. The X button then becomes jump and L1 remains a jump button. I found this very helpful and just feels way more natural especially when power sliding and boosting.
I'm playing CTR since i 6 years old in PS the power sliding got more advanced and the secret places in the track has been able to go more easily thanks for PS4 and thanks for PLAYSTATION ACCESS
I disagree with how you described using items in races, holding items is important but if you're in first and taking the fast route like the short cuts... drop items there as they can even exist in the air. This will throw people off the shortcut especially since a lot have precision or set up in a very simple path. Holding onto rockets though means giving up defense for offense... letting people hit you and take your fruits losing speed and item power and most tracks have a lot of turns making rockets pretty bad and bombs generally better as you can throw that to the side of someone and their TNT or Beaker won't save them. You need to avoid the crab bucket and get people stuck in it, that person in 8th getting an Orb that decimates you in first will happen... your Nitro becomes a TNT which isn't worth calling an item and that Beaker becomes green doing very little in of itself. Get in first and stay in first by cutting off the fast routes. If you know how each class handles and their turning radius this makes it even easier as a beaker can force someone to fall off the track one way or the other...
I am the best Mario Kart player in my circle of family and friends, but learning to slide as a newbie in CTR is rough. Can't wait til it clicks in my brain and I am zipping around faster than Nitros.
I've beat CTR back in the day so many times, Oxide times and all...but currently going online, its insane! Although I am starting to get in 3rd/4th place now lol
3:08 After the 2nd red light turns on I start filling that bar, I do it three times and it's always fully filled that way, I hope u understand what I wanted to say and it will hopefully help someone.
That first point is almost completely wrong. Yes, there are a bunch of characters in the game. But there's only 4 classes: "slow" turning characters (pura, polar, etc.) , the intermediate characters (crash, cortex, etc.), "fast" characters (dingodile, tiny, etc.) and acceleration characters (n gin, coco, etc.). Realistically, only the fast and acceleration classes are viable on a competitive level and the others are rather situational. And yes, every character fits into one of these four classes. There are no "upgraded versions" of other characters.
I'd also say that the setup for the boost display is a big difference. If you get thrown off by the small boost display, then the large one might be better suited for you.
For tip 3 for a easy way to time it is to watch the back of your kart when the smoke from your exhaust turns black you can get your boost if you wait a split second after the black smoke you will get the full boost that way you never have to look at the bottom right of your screen and can keep your eyes on the track and your character
My other comment is much more advanced stuff, so for the newbies who are intimidated by it, here are some more simple tips I can give you regarding powerup usage. Bowling bombs are clumsy and inaccurate, so I like to use them for things other than shooting the players when I can. For example, did you know that if you shoot a crate with one, you will get what it gives you? Good for collecting wumpa fruit without going out of your way to hit a distant box. Another good use is to remove a trap before you hit it. Also, you're more likely to hit by tossing a bomb behind you on a straightaway. Placing traps on powerup boxes is neat, but here are some other things you can do. If you place it onto a wumpa fruit box, you can prevent that box from reappearing until someone removes the trap. Also, place traps directly before jumps. If your opponent hit it, they will fall off the track, turning even a green potion into a nuisance that will cost them a ton of time. If you want to prevent people from taking shortcuts, you can place your traps right before the shortcut so that they can't make it. If you want to screw with the more advanced players, you can also place traps on top of turbo pads so that it is harder for advanced players to use them to get Sacred Fire or maintain their reserves. If you get a homing orb, don't use it until you are juiced up so that it hits everyone in front of you. Conversely, if you're in first and you get a shield, don't shoot it. It will keep you from getting hit by a homing orb at least once. If you have an opponent directly behind you and a homing orb is hurtling at you, you can also let them pass so that they become the target of the orb instead. Lastly, for more advanced players, if you get a missile or an orb and you know a jump or an Ultra Sacred Fire pad is coming, wait to use it until just before your opponent reaches it to prevent them from getting USF, which can cost them the race if you're good at Sacred Fire yourself, or to make them fall off the stage. Or both.
Most of the skills from CTR are transferrable from Mario Kart. Some of the mechanics are different like drifting and items, but generally, they’re the same. If you’ve mastered one, you’ve mastered the other.
Except for drifting and very sharp turns Mario kart sharp turn only requires u brakeing at the right time while crash team racing requires you pressing multiple buttons.
From a seasoned veteran, these are really good tips! Well done! as of now online has been kind of easy for me.. most of the times no one even get a chance to finish a race. Ranked mode would be nice.
This. I don't know why people are thanking him for sharing his "secrets", it's all common sense stuff, no secrets here. If he had a number 10, it would have been..."Know which controller buttons do what".
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People literally have been training for 20 years for this games multiplayer. I'm terrified to go online
It will also have lots of 10 year olds so we are gonna be fine
The ppl that been playing for 20 years gonna be mad when a guy that been playing for a week smokes them
@@ericforman4757 nah they would be proud
I beat this game so much as a kid and did all challanges including beating oxide twice to officially beat the game, power slide every map max speed all day every day baby!!!! I'm so hyped 🤪
Your damm right. I will be the best!🚗💥🔥🔥.
Actual Tip: Even if you are max fruit, continue smashing those crates. If you can deny your foes fruit, you will continue holding your advantage.
Captain obvious tip*
Newb tip 101
Same reason you still get the item boxes when u have an item
Even after max fruit what does it do?? Any buttons you need to push??
Furcas I think you should ignore the fruit and hug the wall. Only hit one turbo pad and the one that’s first and least out-of-the-way and maintain your fire and stay on the edges. People won’t even be close to you.
That boost is still in my muscle memory ☺️
Same here bruv... it took so many tries to master it so ofcourse i can never forget it...
Here's a tip not many people know about: Use your airbrakes! If you hold Square while in the air you can spin your kart with the left stick so that you land facing the best direction. This is extremely useful in tracks like Cortex Castle, especially when you play as a fast character.
*watches professional CTR*
I can do that, easy
*plays crash cove*
Oh no...
Feel ya bud, it's a hard track tbh
@@triggerfinger7831 Not nearly as hard as Oxide Station.Try keeping USF with all of those tight turns. Simply keeping Sacred Fire on the last two laps of Crash Cove is easy in comparison.
@@spaceangelmewtwo9074 I didn't say that crash cove is any harder than oxide station, I admit that you made a good point but I'm just saying that crash cove is definitely harder than what most of the people think
tip 10: if you say Kachow as you drive you'll have plot armour on your side
Im now winning 110% of my races thanks
@@joshdeveaux6936 weak sauce im saying Kachow and rootabaga i have ascended
Winning by any means necessary
life’s not fair
play dirty
Have you thought about making motivational speeches for kids? Cos that would be amazing.
don't forget "go into battle mode to git gud (at using weapons)"
Play dirty ... like letting the 2nd go first to absorb a cortex vortex :D i love doing this bitsh move
@@siveur Wow thats genius! Yet so evil, its perfect
"Winning by any means necessary
. Life’s not fair. Play dirty," the Republican party.
@@siveur Unless it's a juiced up vortex :D
pressing your consoles power button while you're in the lead will instantly end the race
Not on Switch though.
I can confirm this.
Just tried it.
Is... Is this for real?
confirmed, it works
And unlocks a rare trophy
the online mode needs more modes, like ranked and cups
I love that last point
100% agree I was thinking the same , that way we can actually use our skin animations at the winner circle
There is suppose to be a Gran Prix starting early July. I am just not sure if it is an online competition though.
Yea the grand prix! With tawna and spyro
@@dynamicsketch Grand Prix is more like the Battle Pass. Not really a new mode, just an event to earn some monthly goodies.
But I'm all for more modes. But not ranked, it's going to be a nightmare to do properly, and when it actually works the queue might end up becoming nightmarish. If I wanna race against someone good, I'll find them myself and our battle will be just as legendary.
But as for modes... we could add in a mode where all turbo pads are super turbo pads (USF), all items are turbos, and elimination (X amount of seconds and the person in last place gets eliminated) just to name a few. Maybe implement team mechanic Nitro Kart has, but with an entirely different effect that isn't literally boss mode, and make that another mode too.
@@kyotanaka920 yeah more options to chose from would be good. For the ranked thing i was thinking more to what mario kart did on the switch. They used a player skill rating system (i think) and it goes up and down depending on where you finish. It would be great to be up against vets of the game rather then kids playing the game for the first time and destroying them 30 sec+.
I remember lapping my family in sewer speedway because they didn't understand how powerslides and the shortcuts work. Ah the days
You Dusted them! No Mercy!
Me too lmao
That was me and my family called me a cheater because of it XD
You forgot one last tip... 10. Get an ice pack for your thumbs. Trust me, they're going to be red and sore from playing this game.
Mine too, when I go to retro games I no longer use the anlog stick, instead I use D-pad which hurts my fingers, but that's how I used to play those games lol
Can confirm, my right thumb feels swollen after my first day. This is the only game that did this to me
Give it a try to alternative controllers display 👍🏼
OMG this is me right now i've been doing platinum relics in adventure since day 1
I had a B imprinted on my thumb from my gamecube controller
Tip number one where unlockable characters are upgrades is dead wrong. ALL characters share a specific trait: all around, Accel, Turn, or Speed. There is no different stat lineup than what is offered.
Originally, Penta Penguin had maxed out stats across the board. But that was only for the original PS1, and that was on a PAL version of the game on top of that: the NSTC or whatever had the same stats as Polar and Pura. This is to this day the sole exception to the rule.
So Nitro Kart characters are not better. They're just characters. Crunch is the same as Dingodile and Tiny, Nash is the same as N. Gin and Coco, and so on. Unless Beenox decides to add powercrept characters to grand prixs, your starting roster is as good as the rest. Its personal preference if you wanna play as a space doggo or sexy bandicoot.
@@Dynamic_Editor penta is the best character in the earliest version of ctr on psx.
@@Dynamic_Editor Admittedly it can be difficult to see past Tiny's absolutely yoked frame, but you can just tap L2 to get a higher viewing angle.
That's not the case anymore baby, now you can choose a driving style for any character
What I love about CTR is that it heavily relies on skill and practice to win more than than cheap luck using weapons. Good thing I have been practicing for 15+ years for this 😂😂
Veronika Alcoba you have a ps4
Shut up noob
You can just tell how excited rob is for crash team racing
And all my friends call this a Mario Kart rip off. I cant. even begin to explain to them how far from the truth it is.
It's far from a rip off, heck Mario Kart Ripped the Jumping, Jump Boost, and Slide Boost from it.
It only took them 20 years to say that silly joke?
CTR is clearly superior 😂
@@SmartBatto As well as Nitro Kart's anti-gravity track layouts.
Kevin Leukie Well I’m sorry to say, but you have dumb friends because while I do like Mario kart, this is so much better!
Fairly impressed with the content in this video. Usually advise coming from people working with mainstream channels like this flop but you certainly know you're stuff!
if you've been following the channel for a while you'd know that rob has been practicing for this moment since the 90's
This is Rob's time to shine.
My body is ready. If no-one hears from me in a week, it's fine. I'm just grinding.
Good luck then ;D
This is a fantastic list of tips. You can just tell that Rob really knows CTR well and is passionate about it. *This* is what gaming journalism should be like.
There is a 10th entry that would help those wondering how some people go so fast and even lap them.
"Sacred fire"
while drift boosting over a speed pad (the green boost/turbo pads) you can extend that boost every time you drift boost while it is still up.
Not the best explanation but it what makes a super boost last half a lap or even an entire one instead of a few seconds.
Tricky to learn at the start but something important to learn for oxide time trials or just beating random people online.
If you know how to do it and the other racers do not, well you might have already won.
More who learn the better races we get to have :D
Have fun live on the fast lane ;D
"BANDICOOT POWER!"
Coco needs to chill out.
Don’t worry
“OWW!! HEY??!!”
Bandicoot supremacy
“LETS GOOO”
I love her energy ❤️😁
@@cooppp Hear that? That's the sound of Coco firing 3 missiles at you.
I got the game this morning.
At first, I was a lot rustier than I thought I'd be. Haven't played in maybe 3-4 years.
I actually lost at third place in Crash Cove on adventure mode.
Once I got my 'road legs' back, all my muscle memory gradually came flowing back to me, and then some.
I was soon able to consistently pull off shortcuts that I struggled to do back in the day, like memorizing the exact spot of the halfpipe in Sewer Speedway that will launch you right into the hole, or perfectly timing and chaining slide boosts and air time boosts to skip the bridge in Blizzard Bluff. (still can't get the hang of jumping over the mountainside fence, but I'll get it eventually)
As for playing dirty..
When I get placed in a team with veteran racers, I will make it my mission to get to the shortcuts before they do, and lay TNT Crates and Potions all over them!
Noob
I would also recommend practicing when to hit the boost while powersliding, there is an option in which you can practice it by making your tires glow, they glow the moment you would need to boost, there is also a feature where your vehicle makes smoke to let you know that you need to boost
why does this sound like a national geographic documentary on the habitats of the wombat?
Wifey is kicking my behind since she played the original CTR. Can’t wait to practice all that’s showed here to make some serious improvements 🖖🏼
Lord, I'm so excited. Once I'm off work, this baby is all mine. I've been training just about all my life in preparation for this game's online mode.
Tanis Mech lmao me too, my o my sweet sweet technology.
Same here, see you pros on the track 👍
Tip #10. Research what “Reserves” are and learn about “Sacred Fire” and “Ultimate Sacred”. Theres plenty of videos that explain what they are. Understanding this hidden mechanic in CTR will make you unstoppable against most players.
Oh yeah definitely. I make people DNF on almost every race I come in first on.
Coming from an actual pro,
•Use speed characters, they are just better than the other 3 category's
•Remember to constantly be drifting, remember to make perfect boosts as those will matain your boost better
•Try beating all of n.tropy's times in time trial this will make you a lot better in each track, and if you want to be even better, complete all of the n oxide's time trials. You will be at the best of the 1% of the game if you do that
•If you get a tnt just hop a lot of times and it will come off
•Dont go to close to people with shields, you will get stunned if you touch them
•If you are ahead in first place try to have a shield ready to defend yourself against the blue orbs
•Ask me anything
I worked on this game and there was a few things I didn't even knew! Thanks Playstation Access :)
Wow that's really cool, good job making this masterpiece. Also, what thing you worked at this game? Gameplay, animation, art, or something?
@@kaje3435 I worked on the animations, and thank you and everyone else for the support and praise :) We looked at almost every comments on the internet about the game and it fueled us with determination to do our best :)
@@stevenhamel7922 thanks so much for your hard work and I hope you have great time playing
@@kaje3435 you too pal ;)
I guess I could motivate myself to work harder
10. Be aware of your surroundings. Sometimes you juat don't see those potions while you are too focuaed on trying to get ahead. Other times, somebody just hits you with a bomb from out of nowhere. Sometimes, you accidentally hit a Nitro crate you yourself placed because you wanted to show off.
Remember, CTR isn't just a race, it's also a battle.
A weapon related tip: Place TNTs, Nitros and beacons in midair, they will stay in midair and will be harder to dodge for your opponents.
Advanced Tip: If you hold down and the direction you want to turn and the brake button in midair, you'll do an insanely sharp turn without losing speed, this is how pro players maintain their boost through corners like the hot air skyway hairpin.
Always leave a potion or TNT/Nitro Crates just before or after a ? crate. Perfect against NPCs.
I have never stopped playing. I still have my original disc. It is my pride and joy.
yup
Great video Rob but i'd love to see a few more videos on Judgement too (and yes i still miss Hollie's enthusiasm for the series, but Rosie likes it too) :)
For me Coco was always my choice, on the PS1 game I played as her all the time in CTR and Crash Bash
Rob was born to make this video.
Isn't Pura pronounced "Pur-ruh"? That's how I always said it. Like "pur" because he's a cat.
It's Pur-ruh 😎
I've always said it as pure-ra as a kid, so I probably won't be changing that even though I know it's probably not the right pronunciation.
I always pronounce it as pure-a. Or pyur-a
Pronounce it like the Spanish word
Hey journalists that plays CTR the days before release who can't boost. Watch this first!
I've got 3 simple tips
1. don't play Mario kart
2. *GIT GUD*
3. Play ring rally to learn the maps shortcuts
Rob out here displaying that he really HAS been practicing since the original release xD some of these I had no idea (like the speed boost while powersliding? Fkn glorious)
This game from one race I've played it feels and plays like the original and the graphics are just sexy 🤟🤟
yes i like the game in general but one thing that sucks is every single CNK map that they made changes to the track as we were able drive upside down on some parts and all the loops and stuff
You mentioned pretty much all the main tips, but you forgot a detail about the turbo sliding tip, which is that other than the gauge, you have other visual cues to tell when the turbo is ready:
-When the exhaust smoke turns black
-When the burning lines on the wheels meet at their center (the Nitro Wheels feature).
Obviously, the gauge is better cause more accurate and easy to read, but since it's apart from the track (you have to look at the bottom right corner, leaving the track unattended), the wheels and the exhaust are a more "closer to the track" option.
Great video nonetheless~
Tip: Let go of accelerate and hold brake (square/y depending on the console) to make really tight turns. Even just a small tap can get you around 90 degree turns like the one’s in Papu’s Pyramid, and the speed loss is usually pretty small. Just don’t try to do it out of a powerslide.
I've been a pro since I was 5. Can't wait to pick it up
I feel like you guys left one more thing out. Tip #10: customization. Some people may argue with me but I tested out a theory. I used coco and knowing her build as in average size like how big or small m. She’s average size so I put her in a relatively small vehicle with thin wheels and I was zooming, including powersliding. But I was using fake crash or another character same as him in a average size car and I was going incredibly slow. Even though the wheels and car have no stats in the game, I feel like the size matters. I have noticed that without powersliding some cars are faster than others, also depending on who you put in the car. I refuse to believe that powersliding in this game means everything and I’m gonna find the solution
Top 10 if you beat Rob, you are automatically a master.I
I will take Rob on with my N. Gin!
Crisis Among Infinite Darths AC same, n. gin is my guy
Why N.Gin, that class is sooo bad haha!
Strawberry Knight, when you become a master class CTR player like me and Rob, the only class that truly matters is yourself. You leave everyone in the dust.
Plus, N. Gin, Coco, Pinstripe, and Penta Penguin can access shortcuts that require higher jumps easier than other characters like in Cortex Castle.
None of the classes are bad when you’re good.
@@nedkelly8958 Sewer Speedway shortcut is also WAAAAY easier on an acceleration class than any other class cuz as said before. Their jump is better. And speedrunners all use coco.
Should've mentioned how sacred fire and ultra sacred fire works as mastering these can shave massive amounts of time on some tracks, such as meteor gorge deep sea driving and oxide station etc... Maintaining the USF will lead to you blazing by the other racers.
This isn't crash team racing related but I need to talk about the pain I just went through when it came to getting my recent platinum.
Okay so recently (like the last 6 months) I've become an achieve hunter, I've gone out my way to platinum any game I can and they've all gone well (like I finally got my Rainbow six siege platinum because they fixed a bugged trophy) but by god I'll never complain about how hard a trophy is again.
I recent platinumed DOOM In preparation for DOOM ETERNAL, the thing is is that I 100% EVERYTHING in DOOM BUT...THERE WAS A BUG, it was my last trophy, "Complete the circle" where you have to earn ALL runes, I've done this across 3 different save slots (all bugged) and I never noticed but in my current 100% save I UPGRADED ALL THE RUNES, I then looked in the trophy list out of confusion and I saw this mess, I had all other trophies including the one where I upgrade all runes but I didn't have "Complete the circle" so I had to make ANOTHER save, and I don't play ANY save on the easiest difficulty, the lowest I've gone in DOOM is ultra violence and my 100% save was on nightmare (that was hard) but I decided to be really special and put my new save for just getting the runes on nightmare as well, after 12 hours I've finally got the last trophy and by extension the platinum, the bad thing? I didn't get ANY sleep. Luckily it's school holiday but I'll say this...I'll NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. I will always love DOOM and it's the only game I'd go through all that to platinum...but after that No, never again, I like my sleep, shortening my game time is a good idea
was it worth it?
is this a copypasta
Sweet Glory
Did you Platinum persona 5?
@@stormbreak7003 I don't have persona 5 m8.
If you're like me, a god in old skool CTR. None of it's challenges could faze you. Some mechanics are quite different. Let's take the sewer for example, the hard shortcut is really not as much a matter of speed but of angle and timing. To make the jump, don't focus all your energy on speed. Just make sure you're perpendicular to the edge, you'll jump much higher en be able to pull it of no sweat. Like the good ol' days.
Basically the karts that have the best speed are the best karts in the game cause it's just getting used to the turning and you're set. acel karts are good if you except to be getting hit a lot which shouldn't happen if you're skilled driver. Handling karts are good for snaking on straight runways and beginners but lack the speed needed.
The bosses you unlock are not “upgraded versions” of the characters we start with. They have the same stats.
Back when I was a kid I didn't even know you could drift boost in these games 😂
Been waiting for the release!!
Yeah when I saw that the Platinum required the time trial, I was like ''well, that's a no for me''
I promised to my friends that i get platinum trophy in this game. I just wanna say...
*it was mistake.*
Oh yeah just one trophy remaining: Beat every Nitros Oxide ghosts. Kill Me.
I got the platinum trophy three days ago lol
I am german and my english is okey, not good. But i must say the sound of your voice nd how you speak is brilliant!!!!!!!!!!
I ll be happy to watch replay after finish racing,must be marvelous.
playing against someone in the same room - Hold L1+R1 and Press Triangle, Right (x2), Circle, Left at the menu screen - it'll open up several shortcuts that are difficult without the Super Turbo Pads, especially over the fence on Blizzard Bluff and cutting out a significant section of the track on Papu's Pyramid
I've not played yet but looking forward to it. 😁
Richard Macleay same here. I just picked this up today. I know I won’t be as good as others but as long as I have fun, I’m fine 🙂
Rob absolutely nailed this video!
Rob has been waiting all his life to make this exact video. Love the channel guys!
I’m pretty sure Mario kart doesn’t have this many mechanics
Here are some expert advices..
There are some hidden mechanics u missed, like hitting (square button in ps3/ X button in Xbox) while rotating or drifting in midair will give you a boost if you are driving fast. Just make sure you hit the button while in midair.
Also, the color of the fire indicates how fast and how long the boost will last. I think there are 4 degrees of fire: small red, bing red, yellow, and blue.
Another hint is you can maintain your speed boost if you successfully use the drifting boost. Another way to maintain the boost is by landing while drifting.
I hope that helps.. and good luck with your race 👍
Specific tips, but if you’re in first, the blue homing orb is getting close, and someone is close behind in 2nd, you can let them overtake you so it’ll hit them instead of you (make sure they’re on the other side of the track though). That and there are some boost pads that last indefinitely until you brake or touch a wall, like the one at the end of cortex’s castle.
This game is so super awesome.
all we need now is a crash bash remake
"Characters play different"
"Oxide's ghosts are hard and you need to beat them in every track for the trophy"
"CTR Challenge is the best mode to find shortcuts"
This video didn't aged well, did it?
*Sorry for the bad english
Just posted new video where i am beating Cortex Castle Developer Time Trial. Be sure to check it out!
Great tips. I just picked this up last night and starting figuring it out rather quick. I can't believe I never played the original. I had crash bandicoot as a kid but never heard of CTR. Anyway one tip I have is if you're used to playing racing games like I am, especially for this generation, switch your controller to the alternate setting. This make the acceleration button R2 instead of X. The X button then becomes jump and L1 remains a jump button. I found this very helpful and just feels way more natural especially when power sliding and boosting.
the controling mostly when you got boost from 1 and 4 made it look i play CTR for the first time ever.
Is Rob the best in the world? We need a global leaderboard.
I'm playing CTR since i 6 years old in PS the power sliding got more advanced and the secret places in the track has been able to go more easily thanks for PS4 and thanks for PLAYSTATION ACCESS
This has helped me so much for my switch version! Thank you! Never played it as a kid!
So nice to see so many skilled veterans and newcomers! See you on the racetrack!
I disagree with how you described using items in races, holding items is important but if you're in first and taking the fast route like the short cuts... drop items there as they can even exist in the air. This will throw people off the shortcut especially since a lot have precision or set up in a very simple path. Holding onto rockets though means giving up defense for offense... letting people hit you and take your fruits losing speed and item power and most tracks have a lot of turns making rockets pretty bad and bombs generally better as you can throw that to the side of someone and their TNT or Beaker won't save them.
You need to avoid the crab bucket and get people stuck in it, that person in 8th getting an Orb that decimates you in first will happen... your Nitro becomes a TNT which isn't worth calling an item and that Beaker becomes green doing very little in of itself. Get in first and stay in first by cutting off the fast routes. If you know how each class handles and their turning radius this makes it even easier as a beaker can force someone to fall off the track one way or the other...
2019 and the nostalgia from this video is bringing back so many memories thanks for the vid man
I am the best Mario Kart player in my circle of family and friends, but learning to slide as a newbie in CTR is rough. Can't wait til it clicks in my brain and I am zipping around faster than Nitros.
In ctr 1999 i was always 1st..but in The new one im last one :D
God yes... I just picked up this game today. It's been... a humbling experience.
Same bro, like did this game get harder ?
Doesn't help that some of the physics have changed... walls now cuck you of all your speed instead of bumping you back on the track.
I've beat CTR back in the day so many times, Oxide times and all...but currently going online, its insane!
Although I am starting to get in 3rd/4th place now lol
@@Calypz0910 same bro same. I have to go tryhard mode just to get 3rd or 4th online. Its insane
3:08 After the 2nd red light turns on I start filling that bar, I do it three times and it's always fully filled that way, I hope u understand what I wanted to say and it will hopefully help someone.
That first point is almost completely wrong. Yes, there are a bunch of characters in the game. But there's only 4 classes: "slow" turning characters (pura, polar, etc.) , the intermediate characters (crash, cortex, etc.), "fast" characters (dingodile, tiny, etc.) and acceleration characters (n gin, coco, etc.). Realistically, only the fast and acceleration classes are viable on a competitive level and the others are rather situational. And yes, every character fits into one of these four classes. There are no "upgraded versions" of other characters.
I'd also say that the setup for the boost display is a big difference. If you get thrown off by the small boost display, then the large one might be better suited for you.
The AI in adventure mode is so frustrating but the game is still fun. Thanks for the tips.
For tip 3 for a easy way to time it is to watch the back of your kart when the smoke from your exhaust turns black you can get your boost if you wait a split second after the black smoke you will get the full boost that way you never have to look at the bottom right of your screen and can keep your eyes on the track and your character
My dream game was CTR NF. I did not buy a PS4, but now I can play it on PS5. I got it! I'm so happy! =D Came here for the awesome tips, thank you!
Can't wait for this to come to PC. CTR was the first game I ever played and first game I owned so the nostalgia is pretty real!
I hope the graphics look glorious on PC
My other comment is much more advanced stuff, so for the newbies who are intimidated by it, here are some more simple tips I can give you regarding powerup usage.
Bowling bombs are clumsy and inaccurate, so I like to use them for things other than shooting the players when I can. For example, did you know that if you shoot a crate with one, you will get what it gives you? Good for collecting wumpa fruit without going out of your way to hit a distant box. Another good use is to remove a trap before you hit it. Also, you're more likely to hit by tossing a bomb behind you on a straightaway.
Placing traps on powerup boxes is neat, but here are some other things you can do. If you place it onto a wumpa fruit box, you can prevent that box from reappearing until someone removes the trap. Also, place traps directly before jumps. If your opponent hit it, they will fall off the track, turning even a green potion into a nuisance that will cost them a ton of time. If you want to prevent people from taking shortcuts, you can place your traps right before the shortcut so that they can't make it. If you want to screw with the more advanced players, you can also place traps on top of turbo pads so that it is harder for advanced players to use them to get Sacred Fire or maintain their reserves.
If you get a homing orb, don't use it until you are juiced up so that it hits everyone in front of you. Conversely, if you're in first and you get a shield, don't shoot it. It will keep you from getting hit by a homing orb at least once. If you have an opponent directly behind you and a homing orb is hurtling at you, you can also let them pass so that they become the target of the orb instead. Lastly, for more advanced players, if you get a missile or an orb and you know a jump or an Ultra Sacred Fire pad is coming, wait to use it until just before your opponent reaches it to prevent them from getting USF, which can cost them the race if you're good at Sacred Fire yourself, or to make them fall off the stage. Or both.
Most of the skills from CTR are transferrable from Mario Kart. Some of the mechanics are different like drifting and items, but generally, they’re the same. If you’ve mastered one, you’ve mastered the other.
Except for drifting and very sharp turns Mario kart sharp turn only requires u brakeing at the right time while crash team racing requires you pressing multiple buttons.
ATTENTION. CAREFUL WITH TIME TRIALS, THE MODE IS LINKED TO SAVE CORRUPTION ON PS4 WHICH SHOULD BE PATCHED SOON BUT JUST STAY WARY
If you're on Xbox One or Nintendo Switch, this is reportedly not an issue. But yes, I will wait on my PS4 copy to get into time trials.
This is very useful and i actually knew 8/9 tips, except the first one, though its the same which one you pick
What a great tips video. I've just bought this on switch but this is really well presented. Great work.
This game (and the original) is the reason why Rob is here 😁
From a seasoned veteran, these are really good tips! Well done!
as of now online has been kind of easy for me.. most of the times no one even get a chance to finish a race.
Ranked mode would be nice.
I remember loving playing as the tiger when I was a little kid. That or the polar bear.
This is essentially the tips given during Adventure mode after winning each race...
This.
I don't know why people are thanking him for sharing his "secrets", it's all common sense stuff, no secrets here. If he had a number 10, it would have been..."Know which controller buttons do what".
Omg this was my childhood!!! Watching this gave me so much nostalgia
Yassssssssss!!! So, so excited for this! Ctr was my childhood! Brilliant video, Rob! Can't wait to get racing 🏁🏁🏁
Man the power slide mechanic on this is tough to get the hang of. Seems like I just cannot he into the power slide half the time.
Same, I a,ways just hop. It’s so weird.
Oh Robert you devious man, this platinum looks very tough, not played this game in years, good luck in getting platinum and go smash em online!!
Tip 10: Learn how to utilize the speed boosts given by warp pads
I wouldn't say race smart but race consistent.
*Crunch* my BOI, we got work to do👍
Crunch main gang
I never used powerslides/boosts when I played this as a kid, but still used to be great at it. I should really learn how to 'boost'.