• Version 0.1 - Getting the info typed up.
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• Version 1.0 - Official Unoffical Tick CTR Strategy Guide completed and released.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (11/97) - Cortex, after falling from his exploding shjip, discovers new purple Crystals.  Neo has no one to turn to and tricks Crash into retrieving the Crysatls.  He kidnaps Crash and tells him that he is going to save the world with them.  Boy, is that Crash gullible, or what?!?!
       Everything they didn't do with the first Crash were implemented in this sequel.  The hundreds of frames of animation in the last Crash game become thousands.  The worlds become larger and more dynamic.  Tons more levels, monsters, and bosses fill the new world with life and character.  This game becomes the new best selling Playstaion game (replacing the orginal Crash.)  1st apperances of Tiny, Polar, Coco, Dr. N. Gin, and Komodo Joe.

Crash Bandicoot Warped (11/98) - The sequel to the sequel.  We find out that Neo is a subordinate to Uka-Uka, an evil version of every best friend Aku-Aku.  In this one, N. Trophy and Neo are traveling through time and its up to Crash to stop their evil plan from succeeding.
      The thousands of frames in that last game are now tens of thosands.  The game is gorgeous, lush, full of color, and pushes the Playstations bounds to new limits.  New levels types are introduced like driving, flying, and riding a dino.  You can even play as Coco.  The game is pure gold and it steals audiences breath away at E3.  1st appearances of Uka-Uka, N. Trophy, Pura, Dingodile. 

Crash Team Racing (10/99) - This is the game that this Guide is all about.  The final game featuring that beloved hero - Crash (so they say). 1st appearances of Nitros Oxide.

The Turbo Powerup
      This is the simplest method of turbos, just click the circle button and your off.  The thing is when to use it, save it for long stretches where you can't jump or powersilde for turbos.

The Turbo Start
    This is the method of beginning your race out with a bang.  By holding down the gas at just the right time your kart with turbo when the llight goes green.  To time it correctly, watch your exhaust.  You want the green light to hit durring the time your exhaust is black.  Also, there is a meter on your speedometer/map that shows the same thing.  The meter rises as you hold the accelerator down and when the color of it changes to red, your exhaust will change to black.

The Turbo Pad
      These are the green flashing arrows on the track.  Just drive over it and VAROOM.  Hiting them in succsession will throw you into awesome speeds.  There are also Turbo Ramps that give you speed when you take off and when you land due to the...

Hang Time Turbo
      Original to the kart game genre are new ways of getting speed.  One of these is the Jump Turbo.  When you drive off a ramp or hill, press the jump button (L1/R1) and if you get enough air, you will be rewarded with a turbo boost.  The higher the jump, the more turbo you get. 

The Powerslide Turbo
   This is the most difficult type of turbo boost to pull off.  Not to say that it isn't easy once you get the hang of it, it's all timing.  As you enter a sharp turn, press the jump button (L1/R1) and you will begin to powerslide.  When the exhaust of your engines turns black (this smoke only lasts a second or two) press the other shoulder pad button (R1/L1).  You can preform this boost three times per powerslide and as you leave the turn still be turbos down the straight-away.   Also, experts, you can do this on a straight away, beginning the slide is the only tricky part.

Fire Tracking Missiles at the Kart Behind You
      This ones pretty neat.  Actually, the way I learned about this is I watched the compouter do it to another computer Kart.  It's pretty simple, as you come around a corner, take it wider than the guy behind you.  Enter a powerslide and if you take the turn right, you'll see your opponent tuening next to you taking the better line around the corner.  Just fire away and the missile will go straight towrds him/her!  The greatest thing about this is there is almost nothing you can do to prevent the missile from hit you.  The other guy driving will be very shocked, as a missile comes head-on into him/her.

Avoiding Missiles the Hard Way
      This is one of the tricks I did by pure luck.  This stunt will only work if you get the timing down perfect.  As you see the missile getting closer (By looking at your lock-on detector) get ready to hop.  If you jump at the right moment, the missile will explode right as you leap into the air.  The explosion will not take you out,but I'm not sure if the trick works if the missile is Juiced (I don't think that the explosion of a missile hurts anyways.).  This is a very difficult trick and if you can do it reliably, you a fabulous CTR player!

Using TNT a Completely New Way
      This one is pretty simple to pull off and it looks really cool.  Using your rear view, check out how far the people are behind you.  The correct distance for this trick is about 10 kart lengths (the karts should look about half their normal size in your rear view).  If anyone is in the vaccinity of that area, try this out.  Run over a TNT box and begin hopping immediately.  When the box jumps off your head, it will fly backwards and explode.  TNT boxes have a pretty good radius, so accuarcy doesn't matter much.  You'll know this works when your friends shout in shock. 

Straightaway Powerslide Turbos
      This is one of the more important advanced stategies to learn.  In Time Trial, N. Trophy (and probably Oxide) use this during their ghost races.  Usually, you go pretty slow down straightaways, and for me, that's when the ghost get their distance.  But if you hop and quickly enter a powerslide (slide just enough to make black smoke), you can turbo and turn back forward to use the last two black smoke turbos on the straight path.  I highly suggest using this to be N. Trophy and Oxide's times.

Crush Your Opponents
      This is pretty difficult but very simple (and also pretty funny).  Hop up and land on your rival and they will be crushed.  When you're flattened you drive very slow (just like a red potion).  Most of the time when this happens its due to luck, but on the right track and the and places it can be planned and used very effectively.  A place to practice at is Blizzard Bliff.  In the area where the boulder rolls back and forth, drive up the slopped wall.  Most AI karts take the lower path and you can hop of the wall and onto the heads with a little bit of practice.

Jump Over Opponents
      After getting a turbo (using any of the above mentioned methods) you can hop off of and over your opponents.  While driving with a wheelie, you must have popped a wheelie, approach the kart in front of you and when you get real close, you will drive right over them (giving you another boost, from the jump - try to chain these jumps together)!  The best thing is that the kart you jump over is crushed!

Unlock The North Bowl Battle Stage:
Win 1st place in all 4 Arcade Cups on Medium difficulty.

Unlock Lab Basement Battle Stage:
Win 1st place in all 4 Arcade Cups on Hard difficulty.

Unlock Fourth Battle Mode Track:
Unless some states otherwise, I think that this track is bogus, fru-fru information.

Unlock Turbo Track in Versus Mode:
In Adventure Mode, get all 5 Colored Gems and win 1st place in the Turbo Track race.

Unlock Oxide Station in Versus Mode:
Unless someone knows something that I haven't done, then this isn't possible.

Unlock Yellow Gem Cup (Adventure Mode):
Complete and gather all four Yellow CTR Tokens.

Unlock Green Gem Cup (Adventure Mode):
Complete and gather all four Green CTR Tokens.

Unlock Blue Gem Cup (Adventure Mode):
Complete and gather all four Blue CTR Tokens.

Unlock Red Gem Cup (Adventure Mode):
Complete and gather all four Red CTR Tokens.

Unlock Purple Gem Cup (Adventure Mode):
Complete and gather all four Purple CTR Tokens.

Race as Papu Papu in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
Win 1st place in the Green Gem Cup in Adventure Mode

Race as Komodo Joe in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
Win 1st place in the Blue Gem Cup in Adventure Mode

Race as Pinstripe in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
Win 1st place in the Red Gem Cup in Adventure Mode

Race as Fake Crash in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
Win 1st place in the Purple Gem Cup in Adventure Mode

Race as Penta Penquin in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
At the Main Menu, hold L1 and R1 and press Down, Right, Triangle, Down, Left, Triangle, Up.  You'll hear a chime if you have done the code correctly.

Race as N. Tropy in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
1. Get a really good time on any track.  If you finish quick enough you will unlock N. Tropy's ghost.
2. Beat N. Tropy's ghost, no easy matter I tell you!
3. Do this for every  race of the Trime Trial Mode.

Race as Nitros Oxide in Versus, Arcade, Time Trial, and Battle Modes:
This, apparently, is not possible.  The method previously though unlock Oxide was this:
1. After you beat N. Tropy's ghost, Nitros Oxide's ghost will appear.
2. Beat Oxide
 3. Do this for all tracks in Time Trial and Oxide's is now yours.
Many have done this, and no one has Oxide.

Race as N.Brio, Tawna, T-Rex, or Koala Kong:
As far as I know, these racers don't exsist.  Don't email me telling they do unless you explain how I can get them (I hate that "It's on my memory card but trust me it's real" stuff - all FRU-FRU!!!)

• Pick you character carfully.  You'll have him/her the entire game unless you want to start over.  , Avoid picking Polar or Pura, unless it's your only option, due to their low speed.
• Listen to Aku-Aku if you seem to be losing a lot.  He explains things very well.  In fact, that's how I know much about the game (as it was just a four day rental with no instruction book).
• For any shortcuts that needs to be spanned by a large jump, the can be made much easier if you have a Turbo of Aku-Aku/Uka-Uka as your powerup.
• Don't drive on bumby roads, they'll always slow you down.  Dirt, pebbles, sand, etc can cause you to lose big time.  The exception to this have a good poewrup, i.e. Aku-Aku/Uka-Uka or a Turbo.  These will allow you to sustain you high speeds and take a better, quicker path to beat the opponents.
• You can't challenge any Bosses until you have won each trophy of the four tracks of that area.  Winning a trophy consists of placing first in the standings.
• You can't go after CTR Tokens (including the Purple ones) or Relics until you have beat the Boss of that area and obtained his key.
• The are three endings in Adventure Mode and you can get more than 100%.
• To get over 100%, you can't have any Sapphire relics.

Bomb Squad
      This is a simple variant.  Turn all items off excpet for Bowling Bombs.  In a game like this, more open tracks like Rocky Road or the North Bowl play much better.

CHARGE!!!
      This game is crazy.  First of all, in the setup, take off all items except Aku-Aku, the Power Shield, and Invisibility  (this is an option, if you'd like to please take off invisibilty).  The way this game is played is basic, charge your opponent.  Here is the heirachy on how the weapns work:  Power Shields beat an unarmed kart (duh), but is neutral to itself (meaning that no damage is done to either kart if the players both have Power Shields), But Power Shields lose to Aku-Aku.  So, while Aku-Aku is the most powerful, he is only a limited time deal!   I recommend a small, open arena for this match so that the players will frequently meet up.  

Power Tag
       Similar to CHARGE!! but a little different. Turn on just the Power Shield and set it to a Life Limit (the limit, 5, 10, or 15 is up to you)  Before the game begins decide who is "it".  The player currently "it" is the only one allowed to put on the shield.  He/she then drives around trying to smash the other karts, tagging them, and making them "it".  This is really fun, I highly recommend it if you have three or four players.  To make it easier for the "it" kart to tag, you can add our house rule: only "it" may use turbos (like powerslide turbos) so that the "it" player may have a little advantage over his/her enemies.

The Driving Test
      This is a game of obsticles.  In the setup, only turn on the two objects that you can leave on the ground (the TNT Box and the Potion) and the speed items (Turbos and Super Engines)  The game consist of laying as many items onthe ground as possible, while trying to avoid them (which is especially difficult when you are going turbo speed!)  This game usaully lasts a while, since everyone is losing kills becuase they run into their own items, so making it a Time Limit game can help.  This is best played on very small arenas, like the Parking Lot or Rocky Road.

Suicide
      This is a very simple game, but still very fun.  Set, in the options, the game to be based on a Time victory (the length is up to you).  Put any weapons on you would like, but turn off missiles.  When the game begins the one and only objective is to hurt yourself.  Do it anyway you can, but be warned that you will be slowed down by things like Aku-Aku and Power Shields.  When the time is up, the 4th place kart is the winner.