Kart Racers - Game Sack

I know you guys get sick of "BUT WHAT ABOUT THIS GAME?!" comments, but you are aware that CTR: Crash Team Racing on the PlayStation is widely considered to be one of, if not THE best kart racers ever made, right? Your segment on Crash Nitro Kart made it seem like you'd never even heard of it. It's a shame you chose such a mediocre sequel to represent the series instead of the legend that preceded it.

The end bits in your videos are the best parts sometimes, and it's a shame how most people probably skip over them because they come after the credits.

Warning: 90% of comments are about soft-modded Wii's and CTR.

Good video as always but where is CTR?

Diddy Kong racing :-) my all time fav for single player, Mario kart 64 for multiplayer :-)

Is it me or does the announcer in Mod Nation Racers remind you of the announcer from Wave Race Blue Storm?

Lmao that ending!

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing is my favorite game in this genre. Sumo Digital did a great job with it. The drift mechanic in this game is more manageable for me than in the Mario Kart games and the amount of unlockable SEGA-related goodies is crazy. In fact, the unlockable scheme reminds me a bit of what Sumo did with SEGA Superstars Tennis, which was pretty enjoyable in its own right.  I agree with Joe that the sequel, Transformed, falls just short of its predecessor... though the OutRun and Afterburner tracks are really cool.  Since Joe mentioned Pac-Man World Rally, I really should make time to give it a try. I bought it cheap (disc-only) a while ago for the PS2 and haven't tried it yet. Dweezil Zappa, huh? That's interesting. I have to say that the music heard in the gameplay clips definitely sounded good to me.  I know that Motor Toon Grand Prix was mentioned in the comments already, and that's one that I would've mentioned myself as a kart racer not seen in this episode. Boy, Polyphony Digital sure got big after that relatively unknown title. Some game called Gran Turismo or something... Another awesome episode, guys. Thanks for putting it together!

My favourite is the first Crash Team Racing on the first PlayStation.

This episode was awesome! Game Sack is quickly becoming one of my favourite YouTube channels. These long, thirty minute episodes give me something to look forward to each week. Thanks, and keep it up. :D

Your skits at the end are quickly becoming my favorite part of each episode.

I was kinda sad to not see Motor Toon Grand Prix. That game is the best.

I'll be completely honest- I like both Mickey's Speedway USA and Chocobo Racing. I think they're underrated gems with solid gameplay, although picking the right characters will make the games much easier, I've noticed- character balancing isn't particularly good in either of those games. They've also both got great soundtracks, MS:USA in particular. Lots of great ear worms in that, especially Colorado, the hardest track in the game. Also, it's good to know that someone else shares the love for Super Circuit! There needs to be more GBA representation in Mario Kart 8, in my opinion.

Great timing for this episode. My friend and I played Sonic & Sega All Stars for about 4 hours just the other day. First time I had ever played it. Great Game!!

Double Dash will always hold a special place in my heart <3

I never knew they're so many kart racing franchises out there.....but now I know....Thanks Game Sack!!

Mario kart 64 will always be my favorite one. Lots of good times spent with that game especially on multiplayer.

This video just gave me an idea: MARIO KART MAKER. THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!

I got a kart racing series that I'd like to see you cover: the Snowboard Kids games. Strictly speaking, they're not technically kart racers, since you play as kids snowboarding (obviously), but make no mistake, it functions exactly like a kart racer. There's three in the series. The first two are on N64, and the last on DS. The first game got a Japan-only expanded port with more characters, CD quality audio and animated cutscenes. My favorite is the second one, since it had its control improved so that it's less stiff, and the enemy A.I. is a lot less cheap. Seriously, the final boss race in the first game took me years to finally beat because of how insanely advantaged the unique boss racer is programmed. Both N64 games have a variety of fun, colorful tracks, and have very enjoyable music, though I would say that the first has overall better music, the final boss song of 2 is my favorite BGM in the series. Honestly, Snowboard Kids 2 is one of my favorite games of all time. You'll notice I didn't mention the DS game, SBK Snowboard Kids. That's because it made a lot of changes that didn't work in one way or another. Some were interesting ideas that just didn't pan out, like items that upgrade as you do tricks, and others that just make me facepalm. It at least has great character control (don't use a 3DS analog stick, it'll make you spin out), but doing tricks is too slow. You have to tap the touchscreen in several places to make the racer do a trick, but by the time you've finished tapping, you'll probably crash halfway into the trick. The draw distance on obstacles is horrendous, and the faster you go, the closer to you they first appear. They changed most of the returning characters' personalities to overall more unpleasant ones. The unique and strange tracks are gone, and now the tracks are at real life cities. Each character is only allowed to fire one unique character-specific projectile, and the balance for them is way off. There is only one boss fight repeated three times, each time the same, but slightly harder. And the music sucks, I can only think of one track that's just decent. And since the DS game didn't sell well, it looks like the series is dead in the water.