Crash Team Racing

Secrets
Curiosities
SAFFI Fire (by Devant): SAFFI Fire is a method used for getting an infinite boost during
a race. This is a method that is commonly used for Best Lap records.
To achieve SAFFI Fire, you must constantly boost for a long while (boosting around and
around works for this). Basically, if you are a beginner, you should boost for at least 2
minutes. Boost over 3 minutes just to be safe. With enough practice, you can get it under
1 minute. You will know that you have SAFFI Fire when your exhaust turns completely
white and you only hear the kart going at almost top speed. Once you possess SAFFI Fire,
you will always be at almost top speed. Once you go over a super turbo pad, you will
have "Ultimate SAFFI Fire". This is where you have higher than top speed forever and can
achieve very fast times and laps. It is quite hard to maintain and is not recommended for
beginners. When turning, try to jump and slide rather than Powerslide. It helps when
turning around corners. Please note that boosting while having SAFFI Fire is not
recommended. If you boost a little too much, then you will lose the SAFFI Fire.
If you're good enough, it's possible to achieve SAFFI Fire during a race, depending on the
track. There are some tracks where SAFFI Fire helps, others where it doesn't.
Spell out words (by Ripperroo123): All of the cheats spell out words. The Circle equals
an O, the Triangle equals an A, X equals X, Up equals U or N (for North), Down equals D
or S (South), Left equals L or W (West), and Right equals R or E (East). Those words are
listed below at the end of each code.
Glitches
5 / 7 laps in Cups (by Ntropydude): Go to Arcade and pick single. Choose your character
and the track you wish to drive in. Highlight either the 5 or the 7 laps option (but don't
press X). Backtrack to the Single/Cup screen by pressing Triangle and choose Cup. After
that, each track on the cup you choose will have either 5 or 7 laps, depending on which
option you highlighted before.
Infinite Missiles (by TimoteiLOL): First you'll need to activate a cheat mode that gives
you an infinite amount of any kind of item (the cheat modes are listed at the bottom).
Then just run into a red beaker so that your current weapon/item will change. If it
changes into the 3-Missiles, you'll get an infinite supply of them (until you run into
another red beaker). If it doesn't change into that weapon, just pick up a Crate
afterwards and hope it does.
No Language Funnies (by Peter Wakeman and ConceptWindow): This only works in the
PAL version. When prompted to select a language before the title screen, you can press
Triangle to cancel it, leaving you with nothing but blank spaces and hyphens where words
would normally be. The glitch gets really interesting in Adventure Mode, because most
bosses strangely swap their heads and dialogues with each others. You can get such
atrocities as Papu Papu with Pinstripe's head, Komodo Joe with Oxide's and Oxide with
Papu Papu's (Ripper Roo, on the other hand, remains untouched). Another difference is
that Aku Aku/Uka Uka will be silent.
The game seems to change to the Japanese language when you do this (the only problem
is that neither the voice lines nor the Japanese font are there, and that's why it doesn't
work). The reason it seems to do this is because the CTR challenges in adventure mode
will say "CBR" along with some missing characters. CBR stands for Crash Bandicoot
Racing, which is the name of the Japanese version (NTSC-J). As you've probably guessed,
it uses the letters CBR instead of CTR in that game. This further supports the theory that
the Japanese version was built off of the PAL one, also evidenced by the fact that it
retains all the improvements from it.
Characters
Note: All the unlockable characters will be available in all modes except story mode.
Komodo Joe: Win the Blue Gem Cup -or- at the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press
Down, Circle, Left, Left, Triangle, Right, Down (DOLLARS).
Papu Papu: Win the Green Gem Cup -or- at the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press
Left, Triangle, Right, Down, Right, Circle, Left, Left, Down (LARDROLLS).
Ripper Roo: Win the Red Gem Cup -or- at the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press
Right, Circle, Circle, Down, Up, Down, Right (ROODUDE).
Pinstripe: Win the Yellow Gem Cup -or- at the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press
Left, Right, Triangle, Down, Right, Down (LEASED).
Fake Crash (cheat found by Hacc): Win the Purple Gem Cup -or- at the main menu,
hold L1 + R1 and press Circle, Down, Down, Up, Circle, Circle, Down, Left, Right
(ODDNOODLE).
N. Tropy: Beat all the N. Tropy ghosts in Time Trial mode -or- at the main menu,
hold L1+R1 and press Down, Left, Right, Up, Down, Right, Right (SLENDER).
Penta Penguin: At the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press Down, Right, Triangle,
Down, Left, Triangle, Up (SEASWAN).
Tracks and Battle Arenas
Turbo Track: Unlock Turbo Track in Adventure Mode.
Parking Lot: Win all 4 cups in Arcade mode (Easy).
North Bowl: Win all 4 cups in Arcade mode (Medium).
Lab Basement: Win all 4 cups in Arcade mode (Hard).
Cheat to unlock all of the above: At the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press Right, Right,
Left, Triangle, Right, Down, Down (REWARDS).
Extras
Epilogue: Beat the game with 100%.
101%: Get all Gold Relics in Adventure Mode. The epilogue will then feature
confetti.
Scrapbook: Beat the game with at least 100% and wait for the epilogue to end. To
unlock it at the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press Up, Up, Down, Right, Right, Left,
Right, Triangle, Right (UNDERWEAR).
Spyro 2 TM Demo: At the main menu, hold L1+R1 and press Down, Circle, Triangle,
Right (SOAR).
Cheat Modes
Note: Introduce these in the main menu. To make these work in Adventure Mode, choose
that mode and insert them when the game asks if you want to commence a new game or
load an old one (they will work in any race modes inside the Adventure, including Relic
Races). In Time Trial Mode, the only working cheats are the Super Turbo Pads and the
Invisibility. To undo a cheat, press the respective sequence again.
Infinite Aku Aku/Uka Uka: Hold L1 + R1 and press Left, Triangle, Right, Left, Circle,
Right, Down, Down (WARLORDS).
Infinite Wumpa fruit (permanently juiced up): Hold L1 + R1 and press Down, Right,
Right, Down, Down (SEEDS).
Infinite Bowling Bombs: Hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, Right, Down, Right, Up,
Triangle, Left (ARSENAL).
Super Turbo Pads: Hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, Right, Right, Circle, Left
(ARROW).
Display Boost Counter: Hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, Down, Down, Circle, Up
(ADDON).
Permanent Invisibility (human players only): Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Up, Down,
Right, Right, Up (UNSEEN).
Unlimited Turbos (by Hacc): Hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, X, Right, Left, Left,
Triangle, X (AXELWAX).
Icy Tracks (by Hacc): Hold L1+R1 and press Down, Left, Right, Down, Right, Circle,
Triangle, Down (SLEDROAD).
Super Hard Mode (by Hacc and Vextes): Hold L1 + R1 and press Down, Right, Left,
Up, X, Right (DELUXE).
Beakers and Explosive Crates only: (by Hacc): Hold L1 + R1 and press Right, Up,
Down, Up, Right, Circle (ENDNEO).
1-Lap Races (by Hacc): Hold L1 + R1 and press Down, Up, Down, Down, Right, Up,
Down, Right, Triangle, Down (SUDDENDEAD).
Super Engine Mode (by Hacc): Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Up, Left, Right, Triangle,
Down, Right, Down (UNLEADED).
CBR (NTSC-J Version) Cheats
- Found by Hacc
Note: Introduce these in the main menu unless stated otherwise.
Unlock Dr. N. Tropy: Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Down, Right, Square.
Unlock Pinstripe: Hold L1 + R1 and press Right, Square, Up, Down, X.
Unlock Ripper Roo: Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Down, Triangle, X, Circle.
Unlock Komodo Joe: Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Triangle, X, Down, X.
Unlock Fake Crash: Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Triangle, Down, X.
Unlock Papu Papu: Hold L1 + R1 and press Up, Left, Triangle, Circle.
Unlock Penta Penguin: Hold L1 + R1 + R2 and press Left, Up, Right, Square,
Triangle, Circle, X, Square, Right, Down.
Display Turbo Counter: Hold L1 + R1 and press Triangle, Down, Down, Circle, Up.
Unlimited Wumpa Fruit: Hold L2 + R2 and press Up, Down, Triangle, Circle, X.
Unlimited Masks: Hold L2 + R2 and press Up, Triangle, Square, Up, Down.
Unlimited Turbos: Hold L2 + R2 and press Left, Right, Down, Triangle, Circle.
Unlimited Bombs: Hold L2 + R2 and press Up, Down, Right, Triangle, Circle.
Invisibility: Hold L2 + R2 and press Triangle, Up, Left, Up, Down.
Super Engine Mode: Hold L2 + R2 and press Up, Triangle, Down, Square, X.
Super Turbo Pads: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 and press Down, Right, Square, Triangle, X,
Circle.
Unlock Extra Tracks and Arenas: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 and press Up, Down, Left,
Square, Circle, X.
Unlock Scrapbook: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 and press Left, Right, Triangle, X, Square,
Circle.
1-Lap Races: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 and press Left, Right, Square, Circle.
Super Hard Mode: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 and press Left, Up, Circle, Triangle, Down, Up.
Mystery Cheat: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 and press Right, Down, Square, X, Triangle, Circle.
Secret Movie: Hold L1 + L2 + R1 + R2 when the PlayStation logo appears.
Spyro 2 Demo: Hold Left + Circle when the PlayStation logo appears.