Crash Team Racing

"Great game, but pretty easy."

This game is very fun, but it's very easy.
GRAPHICS 10/10
The graphics in this game are wonderful. When you're on ice, you can see white tracks behind your player as if you were sliding on the ice. Also, when you get a turbo boost, you can see fire coming out of the engine as if you needed fire to go faster.
SOUND 7/10
The sounds okay, like when you get a warp orb, you can hear some sound like some laser type of thing is traveling along the track. Also, when you shoot a missle, you can hear a laser sounding thing as when your getting chased by a missle. The funniest thing though, is Ripper Roo's laugh. You have to hear it. The only bad thing is that the hum of the engine gets annoying after awhile.
MUSIC 8/10
The music in this game is excellent. In the level Polar Pass, you can hear a jingle bells type of sound in the background. In Dragon Mines, you can hear music as if you were in some kind of mine. The one down fall to the music of this game is that it doesn't stick in your head very easily.
CHALLENGE 4/10
This game is very easy. in some levels, it's a bit tough but other than that, a pushover. My brother got 100% in a few days! I guess if you want the game to be harder you can unlock the secret battle arenas or try to get good times and beat Nitrus Oxide in time trial but other than that, very easy game.
CONTROL 10/10
The control for this game rules! R1 or L1 makes you sharp turn, (or sometimes jump) X makes you advance, the D-pad or analog stick makes you turn, O makes you use a power-up, the control is excellent!
GAMEPLAY 8/10
As I have said before, the game is easy but there is a lot in this game like juiced up, secret characters and battle arenas, different characters with different stats, I think this game is incredibely fun but very easy. The three things that will last you awhile are, vs, because you race your friends, battle, because you battle your friends and time trial, because it's very diffucult to unlock N. Tropy, beat him, unlock Nitrus Oxide, and than beat him.
OVERALL 7/10
This game is very fun and in some modes, pretty difucult, but adventure you can just breeze through like nothing was there. Too bad too because it's a very fun game. At least they have the gems and such from previous games.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 02/11/01, Updated 02/11/01