If a character from a game series jumps into a kart and takes to the tracks complete with weapons they are automatically a Mario Kart clone. Justified or not this is an indication of what a game will be compared to whenever they try such a venture. Crash is not immune to this treatment, as the bandicoot has his take on the genre practically defined by the Nintendo plumber.
Unusually for a karting game there is an actual story in here, about some evil space monster thing setting up his own space race tournament and kidnapping Crash and pals (allies and enemies alike) to get them to race in it. No, I don't get it either, and it honestly isn't that interesting, so forget the attempt at a story and get into the action.
Anyone who has played kart racing games will know what the whole point is. You pick a character, pick a track and then race to the finish, unleashing all sorts of chaos onto the track and the opposition with a number of weapons designed to give an...
