Darkaiser | Crash Team Racing - Running at 4K 60 FPS (Patch Preview) @Darkaiser | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
For the first time ever, we have a playable 60 FPS mode in CTR.
Many people have posted videos in the past claiming to have 60 FPS patches, but those were not made properly, and absolutely full of bugs.
The following features work exclusively in our 60 FPS patch, because researchers patched all of these frame-based timers, one by one:
- Driver boosting and reserves work, making time trial playable;
- Some road hazards (seals, armadillos, etc.);
- Slide for the proper time before spinning out;
- Main menu transitions are not too fast;
- Adventure Hub warp pads look correct;
- Opening hub doors works properly (except camera zoom out);
- Boss doors open and close properly;
- Fly-in camera at the starting line of races is not too fast;
- TNTs don't explode immediately;
- Relic race "tick" sound is fixed when breaking crates;
- And more...
The following bugs still need to be addressed:
- Mask hints spawn and despawn;
- Engine sounds from karts;
- "Loading..." text;
- Exhaust particles;
- N. Gin Labs' barrel hazards;
- Blizzard Bluff's boulder hazard;
- Sewer Speedway's barrel hazards;
- And many more...
First preview download coming soon. Stay tuned for more.
For the first time ever, we have a playable 60 FPS mode in CTR.
Many people have posted videos in the past claiming to have 60 FPS patches, but those were not made properly, and absolutely full of bugs.
The following features work exclusively in our 60 FPS patch, because researchers patched all of these frame-based timers, one by one:
- Driver boosting and reserves work, making time trial playable;
- Some road hazards (seals, armadillos, etc.);
- Slide for the proper time before spinning out;
- Main menu transitions are not too fast;
- Adventure Hub warp pads look correct;
- Opening hub doors works properly (except camera zoom out);
- Boss doors open and close properly;
- Fly-in camera at the starting line of races is not too fast;
- TNTs don't explode immediately;
- Relic race "tick" sound is fixed when breaking crates;
- And more...
The following bugs still need to be addressed:
- Mask hints spawn and despawn;
- Engine sounds from karts;
- "Loading..." text;
- Exhaust particles;
- N. Gin Labs' barrel hazards;
- Blizzard Bluff's boulder hazard;
- Sewer Speedway's barrel hazards;
- And many more...
First preview download coming soon. Stay tuned for more.
![Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins Relics [PART 6]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ag40EcYIUV4/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins Relics [PART 6]
The August 5th, 1999 build is a preview version of CTR built a month and a half before the final NTSC build date of September 24th, 1999. This beta version was widely given out among North-american video game magazines to be used in preview articles before the game is released.
A full documentation of the differences can found at: https://tcrf.net/Proto:Crash_Team_Racing/August_5th,_1999_build
Download the game, patched and ready to go: https://hiddenpalace.org/Crash_Team_Racing_(Aug_5,_1999_prototype%29
This build has protection to prevent people from using the disc outside of Naughty Dog, or their reviewers.
Protection level 1:
If the disc does not detect a special memory card dongle, then the game will not boot. It is as simple as if you see a string on the memory card, then boot. If the string is not on the memory card, then freeze. Interestingly, the dongles internal name is E3 dongle Copyright 1999 Naughty Dog, Inc., leading to believe that it was made specifically for E3 demo but later reused in subsequent builds.
Protection level 2:
After the game boots, there are 7 function pointers that are assigned incorrect values, which are incremented by an RNG before being executed. If a controller dongle is inserted, the controller will inject data into the RNG, then the RNG will increment the incorrect function pointers to the correct function addresses. Without the dongle, the incorrect pointers will execute, and crash the game.
In previous videos, we only had one function pointer working correctly, by setting a breakpoint before execution in no$psx emulator, and overriding the value manually. There were several bugs and instabilities.
Niko has spent over a year researching the retail game (94426), so within a few days, he finally was able to find how the entire function pointer system worked, and insert ASM that forces the RNG to return one value, which corrects all 7 function pointers, allowing the game to run.
Niko also fixed one of Naughty Dogs mistakes that was present even with the dongles, that would prevent the game from loading Relic Race on Slide Coliseum and Turbo Track.
In the link below, there are miscellaneous content for this prototype:
- GameShark codes that allow you to instantly beat Adventure Mode 100%, and unlock all rewards.
- A guide for playing the original ISO by making your own memory card dongle, and using GameShark to apply the rest of the fixes.
- We documented exactly how the ISO was patched, to learn how it was done.
Miscellaneous Content:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/sh93l6fmimh3e16/CTR+(1999-08-05+prototype)+-+Misc+Content+(Updated+2021).zip/file
Huge thanks to almarkowbender, gdias/Darkaiser, Gh0stBlade, let-over-lambda, mementomori/madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector for making this release possible.")
![Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins & Glacier Park [PART 2]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dOgW0frO5RU/hqdefault.jpg "Crash Team Racing (Aug 5, 1999 prototype) - The Lost Ruins & Glacier Park [PART 2]
The August 5th, 1999 build is a preview version of CTR built a month and a half before the final NTSC build date of September 24th, 1999. This beta version was widely given out among North-american video game magazines to be used in preview articles before the game is released.
A full documentation of the differences can found at: https://tcrf.net/Proto:Crash_Team_Racing/August_5th,_1999_build
Download the game, patched and ready to go: https://hiddenpalace.org/Crash_Team_Racing_(Aug_5,_1999_prototype%29
This build has protection to prevent people from using the disc outside of Naughty Dog, or their reviewers.
Protection level 1:
If the disc does not detect a special memory card dongle, then the game will not boot. It is as simple as if you see a string on the memory card, then boot. If the string is not on the memory card, then freeze. Interestingly, the dongles internal name is E3 dongle Copyright 1999 Naughty Dog, Inc., leading to believe that it was made specifically for E3 demo but later reused in subsequent builds.
Protection level 2:
After the game boots, there are 7 function pointers that are assigned incorrect values, which are incremented by an RNG before being executed. If a controller dongle is inserted, the controller will inject data into the RNG, then the RNG will increment the incorrect function pointers to the correct function addresses. Without the dongle, the incorrect pointers will execute, and crash the game.
In previous videos, we only had one function pointer working correctly, by setting a breakpoint before execution in no$psx emulator, and overriding the value manually. There were several bugs and instabilities.
Niko has spent over a year researching the retail game (94426), so within a few days, he finally was able to find how the entire function pointer system worked, and insert ASM that forces the RNG to return one value, which corrects all 7 function pointers, allowing the game to run.
Niko also fixed one of Naughty Dogs mistakes that was present even with the dongles, that would prevent the game from loading Relic Race on Slide Coliseum and Turbo Track.
In the link below, there are miscellaneous content for this prototype:
- GameShark codes that allow you to instantly beat Adventure Mode 100%, and unlock all rewards.
- A guide for playing the original ISO by making your own memory card dongle, and using GameShark to apply the rest of the fixes.
- We documented exactly how the ISO was patched, to learn how it was done.
Miscellaneous Content:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/sh93l6fmimh3e16/CTR+(1999-08-05+prototype)+-+Misc+Content+(Updated+2021).zip/file
Huge thanks to almarkowbender, gdias/Darkaiser, Gh0stBlade, let-over-lambda, mementomori/madmarsrocks, Niko, and psx-collector for making this release possible.")
