Crash Team Racing beginner guide: power-slides, turbo boosts and weapons
Learn CTR's power-slide boosts, turbo starts, Wumpa Fruit and weapon crates on the original PlayStation.
Original 1999 PlayStation release (NTSC-U and PAL). Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (2019) is a separate remake and is outside this guide.
Power-slide boosts
Hold R1 to hop into a corner and keep steering. When the exhaust turns black, tap L1 for a turbo; the next two boosts in the same slide are stronger. Practise the rhythm on Crash Cove before trying tighter tracks.
Turbo start
Press accelerate at the right moment during the countdown to launch with a boost. Pressing too early wastes the boost.
Weapons and Wumpa Fruit
Weapon crates give Bowling Bombs, homing missiles, TNT and Nitro crates, Beakers, shields, turbos, Warp Orbs, Aku Aku or Uka Uka masks, clocks and invisibility. Holding ten Wumpa Fruit powers them up.
Racers and starting lineup
Crash, Coco, Cortex, Tiny Tiger, N. Gin, Dingodile, Polar and Pura are available from the start; bosses and secret racers are unlocked later.
Hop over the small bumps in a straight line: every landing gives you a chance to start a new slide.
Picture details
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