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A Crash Team Racing Remake may be announced at The Game Awards 2018 (Update: Eurogamer confirms)
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They better not alter the controls for this one like in the trilogy. As someone who has put hundreds of hours into the Mario Kart series until part 8 before even touching the og Crash Racing, I was shocked at how much ahead of its time the latter was. Even more so since it had several mechanics of modern Mario Kart long before Mario Kart. With a robust online mode, this could be the GOAT kart game. Because the gameplay holds up incredibly well and is in some aspects still more satisfying than even MK8.
Same, and now we will potentially be able to test this online against others and get absolutely fucking destroyed lol.
The worst MK laps CTR. Truly one of the most over rated games ever made imo.
Hopefully the remake is at least 60fps.
it'll be pretty sad if it's not.
...unless they use the lame-ass excuse of the original being 30fps and them wanting to replicate the exact same experience. didn't they use some excuse like that for the trilogy?
Wow. Sounds like TGA is going to be awesome this year. Too bad it's in the middle of the night for us Europeans. :(
As for CTR, I hope I get a chance to play it on my console of choice. I was a Mario Kart kid that gen and even my Playstation only friends didn't own or play CTR. The posts praising it in this thread makes it sound like it was something truly special.
As for CTR, I hope I get a chance to play it on my console of choice. I was a Mario Kart kid that gen and even my Playstation only friends didn't own or play CTR. The posts praising it in this thread makes it sound like it was something truly special.
if you have no nostalgia for it there's like a 20% chance your reaction will be "wtf is this shit?", but if you end up liking it it's great, has great single player content too.
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It's fitting too because Naughty Dog started development on CTR by remaking Diddy Kong Racing levels in order to get a feel for how to make a good kart racer.
Hated MK64 handling and graphics were downright ugly
Later MK games fixed this somewhat, but Mk8 really elevated to the top of the genre
I love the concept of kart / mascot racers at least. Mario Kart 8 and Sonic Racing Transformed being my recent-ish favourites in the genre. Mario Kart 7 and Joy Ride Turbo were solid games too.
The single player part especially sounds great to me. Joy Ride Turbo actually was a pretty good game in that regard. The racing wasn't amazing, but I loved the open world collectathon levels.
And I always hated how they changed the handling on the latest MK games :(
In what fantasy world does your CTR exist? In mine, while it was fun, it was a technical turd. It didn't target 60 and worse yet it didn't even maintain it's lower target very well, which is pivotal for any kart game. They got the most important aspect dreadfully wrong. Hopefully they do better the second time around.
Hell no.
I've never understood the Mario Kart vs Crash Team Racing thing considering CTR is largely based on Diddy Kong Racing, not Mario Kart.
I like how posts like these either never bother to quantify them, have never played CTR at all or enough to compare the two, or reasoning simply boils down to "cause it's MARIO, Crash Bandiwho??"
Should we expect to hear why and how, or is it just yet another drive-by with no elaboration?
Both are amazing games released within 2 years of each other, but CTR stands at 88 on MC, and MK64 sits at 83. Sounds pretty simple to me.
DKR and CTR both wipe the floor with MK64. I get it we all have nostalgia for MK64, especially the battle mode. Its aged like shit in comparison to those other two games.
The only other mascot racer thats come close is probably Sega Racing Transformed.
Still waiting for a mario kart with a big single player world or tons of modes.
The only other mascot racer thats come close is probably Sega Racing Transformed.
Still waiting for a mario kart with a big single player world or tons of modes.
They're still salty from the crow they ate when Crash proved to be a hit.
This seems like such an odd thing to hold against Crash, since most of the biggest kart racers of that generation didn't target 60fps.
I'm leaving this thread until this is confirmed...
Love CTR! Hopefully this won't be exclusive and has online MP.
Hyped for this.
Love CTR! Hopefully this won't be exclusive and has online MP.
Hyped for this.
Gotta love a kart racer that actually expects and rewards you for playing well.
If nothing else I'm really excited to see all the incredible artwork finally realized as it was meant to be. That's going to be amazing.
If nothing else I'm really excited to see all the incredible artwork finally realized as it was meant to be. That's going to be amazing.
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Look, let's just all agree that all these Kart racers (Crash, Mario, Diddy Kong, Sonic etc.) are great in their own unique ways and there's no reason why they can't peacefully co-exist without having to compete with each other.
besides, none of those titles could ever hold a candle to this iconic Playstation racer:
besides, none of those titles could ever hold a candle to this iconic Playstation racer:
I wasn't a huge fan of CTR back in the day because I thought the drifting system was awful and the characters were lifeless.
That said, I'll gladly take any new kart racing game.
I also second the sentiment that everyone comparing Mario Kart to this is way off the mark because it's much closer to Diddy Kong Racing.
That said, I'll gladly take any new kart racing game.
I also second the sentiment that everyone comparing Mario Kart to this is way off the mark because it's much closer to Diddy Kong Racing.
It would be cool if we could have 60FPS for CTR, but I don't see it happening at all. There is no way they'd prioritize how the game handles technically over how visually striking it is. The latter appeals to a broader audience, unfortunately.
In any case, it's not a deal breaker for me.
In any case, it's not a deal breaker for me.
The difference being Nintendo almost always strives for a consistent framerate. So yes, I do hold that against Naughty Dog.
So can someone explain to me just how great this game was? I've only played for maybe 10 minutes around five years ago. For reference, I absolutely loved Diddy Kong Racing back in the day.
This is an even more odd thing to say, considering MK64 not only has a massively inconsistent framerate, but may likely hold the crown as having the lowest most inconsistent framerate of any 3D Nintendo release. From an FPS standpoint, CTR is bounds ahead on top of pushing more geometry and texture work.
I go into this in my post in the last page.
If you're talking about the technical aspect specifically, CTR was miles ahead of Mario Kart 64. MK64 was also a 30fps game but usually sat around 20fps for most tracks. I played a lot of Crash Team Racing, and I can confidently say that the single player at least was generally a smooth 30.
CTR also looks substantially better than MK64 in terms of textures/geometry. Watch this video and show me a single track on MK64 that doesn't look like garbage today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8fVRSoVmLg
Mostly drive-by and hyperbole. While I can say I never liked CTR handling nor it's tracks (and none of the playable characters were interesting to me), honestly I never played it enough to give it a fair assesment of the game. So yeah, my post was hyperbole and tongue-in-cheek fanboyism.
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If anything, im kinda sad nobody talks about All Stars Racing Transformed. It was just so good man. And that OST...CRAZY!!
Well thanks for at least coming forward to say as much. I love all Kart racers and still really enjoy the likes of SASRT or MK8D, it just stands to me that CTR brought a lot of polish and value to the table that almost no other Kart racer has attempted or managed to nail, so I encourage you to give it a shot at some point with this remake. If VV nails it that is.
Would be great if it is confirmed to be Crash Team Racing. Only played it a few times, and thought it was a decent alternative to Mario Kart (at the time)
I'm even more sad that no one mentions Muppet Race Mania. Not just a great kart racer with a wealth of content, it even let you play as the Swedish Chef.
Yep. Always a criminally overlooked racer. It was excellent.
Been a long time since I saw MK64 in action, and holy hell it looks rough.
That comparison video has actually gotten me tempted to download CTR on my Vita tonight for a replay though.
Are you kidding? People talk about it all the time here, and rightly so. Sega All Stars is my second favourite Kart racing game ever behind Mario Kart 8. It's seriously good.
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