CRASH TEAM RACING


by Jay "THE FLEA" Wade

Sony Playstation has finally done it. A good kart racing game. Crash Bandicoot and all his friends has returned, but this time to race go-karts. Most all the crash team are here; Crash, Coco, Cortex, Tiny, N. Gin plus seven more. This is the best kart game sense Mario Kart. Just like most kart games you race strange tracks and collect weapons and power-ups to knock your opponents of the track.

CTR has a lot more then what any of the others could ever offer. Most of the tracks have booby traps and obstacles to watch out for, short cuts, and you can discover new moves and tricks to help you get to the finish line a little earlier. There's and Adventure mode where you not only race to win against the computer cars. Then replay tracks to open secrets and collect items. You can also beat the computer's time to gain secrets.

There's Vs. mode four you and three of your friends to race and knock each other off the road. Battle mode for you and some friends to go at each other in combat. Time Trail and a Arcade mode. The graphics are some of the best ever seen in a kart game. Beautiful designed tracks and the control is flawless. There's ton's to do in this game. If your a fan of kart racing this is a must have.

PUBLISHER: SONY / NAUGHTY DOG

GRAPHICS: 10

MUSIC & SOUND: 9

CONTROL: 10

SECRETS: 10

ORIGINALITY: 8.5

FUN & REPLAY: 10

OVERALL: 9.5