
The main antagonist of the story, Nitros Oxide, is the self-proclaimed fastest racer in the galaxy who threatens to turn Earth into a concrete parking lot. To win the game, the player must collect all trophies, Boss Keys, Relics, CTR Tokens and Gems before defeating Nitros Oxide in a one-on-one race. If one of these cups is won, a Gem is awarded. A Gem Cup consists of four tracks in a row, in which the player must race for points. Gem Cups are racing tournaments held against computer-controlled opponents and are accessible in a secret area in the 'Gemstone Valley' world. If the player collects four tokens of the same color, the player will be able to access the Gem Cup of the corresponding color. The Purple CTR tokens are awarded for beating the Crystal Bonus Round by collecting 20 Crystal under a certain time limit. These tokens come in five different colors: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow and Purple.

If the player manages to collect all three letters and come in first place, a 'CTR Token' is awarded. Another mode, the CTR Challenge, is played like a normal race, except that the player must also collect the letters C, T and R scattered throughout the track. The player wins a Relic by beating the time indicated on the screen. If all of the Time Crates are destroyed, the player's final time is reduced by ten seconds. 'Time Crates' scattered throughout the level freeze the game timer when a player drives through them. Īfter beating levels, new modes become available, such as the Relic Race, in which the player races through the track alone and completes three laps in the fastest time possible. If the boss character is defeated, the character will relinquish a Boss Key, which the player uses to access new worlds and ultimately to face Oxide inside his spaceship. In the Boss Garage, the player competes in a one-on-one race against a boss character. When the player receives all four trophies in a world, the 'Boss Garage' of that world can be accessed. In each level, the player must win a trophy by coming in first place. As the player wins more races, more tracks on multiple worlds become available. In the beginning of the game, the player only has access to two levels. The objective of the Adventure Mode is to save the world from the story's antagonist, Nitros Oxide, by winning races on 16 different tracks. The 'Adventure Mode' is a one-player game where the player must race through all of the tracks and arenas in the game and collect as many trophies, Relics, Boss Keys, CTR Tokens and Gems as possible.


A PlayStation multitap can be installed to allow three or four-player games. In each mode, the player selects 1 from 8 characters to control. Modes Ĭrash Team Racing features 5 racing modes: Adventure, Time Trial, Arcade, Versus and Battle.

The longer the player is in the air, the bigger the speed boost will be when the kart lands. Aside from power slides, speed boosts can be obtained by gathering hang time when leaping over gaps in the track. If the player waits too long into the power slide for a boost, the kart back-fires and the chance for a speed boost is lost power sliding for too long causes a spin-out. The player can execute three speed boosts in a row during a power slide, with the third speed boost being more powerful than the previous two. To get a speed boost, the player quickly presses the opposite shoulder button while the Turbo Boost Meter is red. At the same time, the exhaust gas from the player's kart turns black. While sliding, the 'Turbo Boost Meter' on the lower-right corner of the screen fills up and goes from green to red. A crucial maneuver in Crash Team Racing is the power slide the player executes the slide by holding down one of the shoulder buttons to perform a hop, and steering before the kart lands.
