User:Darkaiser/CTR Aug 5 1999 prototype

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This prototype is documented on Hidden Palace.

The August 4th, 1999 prototype of Crash Team Racing is a preview version of the game dated around a month and a half before the final NTSC release version. It was released on Month Day, 2020.

Despite the files suggesting a modification date of August 4th, the disc that this build originates from is labelled with "8/5/99", suggesting that its burn date was August 5th.

Audio Differences

Placeholder Dialogue

Intro / Menu Differences

The intro screens use static images (same as demo versions).
The flag moves diagonally and its color is much darker.
No sound effects in the menu (except for the name entry screen).
The trademark symbol next to the game's logo is missing.
Crash has bigger pupils and his eyes have a darker tone.
Crash doesn't blink.
No transition between menus.
No cup mode in Arcade or VS. menus.
Only X and Square buttons are used to select and go back in menus, respectively. In the final version, Circle and Triangle can also be used for the same actions.
Idle demo reels aren't present.
There are no cutscenes in this build.
Cheat codes weren't implemented yet. Holding L1 and R1 doesn't lock the inputs.
The secret demo for Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! isn't present.
2, 3, and 4 player options are always available regardless of how many controllers are inserted.
There is no unlockable Scrapbook menu option.

Adventure

The New/Load menu is positioned higher.

The character select screen for Adventure mode is just a list of the eight characters instead of a 3D garage.
Character names use a very basic naming:
- Crash instead of Crash Bandicoot
- Cortex instead of Dr. Neo Cortex
- Tiny instead of Tiny Tiger
- Coco instead of Coco Bandicoot
- Ngin instead of N. Gin
- Dingo instead of Dingodile
The character icons in the save files have a black background.

Aug 4	Final

All error messages call memory cards as just card.
There is no menu interface on the messages screens.
The strings use letter to represent the buttons instead of actual icons.

Character Select

Aug 4	Final (4P)

Character icons are in a rather primitive state: Crash, Polar, Fake Crash, and Penta Penguin's icons were totally redrawn, Tiny Tiger uses a less detailed version of his boss portrait from Cortex Strikes Back, Coco uses a very similar version of her Warp Room portrait from Warped, N. Gin's missile was changed from grey to yellow and has a slightly different texture under his right eye, N. Tropy's head and face expressions were slighly modified, Ripper Roo uses the same textures of his boss portrait from Crash Bandicoot 1, and Papu Papu, Pinstripe and Komodo Joe re-use the boss portraits from their previous apparitions.
Regardless of how many human players are chosen, the character menu always uses the 4-player layout, containing four player slots.
The character 3D models rotating are absent. Instead, this build shows the character names inside the blank slots.
Character names use a very basic naming:
- Crash instead of Crash Bandicoot
- Cortex instead of Dr. Neo Cortex
- Tiny instead of Tiny Tiger
- Coco instead of Coco Bandicoot
- Ngin instead of N. Gin
- Dingo instead of Dingodile
- Roo instead of Ripper Roo
- Papu instead of Papu Papu
- Joe instead of Komodo Joe
- NTropy instead of Dr. N. Tropy
- Penguin instead of Penta Penguin
A small font is used for both character names and Select Character strings.
The icons don't turn black after choosing a character. The colored outlines stop blinking instead.
Compared to the final 4-player screen, Penta Penguin and Fake Crash have swapped places.
Fake Crash icon is misplaced.

Level Select

Aug 4	Final

There is no full track showcase video, it uses a static image instead. The images are also too bright in this screen.
The level previews came from early versions of the tracks:
- The unique start line in Roo's Tubes was totally scrapped.
- The hill right after the start line has "COCO" written with flowers in Coco Park.
- The checkered line texture is very stretched in Sewer Speedway and Dragon Mines.
- A checkered line is missing in N. Gin Labs. Some extra directional arrows are also present.
- Oxide Station is heavily untextured.
- Turbo Track has an unfinished background.
Minimaps don't have a blue outline.
Sewer Speedway is called Down the Drain.
Slide Coliseum is an unlockable track along with Turbo Track.
Oxide Station's minimap has some different parts:
- The tube section is more detailed, and may have been based on the removed four tube portion.
- The big jump section has an extra platform in the middle of the hole.
- Overall, the map design seems poorly designed, as there are many inconsistencies with the final map.

Battle

Aug 4	Final

Parking Lot is called Garden Gambit.
Lab Basement is called Maze Malaise.
Parking Lot, Lab Basement, and The North Bowl are already unlocked.
Skull Rock is an unlockable arena.

High Score

Aug 4	Final

Only the eight starter characters are shown in the rankings. In the final version Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, Komodo Joe, Pinstripe, and N. Tropy are also present.
The default CPU records are always 3:00:00, while in the final NTSC version is 9:59:00.
Best Lap Time names use the generic font color instead of the character's unique color.
- Best Lap Time will always show the record of the first character in the Best Track Times ranking.
There is no visible Time Trial and Relic Race options. Instead, going up or down will switch between Standard Mode (Time Trial) and Relic Race.
The directional arrows next to the track names are missing.
A small font is used for the character names.
The font shadows are further down.
Dr. Neo Cortex and N. Gin name abbreviations are the same placeholder ones used in the rest of the prototype.
Slide Coliseum and Turbo Track records screen are accessible even if the tracks aren't unlocked.

Penta Penguin uses a black color, which has the same tone as the font's shadows, making it unreadable. In the final version, his color was changed to white.
Fake Crash uses a silver color, whereas in the final version his color is blue-grey.
Komodo Joe uses a blue color, which was later changed to mustard.

Loading Screen

Aug 4	Final

No Loading... text during the loading screen.

Gameplay Differences

The checkered flag immediately appears and disappears without slowly transitioning on and off during loading screen.
At this point in development, the voice recording sessions haven't started yet, so there is no voice acting throughout this build.
- In the Options menu, you can hear the developer's voice impressions of the eight starter characters used as placeholders.
Skipping the race intro will also switch between map and speedometer.
The lap counter is separated by a hyphen, whereas in the final version, it's separated by a slash.
The lap time is registered once the lap is finished, while in the final version the player can see the time of each lap in real time.
There is no checkpoint sound effect after crossing the finish line on each lap.
There is no CTR start banner in the tracks (except in Coco Park).
Aku Aku and Uka Uka models are placeholders from previous games.
The screen doesn't turn black and white during the pause screen.
- You can switch between map and speedometer during the pause.
There is no checkered flag transition when restarting a race. Instead, the race resets instantly.
There is a glitch where restarting a race while the race intro fanfare is playing will cause the following race to start without the fanfare music.

Aug 4	Final

The Final Lap! warning is absent, and the jingle is very different.
Losing a race will play the victory fanfare instead.
The track music doesn't replay after the victory fanfare ends.
All battle arenas use Lab Basement theme as placeholder.
Komodo Joe, Fake Crash, and Penta Penguin's minimap icons are blue, silver, and black, respectively.
Penta Penguin is protected by Uka Uka.
The game doesn't ask if you really want to quit in the pause menu option.
The X button icon has a golden color.

Aug 4	Final

The start lights layout are different, closely resembling the design used on Highway levels in Crash Bandicot: Warped.

Race

In 1P mode, the player and CPU racers always start at random positions, changing whenever a race is selected or restarted. This applies to both Arcade and Adventure modes. In the final version, the player always start in first place in Arcade mode (with CPU racers sorted according to the character selection menu), and last place in Adventure mode (with CPU racers sorted randomly).
There is no exhaust gas coming out of CPU karts.
The weapon fire function is also mapped to the R2 button, in addition to the circle button. Because of this, there is no backward view.

Aug 4	Final

A different sound effect is heard when the player gets a power-up.
The Warp Orb is very glitchy in this build, as it gets stuck in many sections of the tracks.
The red beaker can cause six different effects to the player by default:
- Randomizes item - no kart changes
- Make the kart slippery - no randomization
- Make the kart unable to hop - no randomization
- Shake the kart + slow down - no randomization
- Shake the kart if it hops + slown down - no randomization
- Drain Wumpa fruits (removed state effect) - no randomization

In the final version, only randomize item - no kart changes and shake the kart + slown down effects are used, while the other ones can be only caused if the player hits another red beaker while the current effect is still being played.

The Power Shield doesn't have animations.
- Touching another player doesn't flash the screen.
The CPU routes are different on many tracks.
CPUs aren't affected by crushing hazards, such as Sewer Speedway and N. Gin Labs rolling barrels, Blizzard Bluff's giant ball, and Dragon Mines minecarts.
Crashing while being crushed will make the kart flip with the crushed animation. In the final version, the kart automatically returns to normal state during the flip.

Aug 4	Final

The interface menu doesn't have greenish outlines.
The position numbers after finishing a race are red.
The menu placement is further down the screen.

The TNT over Penta Penguin and Fake Crash's head covers the entire kart body.

Time Trial

There is no ghost selection screen. It's only displayed if there is an actual ghost data in the track.
The Insert any memory card with ghost data in memory card slot 1 bottom text is missing from the ghost data screen.

The results screen doesn't have a transition.
The messages are missing an exclamation mark.
Since there is no voice acting in this build, N. Tropy's dialogues are absent.
The enter name screen says Save instead of Save High Score. This screen can be also skipped using the Square button.

Aug 4	Final

The full time and the best lap time aren't highlighted.
The character names use small font.
The position numbers are red.
Saving a record or ghost will display the Writing to card... Do not remove the card! message instead of Saving to memory card... Do not remove the memory card!.
Selecting a ghost data slot says Choose a slot to save to instead of Choose a memory card slot to save to.
Replaying a Time Trial race after finishing it without leaving the track does create a ghost of your previous run just like the final version, however this feature is only enabled in your first Time Trial attempt. Switching to another track doesn't enable it, so the only way to compete against your last run ghost in multiple tracks is rebooting the game before entering each one.
N. Tropy's ghosts are harder in some tracks as he uses shortcuts in some of them.
- His ghost spawns out of bounds but teleports right before the start lights in Mystery Caves and Blizzard Bluff. He also oddly starts before the green light in these cases, just like Oxide boss in the final version.
- His ghost runs out of bounds in Sewer Speedway, Dingo Canyon, Cortex Castle, Oxide Station, and Slide Coliseum. Because of this, it's impossible to beat them on these tracks.
- It's almost impossible to unlock his ghost in Tiny Arena, since the requirement to unlock him is to beat the time under 3:00:00.
N. Oxide's ghosts weren't implemented yet. Instead, you will face another ghost that copies the skin of your current character.
- This ghost keeps racing around the finish line in Crash Cove. Eventually it starts racing.
- This ghost spawns out of bounds but teleports right before the start lights in Tiger Temple, Coco Park, Mystery Caves, and Blizzard Bluff. Just like N. Tropy, it also oddly starts before the green light in these cases.
- This ghost runs out of bounds in Papu's Pyramid and Dragon Mines.
Beating any of these ghosts won't show any stars next to the track's name as confirmation.
Attempting to complete Time Trial mode on Turbo Track will crash the game right before crossing the finish line.
It's impossible to unlock N. Tropy by normal means due to the unfinished programming of some ghosts, being unable to unlock Slide Coliseum and Turbo Track without hacks, and being unable to beat Turbo Track because of the crash.

Adventure Mode

The game starts in Gem Stone Valley, spawning next to N. Oxide's garage. The player's spawn point is also different.
You have access to both N. Sanity Beach and The Lost Ruins tracks at the beginning. Crash Cove, Roo's Tubes, Coco Park, and Tiger Temple are accessible from start.
There are no boss cutscenes throughout the game.
Aku Aku/Uka Uka hints are completely missing.
The minimap lacks a lot of details, such as Save Monitor, Boss Star and Other Zones Road.
The symbol representing the player is the same one used in-races.
You are able to switch between the map and speedometer in the Adventure zones.
The music is disabled during the Load/Save monitor session.
- There is no monitor sound effect.
- The generic Writing to card... message is used for both save/delete file actions. In the final version, saving a file says Saving to memory card... and deleting it says Deleting game slot....
- Selecting an empty slot to delete will show the Writing to card... message.
- The file save title says Choose a slot to save to instead of Choose a memory card slot to save to.
There is no sound effect when the player enters the warp vortex.
- Entering a warp vortex while powersliding will make the slide sound effect continue playing, even after the player is teleported.
You can drive during the item inventory animation.
You can access Relic Race right after getting a trophy of a track. In the final version, other race challenges are only available after defeating the boss of the current zone.
Opening a new door will freeze the game while the door animation plays. There is also no sound effects present.
Percentage counts are different: Trophies contribute 1%, Tokens 1%, Relics 2%, Crystal Challenges 2%, Gem Cups 2%, beating a boss 2%.
Saving the game after beating the Gem Cups, then returning to the saved file after restarting the game will cause the gems to return to the cup warp vortices and the map icons will blink again as if they hadn't been beaten before.
- Beating the cups again won't turn the icons red or remove the gems inside the warp vortices.
- The game doesn't save unlocked characters in Gem Cups. You will need to replay the Gem Cups every time the game is started in order to unlock them again (however if the cups are already beaten, you won't be able to unlock them unless you start a new game).
- The only way to save the unlocked characters is by saving a record on Time Trial mode.

Zone	Level	Aug 4	Final
N. Sanity Beach	Crash Cove	0 Trophies	0 Trophies
	Roo's Tubes	0 Trophies	0 Trophies
	Mystery Caves	1 Trophy	1 Trophy
	Sewer Speedway	4 Trophies	3 Trophies
The Lost Ruins	Coco Park	0 Trophies	4 Trophies
	Tiger Temple	0 Trophies	4 Trophies
	Papu's Pyramid	7 Trophies	6 Trophies
	Dingo Canyon	3 Trophies	7 Trophies
Glacier Park	Blizzard Bluff	5 Trophies	8 Trophies
	Dragon Mines	7 Trophies	9 Trophies
	Polar Pass	9 Trophies	10 Trophies
	Tiny Arena	11 Trophies	11 Trophies
Citadel City	N. Gin Labs	14 Trophies	12 Trophies
	Cortex Castle	10 Trophies	12 Trophies
	Hot Air Skyway	12 Trophies	14 Trophies
	Oxide Station	14 Trophies	15 Trophies
Gem Stone Valley	Slide Coliseum	10 Relics	10 Relics
	Turbo Track	15 Relics	5 Gems

You were originally going to be able to navigate between zones to collect trophies. This can be noticed by starting in Gem Stone Valley, so the player automatically have access to two different zones at the same time, each one with two available tracks from start.
- If the player starts in N. Sanity Beach, 4 trophies are required to unlock Sewer Speedway, however you can only get 3 in this zone, forcing the player to access The Lost Ruins to continue progressing.
- If the player starts in The Lost Ruins, 3 trophies are required to unlock Dingo Canyon, however you can only get 2 in this zone, forcing the player to access N. Sanity Beach.
The requirement to unlock Turbo Track was originally 15 relics, instead of 5 gems.

Aug 4	Final

The pause menu/inventory was completely revamped. Here instead of showing a full list per world containing all tracks and challenges for each zone, there is a small text box showing each level and challenge individually, where the track name is represented by the large font and the zone above it using a small font. Each text box contains three collectibles for race tracks (trophy, relic, token).
The uncollected relics, tokens, and gems icons in the menu have "default" non-shaded forms.

Zone	Menu Order	Collectibles
The Lost Ruins	Dingo Canyon	Trophy, Relic, Token
Glacier Park	Dragon Mines	Trophy, Relic, Token
Glacier Park	Blizzard Bluff	Trophy, Relic, Token
N.Santiy Beach	Crash Cove	Trophy, Relic, Token
The Lost Ruins	Tiger Temple	Trophy, Relic, Token
The Lost Ruins	Papu's Pyramid	Trophy, Relic, Token
N.Santiy Beach	Roo's Tubes	Trophy, Relic, Token
Citadel City	Hot Air Skyway	Trophy, Relic, Token
N.Santiy Beach	Down the Drain	Trophy, Relic, Token
N.Santiy Beach	Mystery Caves	Trophy, Relic, Token
Citadel City	Cortex Castle	Trophy, Relic, Token
Citadel City	N.Gin Labs	Trophy, Relic, Token
Glacier Park	Polar Pass	Trophy, Relic, Token
Citadel City	Oxide Station	Trophy, Relic, Token
The Lost Ruins	Coco Park	Trophy, Relic, Token
Glacier Park	Tiny Arena	Trophy, Relic, Token
Gem Stone Valley	Slide Coliseum	Relic
Gem Stone Valley	Turbo Track	Relic
N.Santiy Beach	Ripper Roo's Challenge	Key
The Lost Ruins	Papu Papu's Challenge	Key
Glacier Park	Komodo Joe's Challenge	Key
Citadel City	Pinstripe Potoroo's Challenge	Key
Gem Stone Valley	N. Oxide's Challenge	Key
N.Santiy Beach	Skull Rock	Token
The Lost Ruins	Rampage Ruins	Token
Glacier Park	Rocky Road	Token
Citadel City	Nitro Court	Token
	Gems	5 Gems
	CTR Coins	5 Colored Tokens
	Relics	Sapphire, Gold, Platinum

N. Sanity Beach is mispelled as N. Santiy Beach.
Pinstripe's garage uses his full name.
N. Oxide's Challenge gives a key instead of a star.
CTR Tokens are called CTR Coins.
Aku Aku/Uka Uka hints option is missing due to their absence in this build.
The pause menu always shows Dingo Canyon as standard screen. In the final game, the menu automatically changes the list according to the current world.
The Paused text is also present here. In the final game, this text doesn't show up in the inventory menu.
The menu border has no bluish outline.

Aug 4	Final

The warp vortex has small flashing lights coming out of it.
Some warp vortex are surrounded by a checkered pattern. According to Rob Titus, former Naughty Dog developer, this was removed because it didn't look so well.

Aug 4	Final

The warping particles create a bluish smoke coming out of the warp vortex. The final version was changed to a shining light.

Entering the warp vortex while jumping causes the characters to make the jumping animation.

Gem Stone Valley

N. Sanity Beach uses an early logo of a Sun (it's the only zone that have a logo at this point, though).
The concrete fence around Oxide's Spaceship area is further away.

Aug 4	Final

Oxide's Spaceship is less detailed around the boss garage area.
The background behind Oxide's Spaceship contains is full of trees that were removed in the final version.
There are no invisible walls around the concrete fences of the boss garange entrance. Because of this, it's possible to go out of bounds by jumping with enough speed.

Aug 4	Final

There is no door for the Gem Cups area.

Aug 4	Final

The textures of the entrance to the ruins have been changed.

N. Sanity Beach

There is way less lighting, making the textures a lot darker.
N. Sanity Beach's theme is slighly different.
Sewer Speedway's decoration pipes have a dark tone.

Aug 4	Final

There is no door connecting Gem Stone Valley to N. Sanity Beach.

A tiki statue was removed from the sea background near to Crash Cove warp vortex.

Aug 4	Final

There was an additional extension on the bridge leading to Roo's Tubes. This remained on the map in the final version.
Loading the game file in N. Sanity beach will spawn the player farther to the right.

The Lost Ruins

Some grass textures over the walls are missing.
A direction sign pointing to Papu's Pyramid is missing.
There is no black background inside Papu Papu's garage.
Glacier Park requires 1 key to open, instead of 2.

Glacier Park

Polar Pass and Blizzard Bluff warp vortices are swapped.
Citadel City requires 2 keys to open, instead of 3.

This part of the map has some crystals in the background that were removed in the final version.
The warp vortex of Dragon Mines is red.

You kart is positioned in a different direction during the inventory animation on the podium.
Loading the game file in Glacier Park can sometimes spawn the player at different coordinates, but next to the standard spawn.

Citadel City

The chandeliers in the Cortex Castle area have different textures.

Aug 4	Final

The Nitro Court warp vortex area uses the floor textures.
A ceiling was removed in the final version.

Podium

The Podium is in a very incomplete state. There isn't any character, podium platform or trophy girl, only the obtained item appears on the top.
There are no victory fanfares either. Instead, the zone theme plays all the time.
The camera is already programmed. You can see the trophy girl's waving animation camera is already present, even though she is not there.

Boss Challenges

There is no sound effect for opening and closing the boss garage.
The bosses don't throw any specific weapons. Instead, they just act as a normal CPU and use random items.
There is no boss race music.
Aku Aku, Warp Orb, and N. Tropy Clock power-ups are enabled during the boss races.
Boss garages are unlocked only after getting all trophies from the tracks of their own zone, regardless of the number of trophies already obtained.

A key being added into the inventory animation is used after beating a boss.
Beating Ripper Roo will spawn the player in front of his garage, instead of automatically spawning them in front of Gem Stone Valley door.
Beating Pinstripe will spawn the player in front of his garage, instead of automatically spawning them in front of Oxide's garage.

N. Oxide's battle has the most differences so far:
- He uses Fake Crash's icon as placeholder.
- He doesn't start before the green light.
- There are four wheels under his hovercraft.
- The game uses a low-poly model when he is away from the camera. In the final version, his LOD (level of detail) never changes.
- You can normally hit him with many weapons, including TNTs and Nitros. In the final version, he always spins out when hit by any type of weapon, except Power Shield or Aku Aku.
- His minimap icon is grey.
Beating N. Oxide doesn't take you to the credits. Instead, you return straight to the Adventure map.
You get up to 5 keys due to N. Oxide's Challenge giving you a key instead of a star, which is useless, since the max you can unlock using keys is N. Oxide's Challenge, which requires 4 keys.

CTR Challenge

CTR Letters Locations
Some letters are in different locations.

The CTR Challenge has a very different challenge is this build: You must collect the letters C, T, and R during a Trophy Race, and each letter will be available in different laps, and if you miss any of them, you won't be able to get a Token, unless you try again.
- C is present on lap 1, T on lap 2, and R on lap 3.
The Wumpa fruit pick up effect is played when collecting a letter.

The token message is shown along with the race results.
Pressing X while the letters are falling from the HUD after losing a race will freeze them on the screen.

Crystal Challenge

The race intro jingle is enabled during the Crystal Challenges.
The kart doesn't brake instantly after the challenge ends.
The time limits are different in all arenas except Nitro Court.

Time limit	Aug 4	Final
Skull Rock	1:10:00	1:23:00
Rampage Ruins	1:30:00	1:25:00
Rocky Road	1:30:00	1:20:00

Relic Race

The requirements for all relic records are placeholders times. Sapphire times vary between 2:20:00 and 2:35:00.
- Gold and Platinum times are 10 and 30 seconds less than Sapphire times, respectively.
There is no box counter during the race.

Aug 4	Final

The relic obtained at the end of the race appears next to the track times instead of the bottom of the screen.
There is no sound effect during the time subtraction.
Relic Awarded and New High Score texts don't have exclamation marks.
- The texts are positioned a little higher on the screen.
The time crate icon is misplaced.
Getting a Gold or Platinum relic while the Sapphire wasn't collected yet will show its time requirement in the results screen, even if a higher relic has been obtained.
The Platinum relics are dark grey instead of light grey/white.
The Best Times ranking doesn't appear during the results.
Regardless of the relic you get, the podium and inventory animation always show a Sapphire relic.

Level	Aug 4	Final	Aug 4	Final
Crash Cove	2:32:00 2:22:00 2:02:00	1:17:00 1:05:00 0:52:00	30 boxes	32 boxes
Roo's Tubes	2:29:00 2:19:00 1:59:00	1:15:00 1:05:00 0:55:00	32 boxes	32 boxes
Mystery Caves	2:26:00 2:16:00 1:56:00	1:55:00 1:44:00 1:32:00	40 boxes	40 boxes
Sewer Speedway	2:27:00 2:17:00 1:57:00	1:33:00 1:05:00 0:37:00	65 boxes	65 boxes
Coco Park	2:21:00 2:11:00 1:51:00	1:35:00 1:12:00 0:49:00	40 boxes	40 boxes
Tiger Temple	2:31:00 2:21:00 2:01:00	1:20:00 1:02:00 0:43:00	52 boxes	52 boxes
Papu's Pyramid	2:30:00 2:20:00 2:00:00	1:34:00 1:09:00 0:42:00	48 boxes	48 boxes
Dingo Canyon	2:35:00 2:25:00 2:05:00	1:25:00 1:09:00 0:53:00	38 boxes	38 boxes
Blizzard Bluff	2:33:00 2:23:00 2:03:00	1:30:00 1:08:00 0:43:00	36 boxes	40 boxes
Dragon Mines	2:34:00 2:24:00 2:04:00	1:28:00 1:11:00 0:54:00	39 boxes	39 boxes
Polar Pass	2:23:00 2:13:00 1:53:00	3:00:00 2:33:00 2:05:00	38 boxes	38 boxes
Tiny Arena	2:20:00 2:10:00 1:50:00	3:45:00 3:22:00 2:58:00	57 boxes	60 boxes
N. Gin Labs	2:24:00 2:14:00 1:54:00	2:15:00 1:34:00 0:53:00	70 boxes	70 boxes
Cortex Castle	2:25:00 2:15:00 1:55:00	2:35:00 2:04:00 1:32:00	62 boxes	62 boxes
Hot Air Skyway	2:28:00 2:18:00 1:58:00	3:05:00 2:34:00 2:02:00	60 boxes	56 boxes
Oxide Station	2:22:00 2:12:00 1:52:00	3:17:00 2:56:00 2:34:00	47 boxes	49 boxes
Slide Coliseum	N/A	1:55:00 1:45:00 1:40:00	N/A	45 boxes
Turbo Track	N/A	1:45:00 1:32:00 1:19:00	N/A	52 boxes

In Coco Park, the box counter says there are 40 boxes on the track, however only 38 are possible to collect.
In Blizzard Bluff, the box counter says there are 36 boxes on the track, however only 33 are possible to collect. One of the unreachable crates is at the end of the track (before the start line) and you can actually see its reflection on the ice.
The lowest relic times are ironically used in the longest track of the game, Tiny Arena. Thus, it's almost impossible to obtain at least a Sapphire relic due to the very low requirement. Consequently, Gold and Platinum relics are unreachable.
It's impossible to obtain a Platinum relic in Oxide Station due to the very low requirement.
- The box counter says there are 47 boxes on the track, however only 45 are possible to collect.
Some time boxes are in very difficult locations to reach, making some of them impossible to collect.
Restarting a Relic Race while time is frozen will keep it frozen even after the race has started.
The game freezes if you try to load Slide Coliseum and Turbo Track in Adventure Mode.

Gem Cups

For some reason, you don't need to collect the four tokens of each color in order to unlock the cups. It seems you just need to get a trophy from the four respective tracks of a specific colored token.
The restart option is present. Restarting will reset the current race, not the entire cup.

Aug 4	Final

The race standings menu adds extra icons for 6th, 7th, and 8th positions on the top right corner in Purple Gem Cup.

Cup	Aug 4	Final
Red Gem Cup	Crash Cove Mystery Caves Blizzard Bluff Papu's Pyramid	Crash Cove Mystery Caves Papu's Pyramid Blizzard Bluff
Blue Gem Cup	Tiger Temple Sewer Speedway Dragon Mines N. Gin Labs	Sewer Speedway Tiger Temple Dragon Mines N. Gin Labs

Some tracks are swapped. In the prototype, the track order is based on the Arcade menu list, while in the final version it's based on the Adventure order.

Track Differences

Crash Cove

Aug 4	Final

There is a low relief around the crates area. It's also noticeable since the second crate is lower compared to the others.

Mistery Caves

Aug 4	Final

The fence near to the finish line uses an incorrect texture.

Sewer Speedway

Aug 4	Final

This crate is misplaced.

Coco Park

Aug 4	Final

This is the only track in this build that has a start banner. However, it's in a very early state and says Start instead of CTR.

Tiger Temple

The shortcut door can only be opened by throwing a Bowling Bomb, Power Shield, Missile, or with TNT/Nitro explosions. Trying to use Aku Aku or Beaker won't open it.

Dragon Mines

The first two minecarts at the beginning of the track move upside down. The first one moves before the green light and the last one during the first seconds. This glitch only happens the first time you load the track via menu, and restarting the race doesn't repeat it.

Aug 4	Final
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The two Wumpa crates are missing, making it impossible to collect 10 Wumpa fruits on this track.

Polar Pass

Aug 4	Final

There is only one turbo pad at the end of the U-turn.

Finishing the race in Time Trial and Relic Race will cause a camera bug everytime the character passes through the first chunk of the level.

Tiny Arena

Aug 4	Final

A trio of turbo pads is missing at the end of the track.

Cortex Castle

Aug 4	Final

The player's shading is darker before the race starts. In the final version, the model goes dark after the green light.
The final turbo pad before the big jump keeps your reserves during the rest of the race, so you can play the entire track with USF.

N.Gin Labs

Aug 4	Final

These tall, yellow laboratory devices could be seen in N. Gin Labs. They're not present in the final version, but they can be seen in the track preview.
There are three directional arrows in this part of the track instead of two in the final.
The turbo pad before the blue tunnel keep your reserves during the rest of the race, so you can play the entire track with USF.
The final turbo pad before the big jump is a Super Turbo Pad.

Hot Air Skyway

If you fall down during the big jump near the beginning of the Hot Air Skyway, the fall lasts a lot longer until your mask comes to rescue you.
There are a lot of Wumpa fruits throughout the track that have been removed.
A Wumpa crate is missing at the beginning of the level.
The first turbo pads before the big jump are a Super Turbo Pad, so you can play the entire track with USF.

Oxide Station

The mask doesn't rescue the player if they access a different chunk of the track.

Aug 4	Final

A brown surface was added.

Aug 4	Final

An invisible floor was added to the first hole, preventing the player from falling to the bottom.
The turbo pad doesn't give enough speed, which can make the player unable to reach the platform and fall of the track.
- There is also a bug in this section that makes the CPU unable to reach the platform and fall off the track.
This turbo pad keep your reserves during the rest of the race, so you can play the entire track with USF.
Finishing the race in Time Trial and Relic Race, the CPU of the player doesn't gain enough speed to cross over the hole of this specific turbo pad, causing the character to fall.
- If the CPU is following the left path, they will go out of bounds everytime they pass, causing the character to be stuck forever.

Aug 4	Final

The tunnel leading to the big fall is entirely covered in turbo pads.
The camera rotates around the character after the race ends.

This section of the track has glitched wall textures in Time Trial and Relic Race modes.

Slide Coliseum

Aug 4	Final

Incorrect wall texture, which is fixed in final, but still rotated wrong.
One of the CPU routes are unfinished in this track, causing some of them to go in the wrong direction and fall infinitely.
The lap counter checkpoint is misplaced, causing it to activate slightly before the finish line.