Is Crash Team Racing the best Mario Kart like ?
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Shuggananas
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this is wrong. the drifting in CTR is designed for babies, there is literally no skill involved, just drift with one button then spam another one for free turbos
This is my favorite non Mario Kart "silly" racing game.
![37207-Motor_Toon_Grand_Prix_[NTSC-U]-1.jpg](http://s.emuparadise.org/fup/up/37207-Motor_Toon_Grand_Prix_[NTSC-U]-1.jpg)
I still find it so amazing that this was essentially secretly a Gran Turismo prototype.
Aside from the obvious, DKR with CTR coming closely behind...
Why has South Park Rally not been mentioned? This game was awesome, think the Dreamcast one was the definitive version. I loved how many secrets were tucked away in this game.
that game was awful..
Darth Smurf X
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What? Nobody wants to claim this as the best kart game of all time?
I, personally, loved CTR. I played that game in college more than I'd care to admit.
I, personally, loved CTR. I played that game in college more than I'd care to admit.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
Exactly.
Completely agree. CTR is the kart GOAT
Blur doesn't count because, you know, cars. Not karts. Otherwise that takes the cake.
I always preferred Diddy Kong Racing, personally.
Loved that game, so many memories.
Killa Sasa
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DKR feels so slow now, I played it recently. Must've been the MK8 effect.
Personally All Star Racing comes the closest for me.
Personally All Star Racing comes the closest for me.
As it should be.
It's simple, but to get the max boost, you need to watch the bar. Some shortcuts NEEDS you to have the max drift speed.
CTR is good but I'd tip my hat to Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart
S or Mario KartD as king. SASTR was a mistake, it's nothing but trash. In reality SASTR was just boring to me and only kind of fun in multiplayer. I got like 80% through the game before putting it down as I was kinda waiting for it to get good and I never felt it did. It wasn't a critical darling at all, just has some very vocal fans.
S or Mario KartD as king. SASTR was a mistake, it's nothing but trash. In reality SASTR was just boring to me and only kind of fun in multiplayer. I got like 80% through the game before putting it down as I was kinda waiting for it to get good and I never felt it did. It wasn't a critical darling at all, just has some very vocal fans.
AntiFacebook
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CTR is the best kart racing game ever made
Maybe you need to have played the game to understand, but this video doesn't otherwise do much to illustrate any depth in the drifting system. For all I know, the drifting in this game could be extremely simple (like say Outrun 2 in the Testarossa) making picking a line through a corner trivial. If you look at any decent time trial run in any racer, the lines taken will look good, else it would be a bad time.
1up
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That's incredible, and I thought I had pretty much mastered it after owning it since release. I still play on my Vita, too.
I bought the game about 1 week ago, I used to play only the demo when I was a kid with my cousin, ohh and we played it for HOURS we loved it, such a great game, but always the same map.
I have the say the game aged well, it's still a excellent game, the graphics for ps1 where pretty great to be honest.
Oh well I love it, as for mario kart I only played the snes version and it was great also, not so good as CTR but still great, don't know if the new ones are better, just came to share my love to CTR
I have the say the game aged well, it's still a excellent game, the graphics for ps1 where pretty great to be honest.
Oh well I love it, as for mario kart I only played the snes version and it was great also, not so good as CTR but still great, don't know if the new ones are better, just came to share my love to CTR
Shuggananas
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That's not really impressive man
gingerbeardman
Member
Crash Team Racing
Motor Toon GP
Diddy Kong Racing
and
Speed Punks (aka Speed Freaks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ7RPk0nV5E
Motor Toon GP
Diddy Kong Racing
and
Speed Punks (aka Speed Freaks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ7RPk0nV5E
Yes. And that game is awesome BTW.
That game was awful!!!
TheAdmiester
Member
Blur is the best game in the genre, CTR is a close second. And yes, that's including Mario Kart. It might've been the one that popularised it but it's far from the best.
Yeah that video looks really unimpressive tbh.
I get the feeling that Crash Team Racing is one of those games where people are in awe just for nostalgia's sake. I've played a bit of it and it feels nowhere near as amazing as Sonic Transformed. The trick and drifting system in Sonic is undoubtedly the best implementation I've ever seen in a kart racing game. It encourages being risky and is fairly difficult to pull off, but damn is it rewarding.
Also the SEGA fanservice everywhere.
Irony.
It is exactly that. CTR felt amazing to all the PlayStation kids who refused to dirty their hands with Nintendo, but in no way does it hold a candle to most of the MK franchise. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong.
SRT is a lot closer to the prize, though.
Aside from the obvious, DKR with CTR coming closely behind...
Why has South Park Rally not been mentioned? This game was awesome, think the Dreamcast one was the definitive version. I loved how many secrets were tucked away in this game.
Horrible game.
TheAdmiester
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Octavianus
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Aside from the obvious, DKR with CTR coming closely behind...
Why has South Park Rally not been mentioned? This game was awesome, think the Dreamcast one was the definitive version. I loved how many secrets were tucked away in this game.
I know. I loved CRT when I had a PSOne and thought it was better than MK 64, but still DKR was better than both.
To insinuate that CTR is a better Kart racer than Sonic Transformed and specially MK8 is lol.
Mario Kart is king but Crash Team Racing isn't far behind and Diddy Kong Racing is a lot of fun as well. Shame that Donkey Kong Racing never saw the light of day on GameCube because of Microsoft's Rare acquisition, was really looking forward to it.
Also Jak X Combat Racing is really bad in my opinion along with any subsequent CTR entry.
Also Jak X Combat Racing is really bad in my opinion along with any subsequent CTR entry.
I liked crash, but I prefer Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed more.
also, something i like, that I don't know if other people like, is Chocobo Racing. I like the strategy of the pick ups, either powering up current elements, using it, holding it (and can be stolen), etc. While the racing mechanic itself could be a lot better, I still enjoyed it.
also, something i like, that I don't know if other people like, is Chocobo Racing. I like the strategy of the pick ups, either powering up current elements, using it, holding it (and can be stolen), etc. While the racing mechanic itself could be a lot better, I still enjoyed it.
Random Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed time trial for comparison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABbhIPnssYs
