As much as CTR is about racing, it is first and foremost about character.

The technology leap of the past 19 years allows us to push the graphical fidelity to a whole new level. Whatever improvements or bells and whistles we were going to add, we needed to be authentic to the inspiration of the original experience. Our first design pillar in approaching this game was strikingly obvious: Authenticity. We know how dear the original Crash Team Racing is to so many people, so we’re spending a tremendous amount of time making sure it’s the same great racing experience that fans remember with a level of polish that could only be achieved by today’s standards. Like myself, we have huge fans of the franchise on the development team. No turning back now! We’re going full throttle towards June 21st and we’re so excited to show you what we have in store! Throughout the discussions, I remember telling myself: ‘’Please, please, oh please, let this project become real.’’ And here we are! The game we were so eager to reveal to the world has been announced. That tingling feeling of joy and excitement spreading through your whole body. And then I blurted out: ‘’You’re kidding, right?’’ I felt a sudden rush of adrenaline. Our studio gets the proposition, ‘’How would you guys feel about remastering CTR?’’. It was nothing short of my favorite game! You’re Kidding, Right?įast forward many years. The amount of time I spent playing that game! The countless hours I spent competing against my girlfriend at the time who had also started in the game industry. I was a huge fan of the Crash Bandicoot series at the time, so you can imagine my excitement when I heard a brand-new kart racing game starring Crash was coming out! I remember how smart I thought it was to introduce an adventure mode in a racing game. I got my first job in the game industry in 1999 which is right around the time Crash Team Racing originally launched.

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