What is the name of the popular racing game in the Crash Bandicoot series?

What is the name of the popular racing game in the Crash Bandicoot series? Crash Team Racing. Released in 1999 for the original PlayStation, Crash Team Racing is a kart-racing spin-off featuring Crash, Doctor Neo Cortex, and other characters from the platforming series. Its story centers on a race against the alien Nitros Oxide, who threatens to destroy Earth if he proves that its inhabitants are inferior racers.

The game was developed by Naughty Dog, the studio behind the original Crash trilogy, and became the studio’s final Crash Bandicoot title. It includes Adventure, Time Trial, Arcade, Versus, and Battle modes, along with tracks based on the series’ tropical, industrial, and fantastical worlds. Players can also collect weapons, use drifting techniques, and gather Wumpa Fruit to improve speed and power-ups.

Crash Nitro Kart, released in 2003, is a separate racing game and is not the same title. Crash Team Racing later received a modern remake, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, released in 2019 and developed by Beenox.