Crash Team Racing Cheats - PlayStation

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SAVEGAME FOR US VERSION Nov. 29, 2006		18KB
GAMESHARK CODES Nov. 29, 2006		2KB
GUIDE Nov. 25, 2005		10KB
MAP Nov. 25, 2005		14KB
MAP Nov. 25, 2005		13KB

Platinum version notes
If you are playing the Platinum version of the game, you cannot use some cheats below, such as racing as Oxide or doing the glitch in Dragon Mines.

Penta Penguin
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Down], [Right], [Triangle], [Down], [Left], [Triangle], [Up] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Penta Penguin will be selectable in versus, arcade, time trial, and battle modes.

Ripper Roo
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Right], [Circle]x2, [Down], [Up], [Down], [Right] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Alternately, win the Red Gem cup. Ripper Roo will be selectable in versus, arcade, time trial, and battle modes.

N. Tropy
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Down], [Left], [Right], [Up], [Down], [Right]x2 at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Alternately, successfully complete the "Roos Tubes" level in time trial mode. N. Tropy can be unlocked with a time of 1.47.87. N. Tropy will be selectable in versus, arcade, time trial, and battle modes.

Papu Papu
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press" Left", [Triangle], [Right], [Down], [Right], [Circle], [Left]x2, [Down] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Alternately, win the Green Gem cup. Papu Papu will be selectable in versus, arcade, time trial, and battle modes.

Komodo Joe
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Down], [Circle], [Left]x2, [Triangle], [Right], [Down] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Alternately, win the Blue Gem cup. Komodo Joe will be selectable in versus, arcade, time trial, and battle modes.

Pinstripe
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Left], [Right], [Triangle], [Down], [Right], [Down] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Alternately, win the Yellow Gem cup. Pinstripe will be selectable in versus, arcade, time trial, and battle modes.

Extra tracks
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Right]x2, [Left], [Triangle], [Right], [Down]x2 at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. The Turbo Track, The North Bowl, Lab Basement, and Parking Lot will now be unocked.

Super turbo pads
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Triangle], [Right]x2, [Circle], [Left] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

Always get invisibility power-ups
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Down], [Left], [Right], [Up], [Down], [Right] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

Invisibility
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Up]x2, [Down], [Right]x2, [Up] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

Unlimited bombs
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Triangle], [Right], [Down], [Right], [Up], [Triangle], [Left] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry. Note: This code has no effect if the "Unlimited masks" code has been enabled.

Unlimited Wumpa Fruit
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Down], [Right]x2, [Down]x2 at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

Unlimited masks
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Left], [Triangle], [Right], [Left], [Circle], [Right], [Down]x2 at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

View turbo counter
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Triangle], [Down]x2, [Circle], [Up] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

Scrapbook
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Up]x2, [Down], [Right]x2, [Left], [Right], [Triangle], [Right].

Playable Spyro The Dragon 2 demo
Hold [L1] + [R1] and press [Down], [Circle], [Triangle], [Right] at the main menu. A sound will confirm correct code entry.

Code words
All the cheat codes spell something. [Right] is "R" or "E" (east), [Left] is "L" or "W" (west), [Up] is "U" or "N" (north), [Down] is "D" or "S" (south), [Circle] is "O", [Triangle] is "A", and [X] is "X". For example, Ripper Roo's cheat code spells "ROODUDE".

Using codes in adventure mode
Enter adventure mode and at the "New/Load" screen hold [L1] + [R1] and type the enable the desired code. Note: The racer codes will not work; therefore you cannot be a hidden racer in adventure mode. Infinite masks can be used on all the races (i.e. trophy races, relic races, etc.)

Invisibility in adventure mode:
The only cheat that is allowed in adventure mode is invisibility. Activate the invisibility code and start racing in adventure mode. The CPU players cannot see you, and therefore cannot fire missiles at you.

Fake Crash
Win the Purple Gem cup to unlock Fake Crash.

Extra battle mode arenas
Successfully complete the arcade one player mode under the easy, medium, and hard difficulty setting for all for cups to receive a total of four new battle arenas. The easy difficulty setting unlocks the "Parking Lot", normal unlocks "The North Bowl", and hard unlocks "Lab Basement".

Red Gem cup
Collect all four red coins in adventure mode.

Green Gem cup
Collect all four green coins in adventure mode.

Blue Gem cup
Collect all four blue coins in adventure mode.

Yellow Gem cup
Collect all four yellow coins in adventure mode.

Purple Gem cup
Collect all four purple coins in the crystal levels of adventure mode.

Turbo track
Collect all coins and all five gems.

Scrapbook
Break N. Oxide's records in time trial mode to unlock a scrapbook option at the main menu.

101% completion
After you get all the trophies and N.Oxide finishes talking, you will end up in front of his arena. Do not enter. Instead, just go along and finish getting all the remaining relics and CTR tokens. When you get all of these, race N.Oxide at the final race. When you defeat him, it would be seem that you finished the game at 101%.

Firing poison potions forward
Press [Up] or "Left Analog-stick Up" while pressing [Circle] to fire poison potions forward.

Fire bowling bombs backwards
Press [Down] or "Left Analog-stick Down" while pressing [Circle] to fire bowling bombs backward.

Firing missiles backwards
Note: This trick is very difficult to perform and has about a 75% chance of hitting somebody when done correctly. After getting a missile, press [R2] + [Down] to look back and fire at the same time. Somebody must be visible behind you in order to get hit. The CPU racers use this technique when the game is played under the hard difficulty setting in arcade mode.

Unlimited missiles
Enable the "Unlimited bomb" code in an arcade race. Hit one of the enemy's red poisons. This will take away the bombs. Later, if you get a triple missile pick-up, it will be unlimited. Note: This will not work in some levels because you cannot get the triple missile power-up.

Quick start
Three green lights and one red light will appear at the start of a race. Press [X] to accelerate immediately before the red one lights up to get a speed burst.

To get an even faster turbo start, keep revving your engine until the engine bar at the right hand side of your screen is red and full. If the bar is full and the green light has gone, your start would be faster than a normal turbo start.

Speed boost
The AkuAku/UkaUka masks can give you a speed boost. While having a AkuAku/UkaUka mask, power slide by holding [L1] or [R1] while driving. That will give you a super boost, Note: You will go even faster if you have a turbo boost.

To go faster on a turbo pad, jump as soon as you hit it.

Faster Relic Races time
Collect all the time boxes in any Relic Race and ten seconds will be taken off your final time.

Dodging Homing Rockets

Look for a wall to hide behind.

Place a Poison Potion, TNT Crate, or throw a Bowling Bomb at the last second. Note: If done with Nitro Crates, the explosion will hit you. If you have one, drop it moments before and continue in a straight line.

Try to hide behind other player.

Jump at the last second. The rocket will explode, but it will not damage you. Recommended for experts only.

Power slide from left to right frequently. If done correctly, the rocket will miss you and hit the wall or other players.

Fire a rocket backwards. As the player who launched it to you was the nearest, the nearest player to you may be him. The rockets may crash with each other.

Dodging Warp Balls
As it hits the first player, if you are first, brake and wait for somebody to get in first place. The Warp Ball may not hit you, unless the player who launched was juiced up.

Squishing opponent
You can use a turbo powerup (not a turbo pad, or the superfast turbo which only appears in battle mode) to run over someone. They will get squished, and you will get a jump in the air. When you land you will get a turbo.

Defeating the CPU
If you are racing against the CPU and find yourself stuck in fourth place and cannot catch up, drop back to eigth place after getting ten Wumpa Fruit. When you get a power-up, it will almost always be the Energy Ball, Aku Aku or three Homing Missiles. You should be able to knock everyone off the track and speed to the front. The other characters slow down if it appears you are doing badly.

Blizzard Bluff: Shortcut
Immediately past the start/finish line is a channel through the rocks that allows you to cut across and miss the first left hand turn. A mask obviously makes this faster, so the snow will not slow you down.

At the first frozen lake, power slide left and jump over ravine. You will land just past tunnel bridge. A mask helps here, but is not necessary.

After making the right hand turn after the tunnel bridge, look on your left. There is a channel through the rocks that cuts across the left hand curve. With a mask, you can hit the hill on the right side of the passage and jump the guardrail to cut across.

Cortex Castle: Shortcut
While racing on Cortex Castle, shortly after the two spiders and past the flight of stairs, you will see a path that goes up into the castle. Go to the far right side and drive diagonally left, up the hill. When you get to the very peak of the hill, jump and you should land on a path that is cut off from the main raceway. This trick is hard to do but is extremely effective.

When you come down from the drop-off stairs, there will be a jump ahead of it. Take that jump and turn to the left. There will be a ledge that you can land on.

Crash Cove: Shortcut
Near the beginning of the track is a ramp with two fruit boxes at the end of it, just before a small lake. Stay to the right of the ramp and begin turning left toward the mountain once you pass the ramp. You will be driving through the lake. You will have to practice this, but it dips right before you would run into the mountain. As your head goes completely underwater, hold [Jump]. You will jump onto the shortcut and can pick up a box before jumping back down and rejoining the race near the bridge. You can begin your turn when you pass the single star on the ground just to the right of the ramp. You will be jumping onto the land that is connected to the bridge that you drive under which leads out to that boat to your right.

Turn left immediately after the first jump when you land in the water. Jump at the very left edge of this pond. You will land on a ledge which allows you to gain a second or two of time. This is very difficult to perform, and requires practice to get the correct. It is the only way to get the "T" on the Crash Cove CTR Challenge.

Dragon Mines: Shortcut
About a quarter of the way through the race is a railroad track with coal cars on it that go to the right. Follow the coal cars into the tunnel in the side of the wall, then follow the railroad track until it appears at the middle section of the track. You will get run over by the coal cars, but you will still end up ahead.

Before the end of the lap is a blue brick road and sand. Instead of going through the sand, cut through the blue brick road with a mask and go to the finish line.

Hot Air Skyway: Shortcut
Apart from the obvious piece of track in the first jump, if super turbo pads are enabled, at the last big jump (where a blimp is across), jump at the last second to your right side. If done correctly, you will be at the entrance of the blimp, in front of the start line.

Make your way to the part where the track is split up into two by the red wall with little oval windows. Once you get down the slope by the wall, turn around by breaking, and get enough speed for going up the ramp. Once you jump at the end of the ramp, make a sharp turn in the air and go over the wall. You can get in front of every other character, and can defeat N. Oxide very easily.

Near the end of the track, there is a very sharp turn that has four "?" boxes. With a Mask, a Turbo Boost or a Power Slide, you can jump over the wall of that turn. You will be farther ahead, but you cannot get a box.

Mystery Caves: Shortcut
There is a shortcut that can be used with a mask. Immediately following the first sandtrap/jump area, turn left with a mask activated. This leads through a stalagmite-stalactite area that shortcuts a long curve.

Oxide Station: Shortcut
There are three turbo pads after the first tunnel. After the third pad, turn left and jump over wall to land on the lower of the two tracks for a huge shortcut. Note: You cannot accomplish this with super turbo pads, as you will go too far.

Papu Pyramid: Shortcut
In Papu's Pyramid, go to the part where steps appear. Go on the right side where the turbo is located. Hit it and immediately go left and jump onto the ledge. Follow it and you will jump right onto the bridge and get an apple box.

In Papu Pyramid, before you get to the turn before the stairs, there are two bars that have arrows pointing to the right. Go between them, but keep to the right and jump at the last second to land on a hidden ledge. Then, jump off it. If done correctly, you will land on the other shortcut, or be lined up for it.

There is a jump on the way to the hairpin turn by the finish line . If you time a jump perfectly, you can get across to the other side. This trick has a near 100% chance if done with Aku Aku/Uka Uka or a speed boost. Also, when you approach the other end of the track, release [X] and press [Circle] + [Right] to turn in the air so you do not fall off the other end.

There is a big jump to a big turn near the piranha plants. Use a mask or turbo on the big jump and take a hard right turn to land on the downward slope. Note: To do this without a mask, do the second shortcut then jump off. When you are close the third shortcut, make sure you are in the middle. Drive to the left and use the hill next to the wall as a ramp and jump. This trick requires practice and is easier if you are either Tiny, N. Trophy, or Dingodile.

Before you go down the big stairs, there is a big gap. You do not need anything to help you across. When you hit the jump, press [R1] to get some speed. When you get up there, do not go straight or you will hit the plant and he will eat you. Just go slightly ahead and turn right. You will land on a bridge and you will get to the two set of plants.

Polar Pass: Shortcut
There is a wall before the jump at Polar Pass. Enable the "Unlimited masks" code and use it before the wall to jump over it.

When you travel through the cave near the end of the race you will see a wall with arrows pointing to the right. Go straight ahead and jump off the very peak of the hill. Take the sharpest turn possible to the left and you can go cut a lot of time off your run.

Enable the "Super turbo pads" code. Get to the turbo pad before the little jumps with pads. Go on the pad, then slightly bump into the wall and hop while turning right. You will go on the other side. You will have a 50% chance of making the jump on staying on the track.

When you are in the cave/tunnel, you can jump over the yellow and black arrows instead of doing that sharp corner. This will allow you to gain time.

Note: You do not need a mask for this shortcut, but it helps. At the first frozen lake, there are two open spaces on the left. If you take the first one, you will need a mask but it puts you fairly far ahead. The second one is slightly slower, but it will most likely move you up a few positions.

Roo's Tubes: Shortcut
Get a mask and put it on at the last set of speed boosters. On the last jump, turn left and go to the left of the bones. Get back on the track just before the finish line.

At the end of the track, hit the turbo pad and drive slightly to the left. Jump and power slide to the goal. This should give you a two to three second advantage.

Sewer Speedway: Shortcut
In Sewer Speedway, you can take a shortcut that will enable you to go faster and end up ahead of the pack. This shortcut can be reached with a speed power-up. Go into the tunnels immediately after the first part. Stay on the left ledge and look above the right ledge. You will see a hole in the wall. Speed into it and follow the pathway.

Note: This shortcut can be reached without a speed power-up. When you get into the tunnels, stay on the right ledge. When you get to the first left-hand corner, start a sharp turn left so that you are about to drive onto the left ledge. Before getting onto the ledge, jump and turn 180 degrees and land back on the bank. You will get a hang time turbo. Drive across the track and jump as you are about to get onto the right ledge. If done correctly, you will be able to reach the hole. It may take some practice, but it is possible.

When you get to the hole in the wall after the fork (you can get there by using the floor as a ramp. for details, watch Oxide's ghost), instead of going to the other side, drop to the track. This is quicker, and you may get a fruit box.

In the second tunnel, go all the way to one side then press [R1] or [L1], and then press the opposite direction on the D-Pad. Note: You will need an accelerated driver such as Tiny Tiger.

Slide Coliseum: Shortcut
There is a very sharp turn at Slide Coliseum. Get a Mask or Speedburst. Use the little hill as a ramp and jump over it. Drive straight and you will be at the end of the turn.

The turns in slide coliseum are difficult for some people. With a Mask, Power Slide, or Turbo Boost (whichever you prefer)m you can cut the turns by jumping over the tires and grass, and landing on the other side of it.

Tiger Temple: Shortcut
Half way through the track where the radar shows the shortcut is a spot on the wall that has two rows of rectangles, with one row above the other. Both rows have five rectangles. The rectangles are positioned long ways up and down. Hit the wall and it will open.

Half way through the course is a very big idol-like object on the left. You can crash through it, but only if you have one of the Masks. This will lead you through a little tunnel and when you come out, you will have bypassed most of the track.

There is an idol-like statue after the first tunnel. You can use that shortcut shown on the map, and can open the shortcut with everything except a Warp Ball, a Turbo power-up, and a Nitro. You can use a Nitro to keep the shortcut open.

When you get to the first tunnel, use the hills to go to the other side. Note: This may require accurate jumps.

Tiger Temple: Keep shortcut entrance open
This trick can be done when playing with more than one person in multi-player mode. First, open the Tiger Temple shortcut and have the other player place a nitro where the shortcut opens. On the next lap, you will see that the Tiger Temple shortcut entrance will be open.

You can also do this in one player mode, but it is difficult. First, get an Uka Uka/Aku Aku. Put it on just before the last "?" box that appears before the shortcut. If you get a nitro, you can put it in the right place.

Papu Papu Challenge
Papu Papu is fast. If you can get the three pack missiles, do not shoot immediately. The group of 90 degree turns is where you can hit him the best.

Defeating Bosses
Do not stay directly behind a Boss to avoid getting hit by power-ups. A Boss cannot hit you if you are in front of him, so drive fast.

Power slides
Power slides are always good for any turn, but if [L1] or [R1] is held too long you will spin out and lose precious time.

Get a boost while power sliding
If you are power sliding with [R1], press [L1] to get a boost or vice versa. This is helpful to get around tight turns.

Lose TNT box
When you get a TNT box on you, immediately start pressing [R1] rapidly. If you do not react fast enough this may not work. You will know if it worked because the TNT box will get off of you.

Placing TNT Boxes in mid-air
Get a TNT box and press [Circle] to drop it while going off a jump. This is very effective because it will be much more difficult to dodge the TNT box.

Placing Potions in the mid-air
This trick is similar to putting TNT Boxes in the air, but much more effective. Put red and green potions in the air immediately after a jump. Just let them go and they will stay there. When someone goes over a jump and hits it, they will usually fall and not make it across. You will be able to gain a lot of ground on them, but make sure you do not hit your own potions on the next lap.

Better use of Aku Aku/ Uka Uka masks
If you ever get an unjuiced mask, get juiced up before you use it so you have the mask for a longer time.

Glitch: Masks with Penta Penguin
When you play Penta Penguin and get a Mask, you get an Aku Aku mask instead of the Uka Uka mask that is shown.

Use Penta Penguin in battle or race mode. Try to get a mask. The picture should be of Uka Uka, but when you use it the mask circling Penta will be Aku Aku.

Glitch: Turbo does not work
When there is a turbo space, go behind it. Then, accelerate and try to stop on it, holding only [Square]. If done correctly, the turbo will not work.

Glitch: Strange game text
As soon as the game starts to load after turn on the PlayStation, press [X], [Square], [Triangle], [Circle], [Triangle], [Square], [X] and repeat that pattern in a rhythm (starting at [X], going round clockwise to [Circle], then going back counterclockwise to [X], and back again). Keep this going, and when you get to the main menu there will be mostly spaces and a few underlines rather than words in all the choices. Also, no characters will speak, including Bosses and Aku-Aku. Reset your Playstation to get it back to normal.