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| title          = Crash Team Racing
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| developer      = [[Naughty Dog]]
| publisher      = [[Sony Computer Entertainment]]
| director       = [[Jason Rubin]]
| designer       =
(contracted; show full) created by Mike Gollum, Ron Horwitz and Kevin Spears of [[Universal Sound Studios]]. The voices of Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka were provided by [[Clancy Brown]], while the voices of Doctor N. Gin, Tiny Tiger and Pinstripe Potoroo were provided by voice actor Brendan O'Brien. Additional voices were provided by David A. Pizzuto, Mel Winkler, Michael Ensign, Hynden Walch, Billy Pope, sound effects artist Mike Gollom, Michael Connor and Chip Chinery.<ref name="Manual26"/>

== Reviews ==
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| GR = 91.78%<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamerankings.com/ps/196989-crash-team-racing/index.html |title=''Crash Team Racing'' Reviews |accessdate=January 15, 2009 |publisher=[[Game Rankings]]}}</ref>
| MC = 88/100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation/crash-team-racing |title=''Crash Team Racing'' (psx: 1999): Reviews |accessdate=January 15, 2009 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
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| Allgame = 4/5<ref name="Allgame"/>
| EGM = 9.3/10<ref name="EGM"/>
| Fam = 33/40<ref>''プレイステーション - クラッシュ・バンディクー レーシング''. Weekly Famitsu. No.915 Pt.2. Pg.14. 30 June 2006.</ref>
| GamePro = 5/5<ref name="GamePro"/>
| GameRev = B+<ref name="GameRev"/>
| GSpot = 8.4/10<ref name="GSpot"/>
| IGN = 8.5/10<ref name="IGN"/>
| OPM = 5/5<ref name="OPM"/>
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''Crash Team Racing'' was given favorable [[wikt:review|reviews]] from [[critic]]s. ''[[Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine|Official PlayStation Magazine]]'' described ''Crash Team Racing'' as "the game that made kart racing cool" and believed that "nothing has ever matched its quality."<ref name="OPM">{{cite journal |year=2002 |month=March |title=''Crash Team Racing'' review |journal=Official PlayStation Magazine (U.S.) |page=34 |quote=The game that made kart racing cool. Nothing has ever matched its quality.}}</ref> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' believed that the game was "heavily inspired by ''[[Mario Kart]]'', but still an amazing multiplayer racer."<ref name="EGM">{{cite journal |year=2004 |month=January |title=Review Archive: GBA/PS1/N64 |journal=Electronic Gaming Monthly |volume=174 |issue=Ultimate Reviews Issue |page=188 |quote=Heavily inspired by ''Mario Kart'', but still an amazing multiplayer racer.}}</ref> Doug Perry of [[IGN]] stated that the game was "rock solid" in its gameplay and graphics, but Perry did not like Crash's smile because it looked evil.<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |author=Doug Perry |authorlink=Doug Perry |title=IGN: ''Crash Team Racing'' Review |url=http://psx.ign.com/articles/161/161595p1.html |date=October 29, 1999 |publisher=IGN |accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref> Jeff Gerstmann of [[GameSpot]] called the game "a great Mario Kart clone", and that it succeeded where [[wikt:similar|similar]] games like ''Mega Man Battle & Chase'', ''Bomberman Fantasy Race'', ''Diddy Kong Racing'', ''Chocobo Racing'' and ''Mario Kart'' had failed.<ref name="GSpot">{{cite web |author=Jeff Gertsmann |authorlink=Jeff Gertsmann |title=''Crash Team Racing'' for PlayStation Review – PlayStation |url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps/driving/crashteamracing/review.html |date=October 19, 1999 |publisher=GameSpot |accessdate=January 15, 2009}}</ref>

Critics gave a mixed review of the game's [[audio]]. The D-Pad Destroyer of GamePro said that the "[[wikt:whimsical|whimsical]]" background music is "quite enjoyable" and the character sound bites are "varied enough to avoid becoming annoying."<ref name="GamePro"/> Doug Perry of IGN said that the voice acting is "nothing really that cute, clever or memorable" in the game, and believed that Crash's voice in the game is extremely similar to that of [[Luigi]] from the ''Mario Kart'' series.<ref name="IGN"/> Jeff Gertsmann of GameSpot wrote that while the music and sound effects "push the game's cartoon theme," the themes were not too "over the top".<ref name="GSpot"/> Joe Ottoson of [[Allgame]] believed that the characters "are all quite vocal", and the music "sets off the whimsical mood nicely".<ref name="Allgame"/>

There have been over 2.2&nbsp;million copies sold of ''Crash Team Racing''. It sold 1.71&nbsp;million copies in the [[Europe]], 2.64&nbsp;million copies in the [[United States]], and under 500,000 copies in [[Japan]].<ref name="magicboxus">{{cite web |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-USPlatinum.shtml |title=US Platinum Videogame Chart |publisher=The Magic Box |accessdate=October 1, 2009 |date=December 27, 2007}}</ref><ref name="elspap">{{cite web |url=http://www.elspa.com/?i=3944 |accessdate=October 1, 2009 |publisher=[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association]] |title=ELSPA Sales Awards: Platinum}}</ref> As a result of its success, the game was re-released for the [[List of Sony Greatest Hits games|Sony Greatest Hits]] chain in 2000 and for the [[Platinum Range]] on January 12, 2001.<ref name="release"/> An [[wikt:indirect|indirect]] [[sequel]] titled ''[[Crash Nitro Kart]]'' was released in 2003 for the [[PlayStation 2]], [[Xbox]], [[Nintendo GameCube]], [[Game Boy Advance]] and [[N-Gage]] and was the first game in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series to feature [[full motion video]].<ref name="CGW">{{cite web |publisher=Computer Graphics World |author=Martin McEachern |date=April 2004 |title=Crash Course |url=http://www.cgw.com/Publications/CGW/2004/Volume-27-Issue-4-April-2004-/Crash-Course.aspx |accessdate=February 27, 2010}}</ref>
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