Crash Team Racing

***Crash Team Racing*** is a racing video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. The game was released in North America on September 30, 1999. It was released in Europe and Australia later the same year. It was released again for the Greatest Hits chain in 2000.

*Crash Team Racing* is the fourth game in the *Crash Bandicoot* . It is the first *Crash Bandicoot* racing game and the last to be developed by Naughty Dog. The characters of the *Crash Bandicoot* series, must race against the evil Nitros Oxide and save their planet from destruction. In the game, players can take control of one of fifteen *Crash Bandicoot* series characters. Although only eight are available at first. During the races,  power-ups and other objects to use for safety, can be used to help the player win the game.

The game received very good  from video game critics. They liked its gameplay and graphics. However, the audio had a mixed review. In 2003, *Crash Nitro Kart*, was released for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance and N-Gage game consoles. It is not a sequel to *Crash Team Racing*. With 2.2 million copies sold, *Crash Team Racing* remains one of the most popular PlayStation and best-selling video games as of 2012.

## Gameplay 
*Crash Team Racing* is a racing game in which the player controls characters from the *Crash Bandicoot* universe. The characters compete in karts. While racing, the player can , steer, , brake,  or use weapons and power-ups with the game controller's analog stick and buttons. There are two different crates that are scattered throughout the tracks and arenas of *Crash Team Racing*. Crates with question marks (?) on them have power-ups and weapons. Players must drive through and break the crate.

The player's tutors in the game are the twin witch doctor masks Aku Aku and Uka Uka. They give  that help the player develop their racing skills. The characters of the game were designed by Charles Zembillas and Joe Pearson. They had designed the characters of the last three games of the *Crash Bandicoot* series. However, Zembillias and Pearson wanted the character to be an extraterrestrial. Because they said there were already human, animal and machine bosses in the past.

David Baggett produced the game's soundtrack, with Mark Mothersbaugh and Josh Mancell of Mutato Muzika composing the music. Sound effects were created by Mike Gollum, Ron Horwitz and Kevin Spears of Universal Sound Studios. The voices of Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka were provided by Clancy Brown. The voices of Doctor N. Gin, Tiny Tiger and Pinstripe Potoroo were provided by voice actor Brendan O'Brien. Additional voices were provided by David A. Pizzuto, Mel Winkler, Michael Ensign, Hynden Walch, Billy Pope, Mike Gollom, Michael Connor and Chip Chinery. *Electronic Gaming Monthly* believed that the game was "inspired [a lot] by *Mario Kart*, but still an amazing multiplayer racer." Doug Perry of IGN said that the game was "rock solid" in its gameplay and graphics, but Perry did not like Crash's smile because it made him look evil. Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot called the game "a great Mario Kart clone", and that it succeeded where  games like *Mega Man Battle & Chase*, *Bomberman Fantasy Race*, *Diddy Kong Racing*, *Chocobo Racing* and *Mario Kart* had failed.

Critics gave a mixed review of the game's audio. The D-Pad Destroyer of GamePro said that the "whimsical" (no sound; which makes it very annoying) background music is "quite enjoyable" and the character sound bites are " enough to  becoming annoying." As a result of its success, the game was re-released for the Sony Greatest Hits chain in 2000 and for the Platinum Range on January 12, 2001.

## References 
## Books 
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## Other websites 
*The Official Crash Team Racing Website
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