Was Crash Tag Team Racing Really That BAD?

[@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6314]

To be fair, as a kid I remember spending hours, having tons of fun exploring the park, buying costumes, and finding the funny death animations. The racing itself though, ironically, I found boring and repetitive. I remember this game for the platforming more than I do for the actual racing, even though that's what they named the game after.

[@pepefrog4066]

Freaking same. I never really particularly cared about the racing, I enjoyed it for the most part, but the exploration was all the fun for me.

[@yourself1210]

As a kid my dentist has this game in the waiting area and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone actually play a race. Most kids would just mess around in the hub

[@megazero952]

i prsonaly loved the bowling game, it may have played that as much as the racing is not more

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

It's so funny and horrifying when you miss a stunt and the character lands on their head, slides across the ground upside down, then explodes. 🤣

[@jmell458]

I really just think Tag Team Racing released a little too early. It's not a bad game, it's just missing balance, variety, and polish. It's my number 1 pick for a remake imo

[@XxEmulatingKing]

yeah. the project was originally started by travellers tales but got passed on to radical.

[@Tylerplays897]

@@XxEmulatingKingdidnt travelers tales also make sonic 3d blast? If so then if they were to keep making the game longer it would’ve been something good

[@bluebunanimates6590]

Fair enough, I finished the game last night and I've seen at least two park visitors start spazzing out before floating up into the air

[@e-122psi3]

Fun trivia about the PS2 version: The PSP content is actually in its memory, the PSP link just unlocks it. You can actually hack the game or use Action Replay codes to access it without a PSP at all.

[@CrashTwindicoot]

Ayy yo thanks for the info!

[@Discotheque2002]

How do you hack it?

[@jammychoo]

Does the Gamecube have the content too? Might do something with my emulator for that if so. Really want all of the exclusive content but I can see why it wouldn't be on Gamecube.

[@BrickbyBrick_Productions]

This is has always been one of my fav Crash games. Overhated tbh. It isn’t perfect… but at least it ain’t Boom Bang…

[@ManDyter]

If this is your Crash game of choice i wonder how much of a fan you really are.

[@etdetopete3060]

no worries, you don't need to be a ps1 crash puritan to be a crash fan, it would be ridiculous if it worked that way, there are a lot of reasons to be fan of something

[@steelbear2063]

​@@ManDyter It's okay to be wrong

[@sliverpretender3156]

If CTTR were to be remembered for three things, I'd say they are the car-clashing mechanic, giving Nina her definitive personality, and making hub worlds actually interesting. I can't stress that last point enough - CTTR has some of the most fun platform-based exploration of the whole series and should serve as a template for all future "hub world-based" games. Fun fact: every track has three different versions of "final lap" music which depend on your position when starting the lap.

[@DiiaBloodyRain]

Twinsanity and Tag Team are practically 2 of the biggest games of my childhood, and they are one of the main reasons I love music so much, Nothing will change my mind about these 2 games. In my eyes, They shine brighter than all the stars in the sky.

[@Quatrixjs1]

I thought a lot of the in game dialogue in this game was super funny, especially the park workers and how all the racers get pissed off when you keep talking to them.

[@electrondylan2706]

I can tell this is already better than the previous review of this game!

[@bee-sk3il]

yeah this was a super good review, i would love to see a new crash 4 review

[@thiefrat2823]

If I'm being honest, crash tag team racing was probably my favorite crash game when I went through all of them on the PS2. It's way too hated.

[@Roronoa2011Zoro]

I agree with u

[@cathedralsedm]

yessss

[@ManDyter]

It's hated because it is a BAD game. Stop sugar coating.

[@cathedralsedm]

@@ManDyter not in the slightest.

[@sebastiankulche]

@@ManDyter Is ok to be wrong

[@CAC701D]

I loved completing this game when I was younger, all those die-o-ramas. Funny you point out the most gruesome one with the cannonball haha this is a great recap

[@PSXDRIVERPLAYERBSTH]

In fact, Chicken Challenge puts a chicken to every place where normally is a regular coin.

[@videogameman110]

This was actually one of my favorites growing up. Playing it now I still really enjoy it. The racetracks are boring, but I moreso just control the shooting until I'm almost out of ammo. Hell, sometimes I just race and let the CPU do its job. The minigames are so amazing, the platforming is fun, and exploring every area were amazing

[@Thetorque665]

They really love killing chickens in this game, one of the idle animations for crash is just him kicking one

[@gannon9776]

When you get a wumpalewis notification… you drop everything and give it a watch! ❤️❤️

[@properredpoo5525]

I bought snacks ☺️☺️

[@PanMan47]

This is how we do it

[@crashfan9997]

@@PanMan47 "That's how we do it in my garden" - Caddicarus

[@darrensmith9013]

Honestly true

[@puttu_racing]

You know you are in for a treat when you get a notification from WumpaLewis. This review was definitely an improvement over the old one. I didn't think this game was all that bad and it was definitely overhated as it had good ideas and concepts, a pretty awesome battle mode, the Rolling Thunder minigame, fun and interesting platforming, Tiki Turbo's music and of course the bowling minigame was quite fun. Btw still waiting for the Crash Tag Team Racing Let's Play.

[@annaisntcool]

i used to love tyrannosaurus wrecks when i was a kid. i would waste hours combing every inch of that area for secrets. also loved to push parkgoers onto the little rail that brought you to tyrannosaurus wrecks and leave them there to die lmaoo

[@XxEmulatingKing]

Fun fact: if you get all diearomas in the game you unlock a skin for crash

[@RaedVS]

Dude Cortex's weapon absolutely doesn't suck, I literally got all my highscores in Rolling Thunder on all tracks using it, it is absolutely insane when upgraded, hold down the firing button and the blast is so damn massive I used to blow up all 6 cars in 1 hit in certain cases when they all cluster around.

[@PataStonks]

My personal favourite Crash games were Twinsanity and Wrath of Cortex, just because they were the two I had as a kid

[@invadertak1001]

I think this nina is the definitive nina in the series, she still has her original design but with the voice and personality that will be seen in future crash games after this one.

[@infatuationstation3218]

This was the first crash game and it’s still my favorite it has a special place in my heart watching this is so nostalgic!!

[@e-122psi3]

Tag Team Racing is pretty damn undercooked. It's a real hot mess of a game, but it is a FUN hot mess. Lots of variety due to the many gameplay genres, even if they could have used more development. Wandering around in the hub worlds connecting stuff is quite addictive. I feel the racing might have felt more intuitive if the clashing had a stipulation, like a limited gauge run you had to activate first or something. I do like all the extra modes however, like the stunt arena or mowing down all the roadblocks. The game is a bit too simple and easy, but as such it's probably the best 'unwind session' in the Crash series, the game you can just play casually to chill out.

[@NathanSmith-zl6uq]

crash tag team racing isnt nearly as bad as people say they it is. its a mix of classic crash jumping spinning and that and then racing like ctr, its a good game

[@vincentwiliamphilips]

Great video.Crash Tag Team racisng was a fun game that just needed some extra polishing. I agree with keeping the 4:3 video size. I do however dislike the current "background" since its blurry. Kinda hurts my eyes. A hd non blurry non moving calm neutral background would be best in my opinion. Looking forward to you replaying the crash games. Specialy crash bash since you started but never finished a playtrough of that.

[@hesiolite]

This game was my first real video game along with crash of the titans. And even if it's definitely not great, the drifting sucks especially, I love everything else about it. I have great memories with it.

[@xFaisal_HK]

If there’s something I like about Tag Team Racing, it’s Pasadena O’Possum.

[@miguels.b.2749]

Facts!

[@tvgamerstan6180]

A few of the tracks from this game should've been in nitro-fueled. At least labrea car pits, tire & ice, happily ever faster, and track and the beanstalk.

[@platinumstorm2521]

That would have been really interesting, great idea!

[@Iamslimeyyy]

This game has alot of great quotes.

[@therealkennybo]

Right

[@faereman]

I really liked this game just for the sheer variety of things to do and find. It feels like an actual theme park. I completed everything and it didn't feel like it was a grind or anything, just good vibes all around.

[@utilisedprovision]

That twinsanity tune has been living rent free in my head for over a decade

[@deoxysandmew2162]

I did said that before, but this game was always a guilty pleasure of main as a kid. I think what I enjoyed about it is simple exploration fact, more than racing itself, which yeah shows how flawed it is in comparison. Racing and gaining crystals from races were more of a chores to do list, simply because the items/weapons when clashed were OP, but tying it in with insane rubberbanding, you're forced to spam most OP shit, cause when you try to race by your lonesome, you're a weak vulnerable target, which I believe Caddy Daddy also said something similar in the past. Either way, it can be enjoyed, for how goofy it is. I mean... so was twinsanity.

[@abz2k14]

Funniest part during racing would be, you can accidentally crash on the wall or someone could mess u over big time and u can be stranded on the side of the road. Then just turn in ur clashing system & wait for someone to drive past then get pulled back into the race 😂😂😂

[@CC.M]

For the next CTR, It would be a cool idea if the clash mechanics is added to a battle mode along with all the weapons polished and balanced in order to have more variety of gameplay features; Furthermore, they could bring tag team racing stages back with slightly improvements here and there as well.

[@chrismatthews2040]

I absolutely loved this game as a child ❤ I'm so disappointed that Beenox didn't include at least the main tracks in a DLC or something for the Nitro-Fuelled remake, because they included the majority of the cars from Tag Team. 😮

[@iconicfreezegaming3989]

This is my second favorite crash 🎮 of all time. It came out in diffrent time in my like 12 goin on 13 and i thought i was to old to play crash games and just play madden 2k etc. But this game was so fun and diffrent with team mechanic and actually making it funny during the platform when u die. It was fantastic and still is imo. Thanks for reviewing this

[@StanleySophana]

This game was originally gonna have more playable characters. I would've enjoyed playing as Dingodile with a flamethrower gun

[@BrandonCornwell-wi9ku]

My personal favorite Crash Bandicoot racing games 🎮

[@Rway]

This is probably my favourite childhood game , nice and accurate review. never coincided this game to be remade with online racing/challenges, it would be epic.

[@itchydez]

Good to have you back, dude! Me and my partner will watch this tonight once she's home. I'm keen to see how your view point and reviewing abilities have altered since the previous video!

[@DionneDion]

Honestly I had fun with this as a child, and it still doesn't feel too bad to play. Sure it's not a good crash game but maybe I'm just nostalgic to this, and I just cannot hate it. I dunno.

[@B3ans0nT0ast]

Gonna rewatch your playthrough now. I love this game I wish I could play it 😭

[@cathedralsedm]

you can easily set up an emulator to play it just be sure to not download from a sketchy site

[@TGXDiecast]

first game i ever played , it will always have a special place in my heart ❤️

[@shervinxv5969]

Lewis, As a fan of your content, I'd love to see you do this kind of thing every year. I love crash series, All of your fanbase love crash series and this helps you to improve as well. I'm so happy to see you revisit this game and somehow (telepathically maybe lmao) I was thinking about this game yesterday and wish I could see more of it. Well now my wish is granted I guess lol

[@coaster1235]

I loved this game as a child for the silly easy fun, and was especially fond of the stunt mode. Nina’s car was perfectly compact for it

[@nest6429]

Great video! And yea I agree Tag Team Racing is a good game I enjoyed the clashing shooting, and the areas to explore!

[@nicolascortes3396]

I'm still missing like only 3 power crystals. I haven't played it in some years. But honestly, I used to like erase al my data to start all over

[@GodSejeong]

The most fascinating thing about CTTT's platforming is that it's actually decent despite being a late addition that might be rushed.

[@nintendowarrior11]

Im currently trying to 200% Crash Bash so I would LOVE it if you revisited that next Also I love CTTR I have nothing but fond memories of it when I thought it was crash nitro kart and my dad bought it for me as a kid

[@michaelmoss9198]

As a kid, This was my first Crash game and playing as an adult is still funny.

[@firehedgehog1446]

I think Jak X Combat Racing had similar AI rubberbanding issues when it came to the turbo boost, like in Jak X, you can turbo non-stop if you know what you're doing, hell there's even a power-up in the game that temporarily gives you infinite turbo boost while at the same time preventing all of your opponents from using their turbo, yet they're STILL somehow keeping up

[@SuperUnknownPerson]

i had some serious fps issues with playing it on a ps3, is the game cube version more stable? or are you playing on dolphin? looks very smooth

[@rojan7227]

The hours I spent in this game man, so good memories

[@callansssinkyyy9184]

I remember playing this as a kid, but I genuinely do not remember actually racing. I just kinda vibed in the performing bit ngl

[@dumboharu]

i honestly never understood the hate for this game, but that mostly is just me absolutely loving this game so much. The actual kart racing definitely isn't that great compared to the other crash kart racers but nothing compares to clashing vehicles and straight up nuking everyone on the racetrack.

[@afloatingrock8782]

Everyone seems to have a gripe with stretched 4:3 video, its really not that bad

[@jackkearney9668]

great video lewis! i’ve only just started playing this game and i’m having a lot of fun with it!

[@A-Nationverse]

I think Crash Tag Team Racing is a fun game where you could race around different race tracks and explore around the theme park. The racing part of the game is good. You can combine with other racers and use different weapons to take down opponents and sneak out your partner and get to first place very quickly. My only complaint about the race is that the drifting mechanic is different from CTR and CNK. You had to press the button quickly to get the power slide. I wish they would’ve kept the power slide for this game. I keep hitting on walls sometimes. The exploration of this game is fun. There are hidden collectibles to find and help unlock different characters and vehicles. I would’ve been better if each theme park has a boss race like in CTR and CNK. After winning all the races, you challenge the champion of that theme park example a dinosaur character who is really fast in racing or a princess character that knows all the shortcuts of the tracks. Some of them would require to have a partner to take them down. Then after you beat all the racing champions, you get to race against Willy Wumpa Cheeks as the final boss race. I think this game would have bring a lot more lore to the theme park about how it was build in the first place and how Pasadina became the racing champion. I first got this game on PSP and I still have it to this day. I would rent his game if anyone like racing game mixed with platforming exploration. The mini games are fun. The bowling was my favorite mini game because I keep getting strikes and get high scores.

[@rccrazy2675]

This is the best one I remember! I love how the burps changed it was funny as a kid, also how cortex screamed he thinks he's going to be sick over a big jump, I wish Nintendo would re make it but keep original voices, so it's nostalgic to us. I bought the new ctr today thinking it was tag team but nope it's only nitro kart prettied up. Received only Disappointment as i realised its just nitro kart. Also so much as the masks sound so different.. no enjoyment this end from it at all.

[@espino_productions6838]

In my opinion, Tag Team Racing is better than Twinsanity, but not as good as Crash Team Racing Original and Nitro Fueled combined. Here's why, sure Twinsanity is open world, but most of the levels are extremely linear. Which isn't bad if linear platforming is your thing, but sometimes you can't go back to a previous level. For example, if you enter the 10th Dimension and you wanna go back, well too bad because you gotta complete the whole 10 Dimension in order to get out. In Tag Team Racing, the platforming is 100% open world with no linear paths. If I enter Astro Land and I wanna leave, then the game gives me that option. Now Tag Team Racing not being as good as the original CTR is pretty obvious and if you watched this video, you'll understand why. Do I want a sequel to Tag Team Racing? No, of course not because I wasn't a big fan of how OP you are in the races. If anything, I want a brand new open world Crash game that's better than Twinsanity, Tag Team Racing, and Mind Over Mutant combined. On top of that, we're in the 9th generation of consoles, so I'm pretty sure it's possible to make massive levels for players to explore. Heck, if they can make a Crash game that can be just as good as Mario Odyssey, then I will be hyped for it

[@StuD44]

Honestly man, the stretched 16:9 videos look way better. Pd: I was skeptical to replay this game since everyone despise it, so I remembered it as trash...glad I replayed it, I love it.

[@StuD44]

@@rac1equalsbestgame853 Just be warned, in case you'll play it on an emulator: for some reason, the menus lag the game a lot and get the GPU to 100%, but the levels work really good, even with no dedicated Graphics card.

[@mattb6522]

I actually was not a huge fan of this one. It just seemed to want to do too many thing and didn't do any of them particularly well. The game just felt like it was just packed with tedious fluff. The racing just got boring as I thought the tracks were kind of bland and just not as interesting as CTR/CNK's tracks. It had some interesting ideas, but the racing really was only half of the game and just particularly fun. It was a bit too combat-heavy for my liking. I feel like the combat got kind of stale and basically took away from the actual racing itself. I will give credit to the soundtrack. It actually fit the cartoonish theme of the game and was pretty enjoyable to the ears. There was some genuinely humorous dialogue as well. I just wish the gameplay held up a little better.

[@kennydarmawan13]

To be honest, Double Dash did the concept better. And I can see the Tag Team concept still be used with the mainline CTR mechanic without ruining the racing game.

[@bingoviski]

Fun fact The chicken challenge replaces every coin in the map with a chicken and makes every crate metal.

[@daviddudycz5351]

Tag Team Racing ain't that bad. I feel like it may be a little rigged towards the end with some of the challenges becoming way too difficult and complicated. That's just my opinion. Overall it's not a bad game and doesn't get the praise it should.

[@Jonkler2.0]

I loved the loading screens in this game

[@abz2k14]

They have to remaster this in a balanced manner, if this is done properly, it would be a big hit only because of their clashing idea. Crashing with ur friend online and destroying other people as a duo would be enticing

[@leonysprice1150]

Honestly no matter how many times i try this game i only find it bofing as hell, the platforming is meh, the racing is more like a shooting range and the shooting range get boring pretty quick, i got it to play some 4 times and only in the first i got up to halfway thought the game and left it, the others i left earlyer, its simply not for my liking

[@lucasbernabeu1381]

Nice to see this series again!

[@threebar8698]

I can’t even lie. Favorite crash game hands down

[@cjnniko]

Actually enjoyed this review even more than the previous

[@Jessica_Kirk]

15:44 my favourite line in the game: I hate Chicken... XD!!

[@HighBrowComedy]

This is the most accurate review I’ve seen

[@MrVukasino]

I think i've completed this game more than twinsanity I just like this game a lot lol

[@crashtefano]

My favorite part of the game is arguably the Stunt arenas

[@SmajloSK]

when you are going to play crash of the titans, i highly recommend playing on dolphin emulator! it looks so much better (when set properly) just crank up the resolution, set it to widescreen... the only bad thing is the controls, you have to tinker with it... set all shakings to left trigger, pointer movement to right stick and you can figure out the buttons

[@ethbeatthem4836]

I think if we get a new CTR style game, it should have a platforming hub world like CTTR, just now crash isn’t the only one jumping and platforming.

[@redjaysgaming]

It’s like a fever dream mainly the beginning island holy hell

[@Monhamd1000]

Not perfect but it's actually great!

[@leeeroyjenkins555]

1:01 Fzero did the antigravity series before CNK lmao.

[@bobafett4265]

Honestly I enjoyed my time replaying CTTR and yeah I do agree the Tag Team aspect of CTTR could be a great Mechanic in a future Crash Racing game, just more Mario Kart Double Dash than Crash Tag Team Racing.

[@adelfhipster3936]

Cool game. The vehicles felt heavy and stiff compared to the last two racers.

[@sebastiankulche]

Wow, someone that enjoy the game like me. I didnt expect that. Is a flawed game for sure but i think people tend to underrate it a bit.

[@wbs2813]

How many copies of this game does he need!😂 00:42

[@ssheenn]

MK 8 copied Nitro Kart, but Tag Team copied Double Dash

[@Sloptopia]

i spent dozens of hours torturing the park guests in this game

[@codygagecampbell4521]

I Will say I think it's underated but damn those chicken challenges

[@crammaster88]

Cortex’s weapons is bad? Nah mate. You haven’t tried his fully upgraded weapon during a rolling thunder. Really great and very very satisfying. I get so many KO’s that it’s ridiculous

[@e2m514]

I liked it, I enjoyed playing it, then again I was 10 when I played it. But playing this co-op was even more fun, taking turns and what not

[@lfudgiel1722]

I loved this game as a kid. It definitely deserves a remaster

[@tortuguitaloka]

Do you think there is a chance the 6th gen crash games are going to the digital stores with xbox backwards compatibility program now that microsoft owns activision? I know the program ended but id love to play these games again on my xbox as i have insane nostalgia for crash twinsanity and wrath of cortex (even if they are mediocre games)

[@cyberxdeth]

This was one of my favorite games of the whole series this and twinsanity both of which people dont like as much snd it makes me sad

[@Qilver]

I love this game. I used to play it all the time with my brother

[@AhmedArcade]

I loved tag team racing i spend almost 3 months playing it on ps2 i really wish they do a remake of it.

[@thejedioutcast804]

This was such an ambitious game, by default I can't call it bad, it was just mediocre. The racing was absolute trash compared to Nitro Kart and especially CTR, but the platforming segments was such an awesome mixture. That whole theme park was so atmospheric too, long live Von Clutch World!

[@daymianhayes2493]

This is my second favorite game of all time. I just bought a brand new unopened copy

[@Prauwlet213]

Got a psp with this a few days ago. Loving it so far tbh

[@blakeirvine425]

This was literally the best arcade racer ever I don't care the ability for 2 racers to merge was so fun

[@blakeirvine425]

And the fact that it was more than just a racing game like it had it all

[@DkGamerYoutube]

I loved this game! Had some trouble with some of the modes In the last levels. But I always enjoyed it so much! I wish I could play it on my ps4 😢

[@joelparker5388]

Would love to see Crash Bash!

[@tylermatthew349]

Again he just play whole walkthrough and he hasn’t said remake man we get it an it won’t happen god 😒