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Gameplay della modalità Avventura per Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled.
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00:00e poi abbiamo anche un rippero stickero, che puoi mettere in vostro carto se ti piace rippero a lot
00:06come potete, come potete, come potete, look at that face
00:10a face, you know, a mother could love, but also I love it too
00:21hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of PlayStation Underground
00:24we got Tim and Kristen here, and we're joined by Thomas Wilson
00:27who is the Creative Director for Crash Team Racing Nitro Fueled
00:30and the co-studio head at BNOX, how are you doing Thomas?
00:33Awesome, super excited to be here
00:34we are so pumped to have you because we're going to be taking a closer look at Adventure Mode in
00:39CTR
00:41please, take it away
00:43so, Adventure Mode, what people need to know is that we have two Adventure Modes
00:48so we have the Classic version, which is just like the way people liked to play it back in the
00:54days
00:54so, no customization option, same carts, same character for the entire mode
00:58but we have Nitro Fueled, in which you can actually change characters the way you like
01:03all the characters you've unlocked, all the customization items you've unlocked
01:06you can switch at any time you want
01:08and then we also have difficulty settings available now
01:11for those who thought the original one was a little too hard
01:14oh boy
01:14so that way you can really play however you want to
01:16if you want to go back and do it the old way, go for it
01:19but if you want to do this, Nitro Fueled
01:20exactly, so we thought it was important to have it both ways
01:24here with the character selection menu
01:26as you can see, we have the eight original characters
01:30and this is what you're going to be starting with
01:31we also have the bosses, which are locked behind the Adventure Mode
01:36so you need to beat them to unlock them
01:38I've got to earn those bad boys
01:39of course, and then we also have the CNK characters available
01:42which will be available on a pit stop
01:44here we have additional skins you can wear with your character the way you like them
01:49same thing for karts
01:50we have some karts locked behind the Adventure Mode as well
01:55and then you also have additional karts you can unlock through the pit stop
01:58decals you can add to your vehicles as well
02:00so you can really customize this
02:02oh yeah, so you have bodies, wheels, paint jobs, stickers and decals
02:07you can add to specific bodies
02:09you can really trick it out
02:10oh yeah, that was the whole idea
02:11we really thought that it's the same great game that everybody remembered
02:15but we needed to have this opportunity to customize your ride and your character
02:19just to bring out the wackiness of the whole Crash Bandicoot franchise
02:24that's great
02:25speaking of wackiness, I think we're going to get a first look here
02:27at the intro to Adventure Mode
02:30so excited to check that out
02:32we'll probably keep it quiet
02:33just so everyone watching can enjoy them
02:35we'll be back with you
02:56greetings creatures of this planet
02:58I come to compete
03:03so you pesky earth slugs like to race, eh?
03:08well I, Nitrous Oxide, am the fastest racer in the galaxy
03:13I travel to stars looking for creatures to test my skills
03:18it's a little game I call survival of the fastest
03:22here's the way we play
03:24I challenge the best driver of your world to a race for the planet
03:29if your driver wins, I'll leave your miserable little rock alone
03:33but if I win, I will turn your entire globe into a concrete parking lot
03:40and make you my minions
03:45get ready to race for the fate of your planet
03:53let's go!
04:09move!
04:14go!
04:16go!!
04:17go!!
04:19go!!
04:32go!!
04:39ha ha ha ha
04:40All right, so adorable.
04:44Very charming.
04:45Well done with the intro there.
04:47And then we're going to jump into Adventure Mode,
04:49which is, you know, the original came out in 1999.
04:53Yes.
04:54Single player, you know, kart racing adventure modes and campaigns.
04:58That was a new thing.
04:59Yeah, that's what made it unique.
05:01That's what made me fall in love in the first place with the game.
05:04This idea of having a campaign mode in a racing game was very fun.
05:12So we're going to be, you know, as far as the progression through Adventure Mode,
05:17you know, we're seeing, we're getting some of the overall objectives here.
05:21But it's about getting, you know, trophies and winning races.
05:23And there's some side objectives, too.
05:25Is that right?
05:26Yes.
05:26So basically you have five hubs that you need to explore.
05:29So we're looking at Insanity Beach right here.
05:31And you can drive around and find these pods that offer challenges.
05:36So racing races, you can race and win trophies.
05:39You can collect relics by smashing crates.
05:43And in some of the races, collect CTR letters and win tokens.
05:48And basically as you collect all those, you eventually get to fight the boss and beat them and unlock new
05:55areas.
05:55So as you progress, you're unlocking items that allow you to move on from one hub to the next until
06:02you face Oxide.
06:03Oh, nice. So, yeah, you just get the satisfying layer of progression and, you know, you know, whether you want
06:10to stick with a character, a single character in classic mode or, you know, jump between different characters and nitro
06:15fueled.
06:16And then, you know, for this footage, I know that you guys came prepared with some prerecorded footage here.
06:20So we'll be able to kind of focus on talking through the different race types.
06:24And maybe we'll get a peek at a boss race.
06:27That would be great.
06:28Maybe we will.
06:28Yeah.
06:30So sticking with Crash here to keep it classic.
06:33Yes.
06:33But as you can see, you have the other characters wearing or actually driving different carts that are available in
06:42the content that you have unlocked.
06:44So if you wanted with the Nitro Fuel Edition, you could switch and drive with wheels or carts that you've
06:51unlocked if you wanted.
06:52Oh, that was close.
06:53That was close.
06:54Yeah.
06:54I would have just gone right off the edge.
06:56Ka-plunk.
06:58Yeah.
06:58So here we're looking at, you know, a typical race.
07:00This is Crash Cove.
07:02And, you know, it was really important for us to sort of bring it with full HD fidelity, but really
07:10stick to the winning formula of the original controls.
07:13Right.
07:13So as you can see, you can drift around corners, you know, you can power slide and boost for up
07:21to three times as you're racing.
07:23So as you can see at the bottom right, we actually play with the HUD elements because we have the
07:29original HUDs for those who prefer the classic version.
07:31But this is a Nitro Fuel HUD that provides a little more instruction on how to use the drifting mechanic
07:37the right way.
07:38Some additional feedback.
07:40Yes.
07:40Oh, yeah, yeah.
07:42And a little bit of that black smoke coming out of the exhaust.
07:45Exactly.
07:46So now when you're filling it up, the bar will start glowing.
07:49And then we have these little black bars that indicate the perfect timing to do that.
07:53Nice.
07:54So when you hit it right, you get the most out of the boost you're triggering.
08:00And so this is where we try to provide as much feedback as possible so people can understand and master
08:06this technique.
08:06Because that was quite unique to Crash Team Racing back in the days.
08:10And it takes some practice to get it right.
08:13Nice.
08:14Yeah, there's a surprising amount of complexity to it.
08:16But, you know, being able to have that sort of sense of satisfaction of getting better and better at, you
08:21know, pulling off the boost is really great.
08:25Also, I mean, like, you know, Crash Team Racing was no slouch when it originally launched in 1999.
08:30Nice.
08:30Just the amount of detail and, like, how lush each setting is is incredible.
08:35And even just then when you pass the finish line, the monkeys that are just, like, jumping and congratulating you.
08:39They respond to it.
08:40Yeah.
08:41Yeah, we wanted to add a lot of life to the world, to each of the maps.
08:45And, you know, starting with the end, the victory lap camera right there where you see Crash sort of winking
08:49at the camera.
08:50because as much as it is a racing game, it's all about character.
08:54You know, there was really this notion of putting the characters forward in the way they race, when they win,
08:59when they lose, when they jump with their cart.
09:02You know, now we can have them coming out of the cart, you know, raising a foot or a leg
09:08or doing something funny as you're jumping.
09:10So there's a lot of attention that's been brought to the animations, specifically here, when you celebrate and you have
09:16a victory.
09:17So now, you know, so we have different camera angles.
09:20We also have unique animations for some of the skins you can collect for the characters.
09:25Yeah.
09:25So when you have a full costume change, you'll have a unique animation for each of the characters when they
09:30celebrate.
09:31I was going to say, it makes you definitely want to play it with all of the characters just to
09:34see, like, what is that animation going to be?
09:36Yep.
09:37And then, you know, presumably playing online, you know, you'd be able to show off a cool animation as you,
09:42you know, lap your friends and rub their face in it, basically.
09:46Of course, who doesn't want to brag, right?
09:48Yeah.
09:49So now we switch to Coco.
09:52Here's Ripperoo right there.
09:54So brand new cinematic.
10:00This is going to end well, right?
10:01Like, oh, no, there he goes.
10:04Love it.
10:05Oh, he races with his feet.
10:06Yeah.
10:07That's great.
10:08Of course.
10:11So this is one of the boss races that we were talking about before.
10:14Okay.
10:14So fast forward, you know, so we've collected enough trophies.
10:18Now we get to fight him.
10:20And like I was saying before, it's like for every challenge you compete, you always get a new reward.
10:24So that's different from the original adventure mode, which didn't have rewards until the end where you would complete the
10:31gem cups and unlock characters.
10:32Now we have something all the time, whether it's a sticker, a decal, a set of wheels, a body, so
10:38you can customize your experience as you're unlocking items.
10:40Yeah.
10:41Yeah.
10:41Keep some breadcrumbs along the trail.
10:43Yes.
10:43What I love about this, too, is like you get to know Ripper through the intro cinematic and then like
10:49you probably grow to hate him a little bit when you're racing against it, but then you unlock him.
10:54So you feel this extra connection.
10:55And, you know, if you're playing Nitro Fueled, like that adventure mode, then you could just switch over to him
11:01and play with him right away if you want.
11:03Exactly.
11:04So in the original game, you couldn't play as Ripper Roo until the end of the adventure mode.
11:08Here we've made the slight change so when you beat the boss, you'll get to unlock it, which we thought
11:13was making sense, which we thought was more rewarding in the way, you know, the progression system was working.
11:20Now we're in Ripper Roo's level, so Roo's Tubes, and this is a boss fight, and it's a totally unfair
11:27race.
11:28I mean, he's just like dropping TNT crates like they're free.
11:32Exactly.
11:33So he's got unlimited supplies of TNT crates, and every boss will throw something different at you, whether it's beakers
11:39or boxes.
11:41Oxide throws everything.
11:42And so here what you need to do is win, although it's a non-fair race.
11:48So you've got to make sure that you stay in the front.
11:51Otherwise, you need to dodge all those boxes and complete, you know, and pass first at the finish line.
11:57So I want to dish out enough damage so he can't get ahead of you and drop those crates and
12:00then, you know, eventually secure first place because that's what it's all about, obviously.
12:04Exactly.
12:05So you need to make smart use of the power-ups you collect, missiles or bombs or everything.
12:12And, you know, it can take a few shots.
12:16You definitely want to hop around a little bit.
12:18Definitely not an easy race.
12:19Yeah.
12:20Yeah, the TNT crates, like you were saying, Christine.
12:23You can hop and get them off, yeah.
12:24Like five or six hops and you can shake it off, which seems pivotal for this race.
12:28Yeah.
12:29And Ripper Roo, talking about, like, the way we decided to address the environments, you know, we definitely wanted to
12:34push, like, the underground aquatic quality.
12:38So we've added a lot of fish and, you know, the mines and the mines are floating, a lot of,
12:44you know, plants, underwater plants.
12:48And now we won.
12:49Yeah.
12:50Awesome.
12:50So that's a good thing.
12:51And now we'll have a brand new cinematic as well, a little bit different from the original game.
12:55Nice.
12:56Because, you know, the ultimate goal is to take on Oxide, right?
12:59Yes.
12:59So that's the final objective.
13:01So you've got to take out these guys on the way.
13:09Coco's just like, what's going on here?
13:11Just like, oh, woof.
13:12Yeah.
13:14Looks like you had the key all along.
13:15So these are the things that we wanted to do a little bit differently, present the bosses in a context
13:21that would just, like, set their personality.
13:24So, you know, the original one was a great game, but it was just, like, kind of a static image
13:28of the character in its cart.
13:30Now we have this opportunity to really push the cinematic qualities.
13:34And here, something different in the way we present the adventure mode.
13:38Now we have a key opening up the door.
13:40You understand that you've just opened up a new area.
13:43Nice.
13:43That's great.
13:44Yeah, more places to explore and races to take on and bosses to battle.
13:51Excellent.
13:52And then, like I was saying, now we've unlocked Ripperoo.
13:54But not only Ripperoo, we've also unlocked his color scheme because he was driving an orange cart.
13:59Right.
13:59And then we will also unlock Ripperoo sticker, which you can put on your cart if you like Ripperoo a
14:05lot.
14:06Well, how could you not?
14:07How could you not?
14:07Look at that face.
14:10A face, you know, a mother could love, but also I love it, too.
14:15Okay.
14:15And there's the paint job.
14:16Okay.
14:17So there's a lot of things to unlock.
14:18So every time.
14:19And then you can go right to the customization menu.
14:22Go ahead.
14:22Slap it right on there.
14:23We wanted to just like start racing with Ripperoo right away.
14:26And now it opened up all kinds of challenges.
14:28Now we're going through Gemstone Valley.
14:30Okay.
14:31And, you know, things that we've done.
14:33It was called Gemstone Valley.
14:34So why not add gems, you know, that we're kind of missing.
14:37Yeah.
14:37We've also changed the podiums.
14:39So we made them unique looking for every hub that exists.
14:42Oh, wow.
14:42And we've also added Oxide's spaceship.
14:46Oh, he's got more of a presence there.
14:48Oh, yeah.
14:48Looking at you, you know, madly.
14:51Just like Oxide does all the time.
14:53Wow.
14:54Look at this.
14:54Okay.
14:55Oh, yeah.
14:55Now we're in Citadel City.
14:56So just like in the original game, you have like everything you can collect.
15:00the trophies, the relics, the tokens, because we have challenges.
15:03So you can consult everything that you've unlocked, see how well you did.
15:07Yeah.
15:08If you completed the game at 100%, because there are rewards attached to that,
15:11we can unlock Oxide by beating him.
15:13I know the completionists out there will be very happy to see the menus
15:16and get everything collected there.
15:18Yeah.
15:18And now we're in Citadel City.
15:20But as you can see, now Coco's wearing a different outfit.
15:23Oh, it's a fair.
15:24So that's something you can unlock.
15:25So the more you race with a character, the more races you complete and you win,
15:29you can unlock exotic versions of these characters as well.
15:34I love those stained glass windows.
15:36Yeah.
15:36This place looks great.
15:37Oh.
15:38Yeah.
15:38Now she's, you know, talking about customization.
15:41She's wearing a different outfit, but now she's driving Team Cortex's cart.
15:45Now we're in Lost Ruins and we're going to racing through, again,
15:50one of the hubs you can unlock.
15:51And we're going to take you through some of the additional challenges that you can try out.
16:02So now we're adding, like, floating monkeys in the fire.
16:06Of course.
16:06Don't ask me.
16:07Whatever would be complete without them.
16:10So now, you know, you can either do a CTR challenge or a relic race.
16:14And we'll explain what that is.
16:18Get the lowest time you can by racing fast and breaking time crates.
16:22All right.
16:23Each time crate you break will freeze the clock.
16:26Okay.
16:27So you want to get as many of those so that you can complete it in time.
16:30Yeah.
16:31And so these challenges become available once you've collected all the trophies.
16:36And, of course, we attach a reward with that item.
16:40So players are constantly rewarded when they complete the challenges.
16:44So in this case, it's, yeah, you smash through crates in order to freeze time.
16:50And, of course, there's a time attached to that that you need to reach.
16:53And so it's a little bit different.
16:55Here, you know, we're presenting Cocoa Park.
16:57I love this.
16:58It looks great.
16:59Yeah.
17:00One thing I wanted is I really challenged a team.
17:03You know, I said, you know what?
17:03This is going to be a flower festival, right?
17:05Yeah.
17:06And I challenged a team to put as many flowers as they could before the frame rate dropped.
17:12And, of course, you know, it's a racing game, so the frame rate needs to be great.
17:15But the whole idea was that we really wanted to have, like, pedals on the ground, you know, covering the
17:21floors and flowers falling.
17:23And it's running buttery smooth.
17:25So, yeah, it looks amazing.
17:26And, you know, Cocoa, she seems like a really, I feel like, humble bandicoot.
17:31But then you see this beautiful statue here.
17:34Yeah.
17:34And maybe she's quietly, you know, got a little bit more pride than I thought.
17:37I want one of those.
17:38Well, look, you know, it's called Cocoa Park, right?
17:40So, when we were looking at the names of the tracks, the idea was, like, what can we do to
17:45embrace the character for this particular level?
17:48Right.
17:48And so, that's why we've added all these statues of Cocoa.
17:52You know, of course, it's a flower festival, but it's also all about Cocoa.
17:56It's a Cocoa festival.
17:56Yeah, we did the same thing for Crash Cove, where we sculpted out faces of Crash in the wall and
18:03the cliff sides.
18:04So, here, a little bit, we did the same thing, you know, adding a lot of flowers.
18:09You know, we have, like, sprinklers that create this magical rainbow.
18:14Butterflies flying around.
18:15It's a massive rainbow.
18:17Yeah, and just all the water, you know, needed to irrigate said flowers.
18:21So, they're taking good care of it.
18:22That's great.
18:24So, as you can see, like, these boxes are difficult to get.
18:28Yeah.
18:28So, some of the boxes, depending on where they're placed, will definitely challenge a player's skills.
18:33If you want to hit all the boxes, you need to master all the techniques that they are.
18:38You know, hopping, power sliding, you know, and jumping at the same time.
18:43I'm finding, also, the shortcuts, because boxes will be placed in different shortcuts.
18:48So, sometimes, you need to plan ahead for every lap you'll go through, not going to the same places twice.
18:54Are they numbered by difficulty of how to get them?
18:57No, actually, they're numbered by the time you stop the clock.
19:01Got it.
19:01So, one is one second, two is two seconds, three is three seconds, but, obviously, the three seconds ones will
19:07be harder to find.
19:09And is, you know, getting all the boxes, is that sort of an additional objective that you could...
19:14It basically helps getting to lower your score.
19:17So, as you can see, we haven't hit all the boxes, but we still managed to get the perfect timing.
19:22Nice.
19:22That being said, that's a sapphire relic, but you also can collect a gold relic and a platinum relic.
19:28All right, so that was an incredible look at Adventure Mode and Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled.
19:32The game's out on June 21st?
19:34Yes.
19:35That's awesome.
19:35So, not too much longer to wait until you want to go and take on Nitrous Oxide and unlock all
19:39the good cart customization options.
19:41Thomas, thanks so much for joining us on this episode of PlayStation Underground.
19:44My pleasure.
19:55PlayStation.
20:00Thank you.