The History of Hot Air Skyway Fastest Lap World Records

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2 жыл бұрын

This video goes through the known world record history of Crash Team Racing - Hot Air Skyway Lap.
The data prior to 2009 was gathered manually by Justin Zimmermann.
2009-2019 data is from CTR4ever database, but with corrections made by me, when necessary.
2019-2022 data was collected by me manually.
Videos (especially the old ones) are often lost or never even existed.
CTR used a trust based system as it was difficult to upload videos on the internet, especially for minors.
Luckily, Hot Air Skyway Lap has lots of preserved history, and the story can be told despite the missing material.
There is some debate about if BTF used savestates, but I will not take sides here.
As far as history goes, it is an important record and video regardless, for its impact.
Monaco clip 1 is from Drone Snap channel, check them out!
Monaco clip 2 is from F1
Graph video clips are by Justin Zimmermann
Music:
Intro
Crash Bandicoot 2 - Rock It (pre-console mix)
P0.
Spyro - Year of the Dragon - Honey Speedway
P1.
CTR - Crash Team Racing - N.Gin Labs
P2.
Crash Bandicoot 2 - The Eel Deal
P3.
Crash Bandicoot 2 - N.Brio Theme (Original Version)
Crash Bandicoot 3 - Dingodile
The X-Files - Mark Snow (DreamMan Cover)
P4.
Spyro The Dragon - Blowhard
Home - Byzantium
Ratchet and Clank 3 - Station Q9
Crash Bandicoot 1 - Koala Kong
Doom - E1M1 - At Doom's Gate
Doom Eternal - The Only Thing They Fear Is You
Crash Bandicoot 3 - Warp Room
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Rave in the Grave
Destruction Derby Raw - Jagged Edge Loops of Fury
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse - Boss Battle
P5.
Crash Bash - Mallet Mash
Crash Bash - Dragon Drop
Crash Bash - Toxic Dash
Ratchet and Clank 3 - Mylon - Command Center

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@AleMastroianni 2 жыл бұрын

Great concept! This kind of content is so interesting, loved it

@crash6836 2 жыл бұрын

For me, HAS Lap is the biggest challenge for a CTR player. And one of the most enjoyable piece of gaming in my entire gaming career. Your video is a masterpiece, I hope more of that will come in the future, from you or somebody else. And congrats again for your achievement, but who knows what will happen next...

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind comments, means especially lot coming from you. And also, yeah as a lap just finishing one is hard, even GOD is hard. That's why I made the video about this lap. 2005-2008 when I was watching CTR videos on KZfaq for the first time, HAS mega shortcut was something mystical to me.

@DeutschSchneemann 2 ай бұрын

You absolutely killed it on this video. Thank you for bringing me back to my childhood.

@Hclody95 2 жыл бұрын

beautiful video, finally even CTR has some history/hype videos :)

@abyssshriek6666 2 жыл бұрын

Its really amazing how much history this game holds, and sharing that history is really important to understand and appreciate all the hard work the community did to reach what it is today, great video nik, fun story telling :3

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

Some updates! (Spoilers) Since the making of this video, Crash68 and Captain Armstice both achieved the long elusive sub 32 lap without BTF or USF start. Additionally, we now know that an unknown Japanese player had achieved a course time of 2:08 as early as year 2000, meaning the lap record likely was also faster than the first known western records. 4.7.2022, Maraenji got the world record back with a 22:71 November 2023, Pepi beat the world record with a 22:66

@DavidSeb 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly it's such a joy to play in this track, also CTR community needs more videos with this quality. I'd love to see more stuff like this in the future. Keep the good work mate.

@flazuki5288 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work Niik, I always wanted to see stuff like this for CTR

@Hfidon 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this. I really found it hard to keep up with all of the obscure channels that detailed all the info. Nicely put together!

@tuckercopeland2358 Жыл бұрын

Great video, always loved CTR growing up. Never as a kid did i imagine a lap time that fast for that map. Loved the history lesson.

@MiguelRPD 2 ай бұрын

This is an excellent documentary. Well done sir !

@turismo21 2 жыл бұрын

this lap is special and deserves a video like this, good job Nik :)

@yungJenny 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video and of course - again - congratulations on the WR

@nicolomarini7709 2 жыл бұрын

This is beautiful. Well done man ❤

@maraenji4429 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Nik, I didn't know the whole story of the lap and i had goosebumps during the whole video... Keep up the good work!

@NattyCTR 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic watch, looking forward to more videos like this in future!

@LinkZeraus 2 жыл бұрын

Great job man! This is a track that I always procrastinated to improve, I have huge respect for HAS players. Also congratulations for the WR!

@youngphil8766 13 күн бұрын

Crazy good run and vid bro

@xvgm24 11 ай бұрын

It's like if Wirtual played CTR haha awesome video :) If you did a timeline of all the different times throughout the video that'd be cool.

@violetgumibear 10 ай бұрын

Love these videos! Listen to them at work 😂

@squatresident 2 жыл бұрын

Oh god yes, a Wirtual-like CTR video, my life is complete now! Thank you so much

@OrsoBruno 2 жыл бұрын

Incredible video Nik! So professional, it reminds me of Wirtual's Trackmania WR videos

@matteosangalli9657 2 жыл бұрын

Same!

@mikhailvarkovsky4150 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this is like a summoning salt/bismuth video por CTR, amazing work!

@nico_defi 2 ай бұрын

Excellent video 👌

@jecux_ 2 жыл бұрын

Even for an NF player this was really exciting to watch, great work!

@classic.ongaku 2 ай бұрын

Great documentary !

@Sotaleer 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable from start to finish, chef's kiss

@TheAuxilary 14 күн бұрын

great video and good job for who have the record on this track,

@kingpubg4865 3 ай бұрын

I am a big fan of this track, u got a new sub

@glukon69 11 ай бұрын

Really liked the editing and music choice in this video. Would love to see more like these, for example 3-lap TA would be fun to see! Edit: just checked your channel and there it already is! haha

@Platinumctr 2 жыл бұрын

Very good job bro

@soupra777 10 ай бұрын

Was randomly recommended to me glad I watched it. Had no idea how competitive CTR time-trails were/are. Also liked the RnC3 music you used 😉

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks! The KZfaq algorithm recently seems to have realized who the target audience for this one are. Glad you liked it!

@faceoffi 2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit what a video! Good job!

@Lupin93 7 ай бұрын

Great video on the CTR world! Reminds me of the videos of Wirtual on Trackmania indeed (another game I liked to watch and play!). Your video must have taken a huge amount of work, congrats! By the way, I don’t recall having taken USF on the right path of the track back then, it looks quite impossible to pull 🤔

@niikasd 7 ай бұрын

I like wirtual too! I also play trackmania sometimes. The video took maybe 40-60 hours but I learned a lot and now it would take less. I don't know the origin story of this right path claim, maybe justin does not either, but who knows who put those words in your mouth, then.

@MichaelCarter-xo2qs 10 ай бұрын

This is awesome!!!😮❤

@JordanValnet 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! A lot of memories here... You're all insane with those incredible times. GG! (joora)

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Joora! Thanks 🥰

@smarioneren5083 5 ай бұрын

This is a documentary, a film, congratulations, great work

@niikasd 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. You are too nice 🙏

@TelloLevelUp 2 жыл бұрын

CTR99 has deffo such a cool lore regarding tracks and it's WRs, and I'm sure NF has the same kind of content Rlly exciting, keep it up!

@mistashadow 2 жыл бұрын

Oh... wow. Never would I have imagined that such a long track could be lapped so quickly... even after watching videos on it. Oddly, the ramp -> finish line skip is something I always liked doing... though with the Super Turbo Pads cheat

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, somehow this one is among the shorter laps as a result. I am just as amazed what the community has found.

@Vert_GreenHeart 6 ай бұрын

i applaud your attempt at that french, it was better than i expected 😅

@niikasd 6 ай бұрын

I researched a lot 😅 I know it probably still wasn't perfect

@JD92160 Жыл бұрын

i really enjoyed watching this

@niikasd Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ElXando1993 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Why was CTR4ever not used after 2019, is it no longer reliable? I noticed you didn't cut the last corner before the mega shortcut, does it not actually save much time?

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

1. 2019 there was a bug that broke the database storage system, which means that we don't have old times stored after 2019 2. It saves less than it seems, and it makes the last jump so much harder. Current world record by Maraenji does it.

@iTheDashy 2 жыл бұрын

amazing video, nik

@wrexocane 10 ай бұрын

Bro with a little better editing and a better mic this video could've blown up! Nice job

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! It was my first serious attempt at making a video so such problems were to be expected.

@wrexocane 10 ай бұрын

@@niikasd everybody starts somehwere! :D Keep up the good work

@guest-zi6rg 2 жыл бұрын

This brings back memories!

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear. Any chance you are someone on the ctr4ever leaderboard? 👀

@guest-zi6rg 2 жыл бұрын

@@niikasd I used to be at the top of the leaderboard (2007-2008) The WR's have gotten insane since that time.

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

@@guest-zi6rg I'm glad you came here to drop a reply, whether you are who I think you are, or not, you are a legend.

@crashteamalphing 2 жыл бұрын

How is this video not even mentioning Arsene Lupin‘s mythical right path usf drop, a short he claims to have done which hasn’t been reproduced to this day

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's a cool tidbit. I will pin this comment to bring awareness to this shortcut👀. I tried to contact Arsene and Kang but unfortunately they did not reply.

@crashteamalphing 2 жыл бұрын

@@niikasd ah yeah by the way, awesome WR, congratulations!

@niikasd 2 жыл бұрын

@@crashteamalphing thanks! It was a lot of work

@sebastiann.8088 10 ай бұрын

@@niikasdYou never pinned the comment

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

@@sebastiann.8088 it was pinned until I made a comment about new developments on the track that I pinned

@LorSke 2 жыл бұрын

Love that ❤️

@Urlocalmashka 10 ай бұрын

yo your videos are better than mine!

@Maskxprx 6 ай бұрын

I didn't know crass team racing was worshiped like this

@Blockah 3 ай бұрын

Those with a PAL copy have unlocked Penta Penguin with maxed out stats so unfair lol!

@niikasd 3 ай бұрын

And yet if you watch the video to the end you will find that the world record uses the north American version. Btw it's not just PAL that has fast penta, but also NTSC-J

@Blockah 3 ай бұрын

@@niikasd That's out the gate! So in other words if that speed runner did it on a PAL copy he'd of done even better? That'd of been the first thing I checked lol !

@niikasd 3 ай бұрын

@@Blockah no, I hate to reiterate the video but I'll make it very clear and short: Spin out takes too long on PAL for the pad skip to be possible. USF speed is the same for all classes. Hot Air Skyway (HAS) lap is (since the discoveries by AJB) entirely driven with USF. The startline glitch in HAS only works on USF. As a result of above, PAL is about 7.5 seconds slower than NTSC-U (North American release) here. Due to lacking the start line glitch, NTSC-J (Japanese) loses 0.10. PAL record rn is 29.70 NTSC-U is now 22:66 NTSC-J is 22:89 (though nobody plays it since U is faster)

@niikasd 3 ай бұрын

Btw importing a Japanese copy is cheap nowadays and you can use soft mods to get it running on an American PS1 easily.

@Blockah 3 ай бұрын

@@niikasd Ah right, I figured it was simply all universal and didn't take into account things like the pad skip. Interesting indeed. Thanks.

@Ethrik1306 6 ай бұрын

Which is the page where I can find the ctr 1999 records?

@niikasd 6 ай бұрын

Ctr4ever.joora.fr

@hugoclarke3284 8 ай бұрын

Woah

@strahinjacvetkovic9304 10 ай бұрын

Nice one man!:) World record still stands @22:71?😊

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

Yes, nobody has beat Maraenji

@strahinjacvetkovic9304 10 ай бұрын

@@niikasd ok, thank you. So u still stay as 2nd best ever drive, impressive! Let us know if record gets beaten :)

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

@@strahinjacvetkovic9304 yes, I try to keep that post updated 😊 glad you enjoyed the video!

@JspoonG 10 ай бұрын

10:00 What is this number in upper right corner?

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

The turbo counter. In the Japanese version it is enabled by default. In the European and American version you must turn it on with a cheatcode.

@Redman_30 Жыл бұрын

Where can you view the times at?

@niikasd Жыл бұрын

Hello! Ctr4ever.joora.fr is the leaderboard website! You can view history at Wrs.crashteamranking.com

@iam4026 Жыл бұрын

Wait, how did the term saffi fire even come about?

@niikasd Жыл бұрын

Sans aucune flamme feu infini. Not any flame (but) infinite fire It's an acronym

@iam4026 Жыл бұрын

@@niikasd ok, but who created that term?

@niikasd Жыл бұрын

@@iam4026 a French player called Sayenjin, in 2002 (or his friend, according to a different account)

@iam4026 Жыл бұрын

Alright, and the term sacred fire?

@niikasd Жыл бұрын

@@iam4026 some french player in 2001. Unknown who exactly. Feu Sacre in french.

@diegorantala964 10 ай бұрын

Wtf, ps1 good.

@rara3538 10 ай бұрын

i thought saffi was just saphire

@niikasd 10 ай бұрын

Saffi fire and sapphire do sound similar, haha 😆

@sttlok 3 ай бұрын

27:44 wtf was that analogy? lol

@niikasd 3 ай бұрын

Wanna try guessing?