Crash Team Racing
Crash Bandicoot is already a household name but his popularity 
is set to soar with the release of CRASH TEAM RACING. It’s a 
frantic free-for-all go-kart spectacular with a very addictive
 nature and what’s more it has all your favourite Crash cast 
characters as the contestants. (Try saying that when you’ve had
 a few…!) Games like this just need playing not justifying but
 for those who like to know what’s going on here’s the story so
 far. 

Freak of nature, Dr. Nitros Oxide has delusions about taking 
over the world. A childhood accident turned him into a speed 
freak and now he’s on the lookout for a world to conquer. He’s
 invented a thing called the Hyper Activator that will turn the
 planet into a speed zone but Dr. Neo Cortex has other ideas. 
Gathering friends and enemies together he’s trying to find the
 fastest driver, one worthy of taking on and beating the mad 
scientist in the final showdown and thus preventing him from 
activating the activator.  

Players can choose to control any one of 8 characters that 
include Crash, Coco, Pinstripe and Ripper Roo and hurl them 
around 20 themed circuits. These could be anything from the ice 
and snow bound tracks of Blizzard Bluff and Polar Pass to the 
subterranean perils of the Dragon Mines or Sewer Speedway. 
Whichever track you find yourself on you’ll have more than 
twisting circuits, jumps, ramps and obstacles to contend with.
 Each of the other drivers wants to win so badly they’ll try any
 dirty trick in the book to manage it. 

Fortunately the tracks are littered with Wumpa Fruit and bonus
 crates that contain weapons and power ups. These could be 
bombs, missiles, TNT crates, Nitro, poison, invincibility or 
turbo boosters all of which have some hilarious effects on the
 other contenders and you too if you happen to be in someone’s
 sights. Some weapons can be dropped onto the track for unwary 
drivers to crash into so you’ll need your wits about you. The 
karts are, however, pretty manoeuvrable and able to hop, skid 
and power slide aided by on-track go faster stripes and a good 
selection of race types such as adventure, time trial, battle 
and grand prix will get you used to handling them.