LEVEL 8: HOG RIDE – GOLD TIME: 0:44:43

TheCrashKing 375,913 views. This is partly because powerups like the Double Jump and Crash Dash increase your airtime and speed, but the levels are much more oriented to fast completion since time trials were in the original PlayStation version.

When playing it right, this can easily make any gamer feel like a speedrunner, but if you don’t have those skills right away it can feel uncomfortably precarious.

LEVEL 23: FLAMING PASSION – GOLD TIME: 1:13:10 LEVEL 29 (SECRET): EGGIPUS REX – GOLD TIME: 0:50:00 Previous level LEVEL 20: TOMB WADER – GOLD TIME: 1:45:03

LEVEL 26: SKI CRAZED – GOLD TIME: 0:53:50 The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy was a great gift for platforming fans, reviving a series that was famous for its unique levels and challenging gameplay. LEVEL 16: SPHYNXINATOR – GOLD TIME: 1:22:63 If you thought waiting for platforms was frustrating, wait until you have to open doors and pull up platforms for yourself. LEVEL 30 (SECRET): HOT COCO – GOLD TIME: 0:30:08 They are also needed to reach 105% game completion. LEVEL 27: AREA 51? Below you can find the target times for the gold relics, needed for the “Boo-yah, Grandma! The green gem path was originally going to be the purple gem path. Also keep the slide jump in mind (slide with circle, then press X to jump). These remakes brought all of that difficult back, but by adding Crash Bandicoot 3’s time trials to the first and second games, they added a whole new set of hard tasks for both new and nostalgic players.

This level was not initially built for time trials, and while these remakes do a lot of work to make time trials in this game feel natural, this particular stage goes from hard to harder as you have to dash jump constantly through bigger and longer obstacles. Once again set in a futuristic metropolis, Crash has a new enemy; a big robot which shoots missiles at him before turning round and exposing a green target which Crash can either shoot at or spin. Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped contains 30 Relics. Pick it up (or shoot it with bazooka) to start the timer. According to an unofficial guide, this level used to have 88 crates, instead of 87. You will then find a stopwatch at the start of the level.

The floor in the alternate route is green, reflecting that the green gem is used to enter the route. Road to Ruin is as tricky 2 as it is thanks to its narrow paths. Falling and needing to restart the level yourself, rather than just respawning at the beginning, can be especially anger-inducing, Thanks to its length, this level can take ages if you can’t beat it on your first few tries.

This is what The Lab is all about, where you have to hit boxes to open doors and seal ramps that will close quite quickly if you don’t run through immediately. Firing off in the High-Tech Future in Japanese) is the twenty-first level and is the first level of the fifth warp room in Crash Bandicoot: Warped. To get the box gem, Crash must leave certain cratesintact before going through the green gem path.

As the last level of Crash Bandicoot 2, this stage is already bound to be difficult for anyone.

– GOLD TIME: 1:57:80 On top of this, many of the hit-boxes of enemies and hazards are quite wide, upping the difficulty in ways that can feel unfair and broken. LEVEL 14: ROAD CRASH – GOLD TIME: 1:26:70 Taking a hit from an enemy or getting squished by a timed door, you can still likely get the Platinum Relic if you just keep going. The levels name is a pun on the phrase "Here today, gone tomorrow" in reference to the level being set in the future. This level has 87 boxes and 2 clear gems. RELATED: Crash Bandicoot: The 5 Best Boss Fights In The Series (& The 5 Worst). Time trials make this differently frustrating, as a Platinum Relic more often requires you to dash over and around the larger enemies. Watch Queue Queue LEVEL 13: HIGH TIME – GOLD TIME: 1:04:10 When you finish a mission in record time you earn a relic. This level has the shortest alternate route in the game. Unlock a new path by earning the green gem elsewhere.