CTR Revisited

[StanJr]

Well its been a few years since I've played CTR (Crash Team Racing), but I just started playing again, and boy do I suck. I seem to have forgotten all I knew about being fast at this game. When I first played it long ago I was able to get 100% in the adventure mode and beat N. Tropy on most of the Time Trial levels, I even beat Oxide in his spaceship on time trial mode.

 

Now is a different story. I am coming in at least 10 sec. under my old best times, and no where close to beating N. Tropy or Oxide in the Time trials. What have a I forgotten? Why do I suck now, when I was so good then?

 

I'm getting the jump boosts, I'm working on getting the slide boost right again, but I'm not sure how to make up 10 whole seconds.

 

Anybody out there a CTR expert and want to tip an old racer on how to return to his former glory?