CTR Challenge

A CTR challenge in Crash Team Racing means the player must collect the letters C, T & R and come in first place to win a CTR token of a specific color. Once all CTR tokens of one color have been collected, the player can enter the corresponding gem cup. For example, collecting all red CTR tokens unlocks the Red Gem Cup, which features the four red CTR races. In the Japanese version the player collects the letters C, B & R because the game was renamed Crash Bandicoot Racing in Japan.

Red Gem Cup
Crash Cove

Mystery Caves

Papu's Pyramid

Blizzard Bluff

The Red Gem Cup unlocks Ripper Roo.

Green Gem Cup
Roo's Tubes

Coco Park

Polar Pass

Cortex Castle

The Green Gem Cup unlocks Papu Papu.

Blue Gem Cup
Sewer Speedway

Tiger Temple

Dragon Mines

N. Gin Labs

The Blue Gem Cup unlocks Komodo Joe.

Yellow Gem Cup
Dingo Canyon

Tiny Arena

Hot Air Skyway

Oxide Station

The Yellow Gem Cup unlocks Pinstripe.

Purple Gem Cup
The Purple CTR tokens are obtained in a different way. The player must enter the battle arenas; Skull Rock, Rampage Ruins, Rocky Road, and Nitro Court to obtain the 20 crystals in the arena before the time runs out. If the player is successful, he/she will obtain a purple CTR token. In the Purple Gem Cup, the player races against all of the bosses excluding Oxide at the same time, in all their races (Roo's Tubes, Papu's Pyramid, Dragon Mines, and Hot Air Skyway). Winning this cup unlocks Fake Crash.