Crash Team Racing

[A Black Falcon]

Sorry, my opinion on this game hasn't changed one bit since it was new -- it's a decent-ish but extremely forgettable Mario Kart/DKR knockoff that Sony fans somehow managed to delude themselves into thinking was far, far better than it is.  There's nothing original or interesting here and subjectively I have always hated it.  I mean, it's okay-ish, it's a bit above average, but comparing the forgettably barely-above-mediocre actual title to the insane things PS1 fans said about it?  Yeah, no.  It's not in the same timezone as either of those games, not even remotely close.  It's very similar to Crash Bandicoot itself, a barely decent game that somehow totally is just as good as Mario 64, yeah!  (Good marketing brought that game far beyond what it deserved based on its quality...)

When I covered this game in my PS1 game opinion summaries list some years back I doubt I gave it more than a paragraph, and that's all it deserves.  CTR is a top poster child for the fact that sometimes marketing works.  The idea that it's anywhere near DKR or MK64's quality, like its diehard fans say, is ludicrous.  Obviously I like Mickey's Speedway USA a lot more than this thing too.