How come there isn't a thread for one of the best racing games of all time? Both versions can be played online too!>Crash Team Racing (1999)1) Get a Playstation BIOS file (Preferably SCPH-7501) and an original US CTR dump image from somewhere2) Download Launcher from https://www.online-ctr.com/ and follow instructions3) Configure your controls (or click automatic mapping when it prompts you)4) Pick a server and room (or make a private one using your IP)5) Share the info and wait for anons to joinAs simple as that!>Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled (NO CROSSPLAY)1) Go to online 2) Wait while it loads3) Matchmaking mode should probably connect anons together considering the online is not very active anymore, but if that doesn't work, players will need to add each other as friends in their platform of choice in order to make a Private Lobby4) Wait a lot while it loads5!) VERY IMPORTANT, since the game loads slightly better in newer consoles (PS5, Switch 2, Xbox X) it's inadvisable to skip the intro cutscene as it'll desync with other players and softlock the race lolHopefully we can get some games going soon!
I used to play a lot of CTRNF on the Switch when it came out, I'd be down to play it some more if anons have it too. I'm way more used to it than classic CTR but I already have it installed so I'm down to play as well
Looked into the archives for some Grand Prix-era webms, what times. I really hope this gets a PC Port.
I'd give it a try if some people played the PS1 version regularly. I like the idea of cart racers but I don't play any and it would be fun as long as /some/ other players were also novices like myself.
>>1848242I'm no expert by any means, at least not in the original CTR, I played it as a kid so I know a fair share of tricks but most of my arcane knowledge about it got replaced by Nitro Fueled's mechanics.Hopefully we can get some more (You)s here to organize a play group soon.
For lazy anons, here's a link to the BIOS and the CTR file for download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vbAs2itnOWirBSMufclOlfvWf_yAhaMr/
>>1850843Thanks, I didn't add it to the OP because it was too big a file for catbox.
Anybody up for CTR NF on Switch?
>>1846775bro you were attempting to U-Turn on 0:17? Press the down button.
>>1846438I'm still mad they never brought Nitro Fueled to PC. I want to play with Megumi again...
>>1846438How many people are playing CTR1 online, is it a lot? Is there enough people to find games where you don't have to mess around on a discord, because I'm not fucking bothering with discord matchmaking bullshit anymore.
>>1856416It's died down a bit, most of the servers I've seen at are 0/8 but if you join one you start getting people as you play more races, makes me wonder if they have some sort of notification for when a player is on because it always happens after I finish a race alone.
Tried to get NF working on Ryujinx and it had unbelievable lag, texture issues, and audio issues. What am I doing wrong?
Glad to see a thread for this up. I honestly keep forgetting /vm/ is a thing. Karters 2 news hitting today and seeing threads about it led me to checking here.I worked as part of the Custom Team Racing crew for CTR [PS1] but I've stepped back to take time for myself and try other things. I'm currently playing around with original character designs whilst trying to keep it in line with the theming and designs of Crash. If you've got questions; feel free.
>>1858895What's the deal with animations and why is it impossible to add/extract them for now ?
>>1859839Decompilation of such functions still has a ways to go from what I can tell. On a side-note; a team member just finished and put out a release for all characters' official renders replacing all 16 characters (Oxide included).
It's crazy how such a good game got so little support.
Gonna be on the Matchmaking waiting lobby in CTRNF for Switch, I wonder if anybody from here that joins will find me.
>>1863308Actually surprised I found some people that still play here, most of them were clearly newbies but I'm happy to see online is still –albeit lowly– populated
>>1863376If only it took like 10 minutes to load every time you start and end a race + people quitting/disconnecting during it and fucking up the lobby.We need a SKG-tier petition asking these fuckers to release a good PC port.
>>1858126I recall it working great on Yuzu.
>>1846438How sweaty is ctr online?
>>1868006Quite so. CTR is a skill-based game and if you have to go out your way to download all the stuff to be able to play it online, it means you have a fair interest in the game, enough to know all the advanced mechanics.
Anybody here tried The Karters 2? How does it feel compared to CTR?
>>1873101I played a beta/test version a few years back, the game was feeling okay all around, but when you got above a certain speed, it felt like driving on ice. The boost after a fall also felt like your kart weighted nothing, whereas CTR feels good when you slam back on the track. It's probably good for a few hours, but I would put it below both CTR games.
>>1873101Bought it a couple hours ago, I'm really liking it. It's pretty fast and the controls are tight, feels good to drive and boost.
>>1875911Is that a worm from Worms? Nice.
>>1875911>Buy this>Install a shitton of mods>Now the game takes forever to load whenever I open itIt feels just like CTR bros!
>>1875911I remember playing this
>>1875911Anybody want to play? I think it's as simple as going online and searching by RoomRegion: USARoom ID: 80854Will leave open for a while in case anybody sees this.
>>1887979No luck today, I'll host again tomorrow at around 10AM ET
>>1887979Region: USARoom ID: 73607
>>18903782 players in
>>1890402New Room ID: 25843
>>1887979GGs
>>1890402That's a nice Link
>>1846438Anybody playing this?
>>1894423Could host Friday 5pm ET, any other anons wanna join in?
Hosting on >>>/v/717621806
Hosting again>>>/v/717686472>>>/v/717686472>>>/v/717686472
>>1846438Anybody that plays nitro fueled on the switch?
>>1904286I do, this Friday at around 5pm ET I'll host a /v/eekend thread and look out for Switch NF players and The Karters 2 players to play alongside CTR99 Online.
Hosting >>>/v/718182512
>>1910264Retro mode was cool as hell
>>1912002What's Retro mode? Isn't CTR Retro enough? lol
>>1914328Retro mode makes all turbopads be Ultimate Sacred Fire (the highest turbo tier in the game), also it modifies U-turning so it doesn't eat your reserves if you do it on the ground.Why is it called Retro Mode? That part I have no idea.
>>1846438Can i play Crash Bash or other ps1 tittles multi or it's just CTR?
>>1915111Only CTR
>>1915111You mean using this build? Its a patch and only built to use servers to host CTR, if you wanted to play Bash or something else I guess it could be done via netplay but the connection would probably not be the best, feel welcome to try it with other anons if they also show interest.
>>1858895Do you model in Blender? How hard is it working within the constraints of PS1 graphics or it being a mod/PC emulated let you ignore some of the limitations like it being low poly and stuff?
>>1920667PS1 graphics operates with tris and quads. No ngons allowed. Keep things as optimized as you can whilst maintaining quality.Environments can currently be textured - characters and their karts can not.No rigs or animations at this time, so everything that's currently custom-made is static.
>>1920685>characters and their karts can notThat's a shame, why though? Do you have any pictures of custom stuff you and the rest of the team has done?
>>1920708>That's a shame, why though? I think we don't currently have access to the parts of memory that store textures for characters - or that if we do; we're currently unable to edit them due to where and how they're stored. I'm not technical-minded so I'm not the best person to ask on that.>Do you have any pictures of custom stuff you and the rest of the team has done?https://ctrcustomtracks.com/https://customteamracing.com/
>>1920721>https://customteamracing.com/Kek, that's awesome. These should work in the online build right? Client-side, of course.
Hosting on /v/>>>/v/718806627
Hosting Karters 2
>>1924418GGs
>>1846438I don't understand why Activision won't port CTR to PC. They are deliberately choosing not to earn money.
Anybody want to play Karters tonight?
>>1930024Why is it 30 dollars?
>>1931924Huh, it costed me 12.
>>1932010Must have upped the price when they released v1.0Honestly the game has enough content for 30 to be a fair price but I would still wait for a sale before getting it.
>>1856124U turning would have killed his reserves.
>>1937796
>>1937796is this from /v/ lobbies? Looks more populated than the threads seem to show.
Karters anyone?>>1938164I think I recognize some people from the threads but there wasn't any threads as of late that I know of.
>>1846438CTR used to be my fucking jam, never knew of reserves and shit so I'd probably be destroyed online
>>1846438>Can't play on Hot Air Skyway or Oxide Station because people will just do the unintended shortcutsWhat's the point? You're not competing for world records, you're choosing to play less and wait more for people that don't want to/don't know how to take the shortcut, why not actually enjoy the act of racing instead of what's practically cheating yourself from playing cool parts of the tracks?
>>1937934kek
>>1945087unless someone retrofits the tracks with different checkpoints you're kinda stuck with that shit.at least in the karters ports of the tracks there are mandatory checkpoints along the main route so the mega cuts no longer make progress.
I love this game
>>1945882I got that one as well, comes with sounds too, it's a great mod.
Will probably host a /v/eekend today at around 5pm ET unless plans change
>>>/v/720014139
>>1951006I learned from this thread that /v/ is very divided about The Karters.
>>1953338I like the game but let's be honest : If Nitro-Fueled had a PC port, no one would give a damn about a $30 early access game by 4 poles who already went for a rugpull once and then delayed the launch of their new game version hours before it was supposed to go online.
>>1953542Honestly if NF was on PC I'd still play Karters just for the mods. That said I wasn't aware of the history of the devs rug pulling and delaying the game like you mention, aside from a post on that thread that said something similar.
>>1953542If the game was 15 dollars I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Maybe next Steam sale.
Is CTR nitro fueled playable with the same launcher from CTR 1999?
>>1954893From the OP? No. You need the actual game on console to play online.I guess it could be possible to play over netplay in a Switch emulator but that would mean splitscreen and probably not a great connection.
>>1953645I think the team had a change of heart (or lead dev), and came back to make a real game after their first con attempt. I mean, the old trailer was even missing the game logo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLw4TbgIUQcModding on NF would also be a thing, some guy has modified the N.Sane Trilogy to load new levels and characters, and CTR:NF runs on the same engine. If I recall correctly there's also a file browser for the game data folders that showed that every single file that was added/modified by updates is stored in a single archive, which I'm willing to bet is what gave NF such long load times.Modding on TK2 is cool and all, but I can't help but feel that the thousands of mute model swaps using the default template and anims as well as the Day1 (or even Day0 since some of them were made during the beta) port of every PS1 CTR track on the workshop doesn't scream "Quality Mods" to me, which is a shame since the mod tools on Github look really well made and documented.The game right now seems like it has some foundations, but it's weird to me that the game seems made to be completed by mods in most aspects (tracks, characters, karts), while there is still unfinished or dropped content in there.Sorry for the blogpost, but I'm sad that there's still no other good kart game with a CTR/DKR adventure mode, and while TK2 devs have one planned, I think the IAs and items are too busted for it to be good. Also, I can't help but feel that >>1954757 is right on, and that the game is too niche to get to a 1.0 at $30 price point.
>>1955176>but I can't help but feel that the thousands of mute model swaps using the default template and anims as well as the Day1 (or even Day0 since some of them were made during the beta) port of every PS1 CTR track on the workshop doesn't scream "Quality Mods" to meThat's a good point to be fair, only recently mods with proper voice over and even custom animations started appearing, looks like people are getting used to the modding tools.In regards to vanilla, so far the game released with 16 original tracks, 6 kart models and I think about 6 different wheels, so it's not as barebones for a 0.5 or whatever version they released EA as, but the weekly updates they are doing makes me feel hopeful that they will continue to improve and add to it. They are adding an adventure mode too iirc. I'd keep the price low until they have a proper 1.0 version though, 30 dollars right now is pretty steep, on my region the game only costed 12 so what's up with that?
>>1956103>In regards to vanilla, so far the game released with 16 original tracks, 6 kart models and I think about 6 different wheels, so it's not as barebones for a 0.5I'm still waiting for that adventure mode and any kind of item rework before I make my opinion on the game as a whole, but yeah I agree, there's content in the vanilla game. What's weird is how unpolished it all feels : Every character has lots of alternate skins with several colors, yet how you unlock them is weirdly arbitrary. There's several kart bodies, yet all but the default have sitting/clipping issues with their wheels and drivers (although some of these issues only show up in the preview, and look fine in-game), etc.I guess I can't help but compare it with other AA/AAA games like CTR, MKWii or the Sonic racing games, and given the dev team size it's a tad unfair.And I guess they got their regional pricing set up for a $30 base price and lowered it everywhere else, so if anybody can get it for $15, I' say go for it.
>>1956197They absolutely need to rework the items, I hate the "lol just press shoot and forget about it" auto-aim weapons, and it's crazy that they don't have a banana peel type of item.I wonder if they have problems implementing them or they are Platinum N. Tropy tier whiners that hate the fact that there's a nitro crate on their precious optimal line.
>>1960541CTR does have a couple items that are fire-and-forget, notably the Warp Orb, N. Tropy Clock, and Missiles. So it's not unreasonable to have a few more, the issue is that's all there is in TK2The health system itself is absolutely an attempt at letting players preserve their momentum so that 1 stray hit doesn't hose them for the entire race. Especially all the ways that first place can deal with the blue shell equivalent to maintain their lead.Not like the dev doesn't know that items need a rebalance, it's sitting on the roadmap of things to do so I'm not too concerned about it at the moment. The fact that there is no potential for skillshots outside of waiting to target a specific player is silly.
>>1846438So when do people play CTR online?
>>1961723Just finished Time Trialing on TK2 with a friend, give me a minute and I'll host
>>1961723ok i made a thread too>>>/v/720637090>>>/v/720637090>>>/v/720637090
Hosting Karters
>>1968352ggs
Anybody up for Karters? I intend to make a /v/eekend thread in a couple hours but I can play a bit right now.
>>1971134I've rolled out of bed, wanna go?
>>1971158Sure thing, let's go
>>1971169Nice, the lobby codes work, I wasn't sure since I had the other anon in my friend list lol
Was sure I was losing until I realized you had missed a checkpoint lol
being considered "out of bounds" because I jumped 5 feet vertically off the road is bullshit
The comeback!
>Pressing Start quits the lobbylol sorryNew room
Lmao the tank crutch almost wins me the race
Right at the end, you bastard lol
kek, that tank fucking sucks.I'll go finish some stuff up then if I don't get roped into something else I'll try making a /v/eekend thread, maybe we get a good chunk of anons to play with, ggs pal, nice driving!
ggs, I'm rusty as hell, was screwing up easy cuts that I usually nail every lap in time trials.sight-reading tracks I hadn't played before is always a tense experience even if there are no stakes
>>1971242Yeah man, I love figuring out tracks as I go. you showed me some pretty cool shortcuts on tracks I had previously played too, nice.
Karters /v/eekend >>>/v/721174953>>>/v/721174953>>>/v/721174953
>>1846438this is windows only right? no linux or CFW PS3?
>>1971714I think you can do it on Linux, there should be a tutorial on the website or you can Google it
Anybody up for some Karters?
>>1973878I'd be down, you still around?
>>1973905Sure am
>>1973906Based skin, let's go!
Jesus, what an intricate level that was. Wonder if it comes from an actual racing game?
>>19739217 minute race is fucking miserable though, goddamn
>>1973925Somebody imported Nürburgring, I think last time I played it, it took me like 20 minutes to finish lmaoAlso, isn't it impressive that Tiger Temple's shortcut works here?
Using the Tank feels shameful lol
I think I prefer DK Jungle backwards lmao
You fell through the ground too, huh?
Wish there was a search function from here, I want to play on Twilight Tour
>>1973954the update from today should let you sort things and search unless I'm completely misinterpreting the post
>>1973957It does but not from this lobby screen form what I gather, just the "main" track select screen.
>>1973954Based, thanks anon
>>1973960game crashed fucking hell
>>1973961lmao, let's call it for now then, it's 12am here and got work tomorrow.GGs, see ya next time
I hope one day they'll let us download other players skins/karts like we do for tracks. Seeing the default characters makes me acutely aware that I'm missing them.
>>1973964Oh yeah, I really hope they do. I mean if they can do that with tracks why not allow it for characters/karts? At least in private lobbies.
Because I don't want to pay to play online. Might just buy karters 2 and stick to time trials on ctr
>>1973974Why not do time trials on Karters too?
is there a /v/ or /vm/ The karts 2 clan? Can someone make it? and since the discussion ITT is both about CTR and TK2, maybe the OP can bake the next thread as both ctr and tk2??? plzz? :) i'm playing for the next few hours if any anons want to join just reply
>>1975248>is there a /v/ or /vm/ The karts 2 clan?You can do that? huh, I'll make one then.Regarding the thread, I made it with the intention of playing CTR but then I found out Karters exists, I was gonna include it after this thread reached bump limit, so let's keep posting so that happens faster :VI'll join in if you wanna play.
>>1975259>I was gonna include it after this thread reached bump limitGreat!>I'll join in if you wanna play.yes plz because there is literally no one playing multiplayer right now
>>1975261I'll make a lobby, 1 second, my game takes a lot to load because my PC is old and I also have a shitton of mods lol.I see there's a /v/ thread that could populate our lobby, I'll post the room code there as well.
Room ID: 13373
Let's goooThat's what I get for not grabbing items lol
>>1975275oh shit u dont have my character downloaded
>>1975276Yeah I don't have too many characters, since the game kinda freezes on boot for me I try to minimize that by not having so many mods that arent' tracks installed, lemme know which one it is and I'll go grab it.
3 anons let's goo
>>1975284the game freezes for me too, but i ended up installing every mod anyway. i dont mind waiting the 5 minutes on boot.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3373855273&searchtext=apuhttps://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3529222749&searchtext=simpsons
kek i got a glitch
N. Gin Labs, my beloved.
wew lad
>>1975292I'll re-download all the stuff and see if it freezes the same amount, or just adds a negligible extra time. My PC really struggles to do anything while this fucking thing boots though lmao
I'm missing your mods too bro btw
>>1975312https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3529938477
I wonder if this ChocoQ or whatever the name is tracks are off-scaled lol>>1975321Thanks, downloading
HOLY SHIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
>>1975323Kino
wow wtf was that track, trippy as hell.Also, cucked again by the tank lol
>>1975327THAT MAP WAS SO AIDS. I CANT SEE SHIT
When I say Karters is a very aerial game, I mean it
KEK wtf did you see me coming the wrong way
I think that Peach Castle jump is broken, I never got the boost to go past it.>>1975338I saw 2 people going in wildly different directions at a point lol.
Polar Pass is so cool
WHAT A COME BACK FROM DEAD LAST 3RD TO 1ST. NO TANKShttps://youtu.be/nRRRtpOnBgA
gdi why is it so easy to quit out from a lobbyNew room up
Btw, did the lobby disband when I quit or did you manage to stay together?
>>1975345dont forget to make a clan, so maybe in the future its easier to get games together.>>1975347we kept going, but i backed out once i saw your post
>>1975349>we kept goingNice, so the room doesn't die if the host leaves, that's a nice feature. Yeah I'll make the clan when we are done playing, which is probably in a couple more races, it's 12am over here and I've got to work.
Alright, that's gonna be it for me, GGs anons, happy to play again soon.What should we name the clank?Kool Karts Krew?/vm/otorsports?uhhhh /v/arts?
>>1975353varters, vart racing, v racing, idk really your choice.
Alrighty, this should be it.
>>1975368do you know how the clan system works? how do we easily find games together? i saw theres an ingame friend system, but idk if u can find clan members easily.
>>1975380I have absolutely 0 clue about how clans work lol, we'll figure it out as we go.
>>1975321Honestly, a lot of these character mods are ass. I wouldn't download them all. Especially egregious when some of these don't even have a character picture in the select screen.
>>1975697that out_of_bounds_gaming dude really dislikes uploading any kind of image doesnt' he?
>>1975368Nice choice on the clover
Yooo this port is so good.Anybody up to play?
anyone up for tk2?
Finally
Anybody around for some Karters 2 Or Nitro Fueled on the Switch?
Really loving this track
The Karters 2 is on sale 25% off btw
Hosting /v/arters>>1985634Nice! Hopefully anons that were on the edge about it give it a try.
>>1985806ggs
Playing some Karters, anybody around to play?
>>1990666I'm down if you're still around.
>>1990675Whoops, opened a clan room, here's the real one.
I love Tiny Arena
These Choro Q tracks are pretty long
Missed a checkpoint huh?
These respawn points are absolutely fucked up, it dragged me half a lap backwards
>>1990709Oh lmao, I recall the latest updated made the respawn "better", imagine how it would have been previously
>>1990713they allegedly made them faster but they feel just as slow as before.it took a good 20 seconds before it put me back on the road, and by back on the road it actually put me directly in a position to fall into the pit again
wew>>1990715yeah i doubt they made it any better, at least they added a manual respawn for those levels that don't even have an OoB area lol
>Launch the Blue Shell thing right as I become 1st>It targets mewow, I guess that makes sense.
btw, do you know what the coins are even for?
Those are some crazy skips dude
The tank carried me the entire race lmao, that was my worst performance yet
I was hoping this was the RR from super circuit we did last time. no audio and no depth perception on the track is hot garbage
>>1990739If it's named correctly you can probably use the search function to pick the good one
Now I know how it feels, the respawner took like a minute to put me back on the track lol
kek, what a mess, cool map though. Don't fall on the water or you'll get stunlocked
>I got a tank while going 1st
how the fuck did the game give you a tank in first place?
>>1990766TK2 jank
Can't wait till we can customize item spawns and then only race with teleports and nitro boosts, feels bad to use the tank, man.Final race for me
It hurt a lot spinning out there, was reaching 180% speed.GGs as usual anon, thanks for playan.
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>>1990805>>1990813>>1990816>>1990822Looks fun, if I hadn't bought Crossworlds I probably would have gotten this.
>>1991137Such is the fate of an indi kart racer
Hosting Karters again
>>1992647And off we go
>>1992659New room
>>1993276Let's go
>>1993278
You guys were right, Karters 2 is the best kart racer I've ever played
>>1994573Good to see you liked it, we gotta play together sometime.
Let's go back to our roots for a moment, CTR /v/eekend>>>/v/722535063>>>/v/722535063>>>/v/722535063
>>1999274Slow day today, but got to play with some randoms at least. clearly one guy there only knew how to play Mario Kart, sorry buddy.
