"We had so many interesting locations that we had already put together," Dan reflects, "so we could call from all the different levels from the previous Crash games. So we were like: ‘Can we do this? It might be a little different, a change of pace for the team.'"įurther planning followed, including discussions on where the courses for CTR were going to be set. We had so many cool locations that could make the perfect racing universe. We had all these 3D art assets, we had a rich set of characters and a rich universe. But we thought we were getting to a point where we could actually do something 3D that didn’t require precalculations, so you could move the camera around a lot more latterly.
"The Warped camera system was sort of locked in place and it had a precalculated number of polygons. So in order to square this circle, Dan and his team pitched the first fully-3D Crash title in the form of a kart racer they called Crash Team Racing – or CTR for short. For Sony, Crash had basically become its de facto mascot." And, of course, Sony was pushing for one more Crash. We wanted to do something fresh, but we loved the universe and we loved the characters. And we came to this idea that we didn’t want to do a fourth Crash, because the team had done so much of that. We were in meetings as Warped was finishing up, thinking about what our next project was going to be. "We had done three Crash games," Arey begins, "and Crash Warped had been a really, really intense nine-month project. If you want in-depth features on classic video games delivered straight to your doorstop (or your inbox), then you really should subscribe to Retro Gamer. N.This feature first appeared in Retro Gamer magazine.Nash – Buy from Pit Stop for 1500 Coins – Speed: 4/7 – Acceleration: 7/7 – Turn: 3/7.Big Norm – Buy from Pit Stop for 1500 Coins – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7.Small Norm – Buy from Pit Stop for 1500 Coins – Speed: 5/7 – Acceleration: 5/7 – Turn: 5/7.Krunk – Buy from Pit Stop for 1500 Coins – Speed: 3/7 – Acceleration: 5/7 – Turn: 7/7.Crunch – Buy from Pit Stop for 1500 Coins – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7.Nitrous Oxide – Defeat Nitrous Oxide in the Adventure Mode – Speed: 4/7 – Acceleration: 7/7 – Turn: 3/7.Penta Penguin – In the Main Menu hold + and press, ,, ,, , / XB1: Hold + + press / Nintendo Switch: Hold + + press – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7.
N.Tropy – Beat all of his Time Trial Ghosts – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7 Fake Crash – Obtain the Purple Gem in Adventure Mode – Speed: 5/7 – Acceleration: 5/7 – Turn: 5/7.
Pinstripe – Beat him in Adventure Mode – Speed: 4/7 – Acceleration: 7/7 – Turn: 3/7.Komodo Joe – Beat him in Adventure Mode – Speed: 5/7 – Acceleration: 5/7 – Turn: 5/7.Papu Papu – Beat him in Adventure Mode – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7.Ripper Roo – Beat him in Adventure Mode – Speed: 3/7 – Acceleration: 4/7 – Turn: 7/7.Polar – Available from the start – Speed: 3/7 – Acceleration: 4/7 – Turn: 7/7.Pura – Available from the start – Speed: 3/7 – Acceleration: 4/7 – Turn: 7/7.Dingodile – Available from the start – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7.N.Gin – Available from the start – Speed: 4/7 – Acceleration: 7/7 – Turn: 3/7 Coco Bandicoot – Available from the start – Speed: 4/7 – Acceleration: 7/7 – Turn: 3/7.Tiny Tiger – Available from the start – Speed: 7/7 – Acceleration: 3/7 – Turn: 2/7.Neo Cortex – Available from the start – Speed: 5/7 – Acceleration: 5/7 – Turn: 5/7 Crash Bandicoot – Available from the start – Speed: 5/7 – Acceleration: 5/7 – Turn: 5/7.