Crash 2 hitboxes are legendary. There are rumors that you can be hit by enemies that aren't even in the same level as you.

I think at 12:05 you died because you went behind the boulder so i think it kills you because otherwise you could just hang back (not 100% sure though)

0:15 elgato makes an appearance

When the monkey from Crash 3 hits you with his rock. 15:45

My tactic when I was platinum hunting was actually really simple. 1. Finish evey run even with mistakes as it builds experience with the level 2. Don't look at times cause it made me more stressed 3. Take a break when it starts to make you angry 4. Have fun

I'm going through a really depressing moment right now, these videos are really helping me. Thanks Lewis ❤

To clarify to best of my ability: "Its CALLED Slide Spin Jump, but to perform it you slide and your press jump button slightly before spin." Hence I assume the confusion. Only do it for certain obstacles as getting that extra height, does waste time in neutral situation. Now Lewis. Here is a small tip for ya. Utilize "Slide-Spin" maneuver sometimes instead of Slide Jump. Yes. I know its slower, but in certain situations, its the better option for potential consistency. I usually do it if I have a gap to jump over, but want a tiny boost in my time or if I have loads of time crates or something, I just plow through them with SLIDE SPIN technique. Experiment Lewis. Experiment. Looks like next episode we shall get to the 2nd ICE LEVEL. Snow Biz. Ah... shiz... here we go again.

Nice job tackling Warp Room 1. Just a warning before you started Warp Room 2, the warp room has ice physics. I have plethora of failed platinum runs because of the ice physics at the end room of a level.

Cold hard crash and piston it away were the hardest crash 2 platinum relics for me

The chase levels are probably the most annoying one, you gotta remember the level design to a T, you're going soo fast that your reaction time to stuff like holes and fence gates are really thin. Despite that, i thought this game is probably the most fun out of all 3 games, it doesn't rely on cycles like Crash 1 (except for a few stages) and doesn't have too many vehicle levels from Crash 3, just your pure platforming and memorization skills

Not gonna lie watching this as someone who has put insane amounts of time to these time trials this is hilarious, in a good way. It gives you a perspective what it is like when you havent spent all your time mastering some game mechanics. I can already see you improving a lot. You will get there. Some things to clarify: -To get the so called glitch high jump (glitch in the og game, intentional mechanic in remakes) you have to press spin after you jump. It can be pressed pretty much the same time as you jump but it is necessary to do it in the right order. -Slide jumping is faster than running with speed shoes. -If you press spin before jumping you will always get a lower jump than you would without spinning so it is the complete opposite. With this way however, you can start what people call hobsliding. -Hobsliding is the fastest movement tech in the game. To start hobsliding you have to slide, spin and jump. The spin and jump inputs have to come as close to each others as possible and then you have to land before your spin ends and press slide again. If you did it right you should get insanely fast slide spinning that you can chain forever with the right timing. However, people find this really hard to learn but it is what actually makes this game fun to play so I highly recommend giving it some time. Best way to start is by going to any level with uphills such as turtle woods. It doesnt matter which way you end your jump early, it can be by landing on a surface higher than you are currently, bonking your head on something to end your jump faster or some other more niche techniques. If this all sounds complicated there are videos teaching and showing the tech but to be honest those arent really that helpfull in anything else except seeing how it works.

I can't believe how much you struggle with Crash 2. You did amazing in Crash 1 (unlike me). Series is gettin even more fun, no problem xD

I'm a simple man, I see a Wumpa Lewis video and I watch

Few things to note: Regarding the slide spin jump, the order is Slide Jump and then spin but the timing is very forgiving to the point where you can basically press spin and jump at the same time and get it The boulder death you experienced was probably a failsafe put in by the devs so you don’t just run back and let the boulder roll ahead of crash. As for the Crash 1 difficulty comparison. I get understand both sides, Crash 1 is a game that’s not built to be rushed period so it is extremely frustrating because you have to do a lot of risky shortcuts to cut down on the time. Meanwhile in Crash 2 the speed shoes being added throws off the level design cause they never expected you to have the ability to run

You're definitely getting the hang of it compared to part 1 another tip try slide spinning through crates much faster to get through them slide then immediately spin after also faster than just sliding. Keep it up man

Man, these runs make my day 😂

One thing to help with chase levels, as seen in your winning attempt, is that you don't need to get the time crates during the actual chase parts (except the last one in crash crush)....the thing chasing you will get it for you and freeze the time. Crash 4 however...nope

You hit the nail on the head when you pointed out that the freedom of movement complicates the time trials. When you put time trials in a game like Crash 1 everyone is generally going to be on a level playing field due to the simplicity of the controls basically capping the speed of the player to an extent and it then becomes about hazard memorisation. When Crash 2 NST comes along and gives you all these ways of increasing your speed including a kind of toggle for fast running that opens up so many different variables, not to mention that Crash 2 wasn't quite designed with speedrunning in mind. It makes sense that the easier levels have stricter times as there's a lot more freedom to execute these techniques. I think most people saying that Crash 2 is easier probably only went for Gold Relics where it is generally easier as the times and overall difficulty of just finishing the levels isn't nearly as high, hence your personal phenomenon of getting a Platinum Relic in 1 when you finally do finish a level. That was probably the process of the original playtesters who set the Platinum times.

Crash 2 in general is definitely harder than Crash 1 for platinum. At least in my eyes. For just gold and nothing else then yeah, Crash 1 is worse but baring some exceptions (Lab/Generator Room/Bridges), they are usually simple for plats due to the basic movement while Crash 2 gets cute and fancy with movement thus complicating matters. Keep an eye on Hangin' Out, Spaced Out and Totally Bear in particular. Those 3 are just... agony.

I did play this game for the relics for the first time after doing the first game. I have to agree with everyone that this is easier and more enjoyable than the first one due to the fact you can be so fast and precise that it makes it more challenging to me, to be fair I enjoy challenges but this isn’t all that hard. You have to hit the groove and you’ll find yourself having way more fun

A couple considerations: - I also don't get how people think crash 2 is easier for platinum. I think some, if not most, of the challenges were more fun, but I wouldn't say they were easier. - For the ice physics, don't forget to slide as much as you can, since running shoes will do nothing on ice. - For levels with enemies or platforms that have specific cycles, grab the clock and die in the first attempt, because for some reason the cycles change after your first death. So if you learn the cycles for the first try it's gonna be useless in the subsequent runs.

As a die hard crash fan that got 27/27 plats on crash 2 and literally got my last gold relic in crash 1 last night I'm going to have to disagree with you. Crash 1 also has levels where the gold relic requires you to be almost flawless. Generator room, the high road the lab and even nsanity beach are really tight on the time constraints. Native fortress and the great gate were tight too from memory. As a whole crash 1 is more lenient on the time constraints (the levels are generally a lot longer and you have to wait for cycles) but there are still a few levels where the time constraints were ultra tight.

Remember that you haven’t completed crash 3 because of the relics. Relics unlock other levels in crash 3 so keep that in mind.

Glad to see you’re looking happier in the crash 2 thumbnails 😊

You can tell he's going to struggle in the ruin levels

Imagine ending on an annoying death as well, as a teaser for upcoming video. I'd be hyped for the next part.

I do a slide, jump, spin. I do it in one swift motion. I always get it to work that way.

Always nice to see polar upload

God I love the upload schedule. Get in from my day job, sit down with something to eat and watch

14:48 my thoughts exactly. I'm doing platinum relics as well and I only use slide jump where it's necessary (basically only at places I needed the slide-jump-spin). I've been able to get every platinum so far (I'm at level 20), except for hangin out (but i dont think slide jump will make much of a difference there, that level is hell) Edit: completed crash 2 except for hangin out and night fight. Gonna have to see a guide on those cause I genuinely have no idea what to do differently. Good luck when you get to them haha

10:50 ...You probably didn't know this, but hobsliding is a thing (slide + spin, but REALLY fast). It would be especially hard to react to that whilst hobsliding. Hobsliding is also quite precise, and can only be done in certain areas.

It’s always good to watch Lewis play Minesweeper lmao

I think the reason some people are saying that Crash 2 is easier than Crash 1 is because they're used to using the Speed Shoes and the Slide Jump, which obviously isn't available in Crash 1.

Well to each their own. I find most of the Crash 2 relics a complete joke, but a lot of it does come down to how well you know the level design and the tech. The times are definitely more strict than Crash 1 on the regular though I won't argue with that. Though there are a few in Crash 1 that are just as strict time wise. I dunno, I just find Crash 2's levels to be really easy if you aren't going for gems (and even then I don't find most of the game that difficult even then). There are patterns you do also start noticing with how the levels work, like with how mines and nitros are placed etc.

@14:50 i love Lewis went straight jump down the hole even that was not intentional!

LOVE your youtube chanel since you make CTR Time Trial ❤❤❤

Yeah, I agree Lewis, it feels like getting the relics and playing/running through the levels in Crash 2 is not as smooth/fun as getting the ones in Crash 1 😂 It’s like the fast run actually feels slow for some reason. Crash 2 also feels less polished than 1 and 3 for some reason. And the levels in Crash 2 feel annoying to obtain relics in.. more so than Crash 1, but Idk, maybe that’s just me.. But yeah, and also, the time relics are more strict in terms of the times. I think the approach when making the relics for all three games from the devs side or perspective was: let’s make the Crash 1 relics not too difficult (since the game is already hard to play through normally), and Crash 2 and 3 relics similar in terms of difficulty since the levels are more open and you have the speed shoes at your disposal. At least, I think so. And, once you have more things/options at your disposal, it actually makes the levels more difficult at times. I get that. Practicing the levels feels almost essential with some of relics.

The chase levels in crash 1 just require you to beat the level and be quick in between the different boulders. Here it’s about learning the level because you’re having to dash too fast to react to it

15:45 FEEL GOOD

i would highly recommend you to experiment glitched high jump more, you can skip a lot of platforms in this game with it. and its super satisfying to use when youre comfortable with it. and try to avoid regular spins, that can be pretty slow. like here you could have taken care of this plant with slide jump for example without time loss: 3:41 ps. i just love this series, cant wait for a next vid ✨🎆

I dont know why people explain it all wrong here, you jump and spin at the same time, it works all the time.

I mean not talking relics, just regular game crash 2 is way harder than crash 1, so it would make sense the relics are harder

The best way for me is to slide, jump and then spin. That’s far and fast. Long pressing jump and spin together after sliding is far enough through the pit but way slower.

Nice run through 👍

You are starting to get the hang of it now! In my opinion crash 2 platinums are slighly harder but more enjoyable because of the movement. Those boulder and bear levels suck tho 😵‍💫

Since you mentioned your fingers slipping off of the thumbstick n all. This is gonna sound silly but I actually play the N.Sane Triology on mouse and keyboard on PC. And sure at first it takes some getting used to playing it with a keyboard but once you have it down the keyboard actually allows you to be very precise and you dont need to worry about your fingers slipping off the stick or accidently pressing the d-pad to the left or right as you go up or down. As example you press W or S and you just go into that direction without having to worry about veering off to the sides.

Good run! I'm surprised the developers added the Speed Shoes to Crash 2 instead of just letting him run at his default pace (like in Crash 1) and then just adjusting the Relic times accordingly. I guess just be thankful you didn't get Speed Shoes in Crash 1! Yeah, the Speed Shoes seem to be even more of a hindrance in chase levels. The camera certainly doesn't help. If they pulled the camera back a bit so you could see upcoming obstacles better, maybe that would help a bit, too. All in all, the Speed Shoes are more of a liability than actually helpful.

Great series. Please keep suffering for our enjoyment.

It's only natural to be a bit frustrated at first with Crash 2's new mechanics. The running shoes weren't in the PS1 Crash 2 game. However, once you learn the slide spin, slide jump spin and the layout of the stages, it's not bad.

Good progress

Yeah that boulder level looks a like a pain in the ass

I really loved speed in crash, for me is an incredible feeling of going way too fast

Having beaten all the Dev times for trilogy during lockdown, I often call C2 the easier game, but I think that’s based on dev times, might be why some others are saying this

To do the Glitch Slide jump (or however speedrunners call it) you slide, and then you press spin AND jump at the same time, basically frame perfect, but trust me, it aint that hard to master dear Polar

Okay I definitely underestimated how much worse the boulder levels would be because you have to utilise way more to get the best time. I struggled with Crash 1 I think more because it's just a game less built for speed, but it's clear Crash 2's levels weren't meant for time trials too sans the two river ones

3:24 i was screaming DO THE JUMP

personally the boat physics in Hang Eight was difficult to handle!

crash 2 is definitely the hardest to get the platinums out of the 3 games

"How do I react to this? This is bullshit." No this is Crash it's for the strong

I called it slide jump spin. Slide slightly before jumping slightly before spinning.

That beginning where Crash just died. Also tip for Crash Crush and Unbearable let the boulder and monster crush the crates. Just run like hell.

Only slide-jump when you wanna cross a long gap. The running shoes alone will get you the plat.

the long ass hallway at the end of every level usually cost me so many gold relics, so crash 1 is better in my book solely of that

My brain was too fried to compare them at the time, but while I agree these are on average more annoying than crash 1, I 'd still say that 1 is harder, 2 and 3 are just more bullshit and unfair.

#1 Snow Go #2 Crash Dash #3 The Pits #4 Turtle Woods #5 Hang Eight

10:50 Oh just wait for "Crash Crush" You are not allowed to hit a single mine to get the Platinum

Crash dash is the easier of the two crash crush in warp room 2 is actual mine city it gave me ptsd

Well, the boulder smashes most crates you miss, so it would surely hit that 3-second time crate for you, but unlike in the original Crash Bandicoot 3 on PS1, it doesn't stop the time for 3 seconds. In chasing levels, time crates only count if you (or exploding crates nearby which are usually caused by you in some way) break them, not if the hazard chasing you during the level breaks them for you. It works like that both in the N. Sane Trilogy and Crash 4. I guess they wanted to make sure platinum relics aren't too easy to get lol

You should really try using slide spin. Unlike slide jump, theres a small window after a slide spin where you can do another slide, giving you the ability to chain slide spins. It’s a lot faster than the speed shoes and even the triple spin in Crash 4. A strat most speedrunners use

let the rock destroy the boxes instead, you just run ahead lol

just for the future, dont hit the boxes that are on the path, boulder and later bear will smash them for you

So Lewis i haven't seen the whole video so i dont know if you figured out the slide spin jump but when you slide hit the spin and jump button at the same time. Or hit the spin button first but as soon after that the jump button.

You should add an attempt counter at the bottom of the screen like in the CTR dev times series.

The times for the average levels are probably stricter because they had less time to work on Crash 2. When they were developing this game, they had a year to remake all 3 games, and they remade them all, one at a time, in order. And I'd assume they'd continue to work on a game after they finished it even if they were remaking a different game. So they had the most time to work on Crash 1, and the least time to work on Crash 3. They had a lot of time to work on Crash 1, so they really worked on the times I guess, and they had less time to work on Crash 2's times, so I guess some of them ended up being stricter. God, now I'm starting to worry about Crash 3 if they had the least amount of time to work on that game. But then again, from my own experience, the times didn't seem too awful. But I will say that I miss the death tornado spin underwater from Wrath Of Cortex. It would've made the relics for the swimming levels easier.

I agree with Lewis crash one time trials are so much easier than the 2/3

skill solution

11:44 elgato jumpscare

I recommend using slide spins instead of slide jumps, they're about the same horizontal speed but leave you much, much less vulnerable.

Hey Lewis if you ever decided to start a cult, I would join it. Just saying

I've platinumed crash 3 and 2 fully, but was Intimidated by crash 1. Seeing Lewis say 2 is harder than 1 makes me wanna give 1 the ol college try

Hitboxes with platforms: Crash's foot is touching 10 cm from the platform, he must fall and die Hitboxes with hazards: Crash is 10 meters away from the hazard, he must die

Its slide, spin then jump

I have not done Crash 1 or Crash 2 (or Crash 4) Relics or tried to get Platinum any game, but I would probably find Crash 2 easier than Crash 1 since the other games I have played with Time Trial (Warped, Wrath of Cortex, N-Tranced, XS) have sliding and Speed Shoes, so Crash 2 would feel more like them. Maybe you feel like it is harder since you just finished Crash 1 and got used to the mechanics and moves from it?

Bro looks so depressed

what’s harder so far, platinum relics or dev times in ctr?

First warp room conquered. Nice 😎 Yeah, the boulder levels are admittedly kinda BS in this game, ngl.

Will you be going back to crash 4 for 106% after the trilogy

Ngl I still think Crash 2 is easier than Crash 1 time trials mostly cuz Crash 1 time trials aren't built for it n got an easier time utilizing the slide jump n slide spin. I see ur case but if u practice enough to learn both tech, then u might have an easier time with Crash 2 lvls (Not all tho, the jackpack lvl might be difficult n the no light lvl might also be a pain. Not sure if there others but that's the only 2 lvls I kinda remember being difficult). If ur still struggling with slide jump or spin, then Crash 3 n About Time might be even more difficulty since u have to do a triple spin n slide spin in both games. Plus Crash 4, u also have to do some tricks for the gravity n time quantum masks which both are the funniest yet hardest to learn.

Hang 8 (and plant food) already has a time trial in it for the gem so it’s actually more designed for it. So they’re not nearly as bad as other stages The boulder levels in this game are really unfun. Crash crush is worse. I recommend saving Piston It Away for last. Forgot about that one but it’s really really rough. That and Hangin out are probably the worst two levels but PIA’s beginning is so frustrating, reminds me of The Lab cos it’s so stop start

Crash 2 movement tech makes getting platinum's more fun than Crash 1 imo but if you dislike the fast movement and tech then I think 1 is infinitely easier

Trust the ball🪨⚽️🪨⚽️🪨⚽️

What am I gonna do with my life when this series ends 😔😔

You're gonna find the jetpack levels the most annoying to platinum, trust me 😉

I dunno, for me crash 1 is the easiest to get all platinum relics and crash 3 is the hardest, which is weird because crash 3 is the game that was made with time trials in mind. even found crash 4 easier than crash 3.

18:54 why did they removed this in crash 4?! i can swear when the thing that chases you smashes the time boxes, it doesn't stop the timer for some fucking reason therfore you have to do it yourself, i finally got all the platinum relics yesterday, but that's just straight bullshit. they needlessly made this game way harder than it should have been😭💔

Crash 1 is easier but I prefer crash 2 for platinum relics

wait are the running shoes in this game?

The level of BSery with the running levels and those bumpers that shoot you up is ridiculous. Especially when you get to the one with Polar you basically gotta remember where EVERY single one of them are and just move ahead of time to avoid getting hit by one especially when some are placed AFTER boost panels like a dick move. I'm telling you crash 2 relics SUCK! I hate these relics they are just so ANNOYING. But hey you're still going strong and getting them one by one so I applaud you good sir and remember that we all believe in you.

14:15 Souls games and the term “skill issue” have done irreversible damage to gamjng discourse. As much as I love those games, I abhor the average fans

You haven't figured out the slide+spin+jump tech yet? Really?