Hot Air Skyway

Hot Air Skyway Theme

Hot Air Skyway is a race track in Crash Team Racing. It is set in the sky with airships based on the one above Cortex Castle in Crash Bandicoot around the pictures on them show that this is Pinstripe's home track. Ignoring the shortcuts, it is the longest track in the game. The track features many sharp corners, gaps in the wall where you can drive down and suffer a very long fall and two large jumps. This track is in the Crash Cup and both the Yellow(as well as Tiny Arena, Dingo Canyon and Oxide Station) and Purple(like Roo's Tubes, Papu's Pyramid and Dragon Mines) Gem Cups. In Adventure Mode its in Citadel City oppsite Oxide Station. This level has 3 short cuts, the first being a farther landing pad to the right after the first jump which requires practice to do, another to turn around after the 2 tracks go side by side, and jump over the border. The third is to use the final turbo ramp, and to land on the track right next to the enterance of the tunnel under the hot air balloon. To do this you must use a fast charcter, be using an uka-uka, 10 pieces of fruit and you need to do the little "bunny-hop" just before you launch of the turbo ramp, you may also need to use the "turbo ramp" cheat and the power slide tubro boost as well, which would make it a lot easier, but it is uncertain whether they are needed to use this short cut. It is also possible with a lot of luck to fall off at certain points and land on later parts of the track.

In early screenshots the airships instead had Cortex's face on them, which means it was originally supposed to be Cortex's home track. Another reason is because in the CTR intro, the camera pans through this course before cutting to Cortex preparing for the race.

CTR Race
C- Around the big bend before the first jump.

T- At the last jump.

R- At the first jump. You need to jump high though. It's nearly impossible to do on the first lap, because you have to build up enough speed to get it. Try getting it on the second or third lap.

Relic Race
Number of Crates: 56

The following times are needed to gain Relics:


 * Sapphire Relic Time: 3:05:00
 * Gold Relic Time: 2:34:00
 * Platinum Relic Time: 2:02:00