definitely not one of the top games in history but it's a fun game, especially for a few people.
The Bad: if you don't have people to play this with you, it'll get pretty boring after you beat it, the game is usually pretty easy, even though the 1-Player mode is fun, it gets kind of repetitive and it can easily be beaten in a couple hours or so.
Overall: this game is worth playing and fun while it lasts. you'll like it if you're into Crash games and racing. just make sure you have people to play it with after you've beaten it.
you might think Crash Tag Team Racing is all about racing but there's a little more than that. the adventure part of the game involves a huge amusement park. basically, you have to go through a few different areas throughout the park. there's the main part that has a few things to do as well as characters from the Crash series, the main area is also how you get to the different areas in the game. each new area requires a special stone from the last area. you can solve puzzles, collect coins, do things for people, etc. you basically have to solve small missions to advance in the game. the characters from the Crash series ask you to do things for them such as give them a few thousand coins, find a costume that they're looking for or collect something for them. then they'll give you a car to use in the races. workers from the amusement park will sell you costumes and crystals. it's pretty simple and you usually know what to do. you don't have to but you can do races, battles and stunt areas to get coins and crystals. the coins and crystals are used for buying things or advancing further in the game. the crystals are needed to get to the special stones. so it's not really an amazing adventure game but it's nice to have it to have something extra to do in the game.
the multiplayer mode has a gift shop where other tracks, cars and costumes have to be unlocked as well as a couple of other things. you can get more coins by playing the different modes.
there's regular races, battles and stunt arenas.
the regular races are similar to games like Mario Kart. there's one kind of race which is driving to the finish line in a certain amount of laps, usually 3. there's 8 racers. you can clash (team up) with another car but you can drive solo if you want to. one person drives while the other shoots. if you clash with a CPU then you can choose which one you want to do. when you clash with someone, you can use both of their weapons. every character has a different type of weapon. some are more powerful than others, some shoot farther and some have more ammo. after you keep destroying people or objects around the tracks, you'll get a rocket on your car which will give you more speed for a short amount of time. there's also items that you'll find throughout the tracks.
the battle arena is pretty simple, everyone has the same kind of weapon (which you can change before the battle) and you take each other down until you get the amount of points that you set. there will always be two drivers to a car in this mode.
the stunt arena is pretty simple too, you use the ramps and hills throughout the arena to pull off stunts. all you have to is use the control sticks to pull off the stunts but you have to make sure you land almost perfectly to make sure you receive points. after getting more points, you'll get a rocket on your car to make you go faster and higher in the air. just get as many points as you can until time runs out.
overall, it's a fun game. it'll keep you entertained but might get kind of boring if you only play it by yourself. it's one of the best Crash games so definitely give it a try if you like Crash or wanna try something similar to Mario Kart. fans of older Crash racing games should like this too.