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The "Adventure Mode" is a one-player game in which the player must race through all of the levels in the game and collect as many Racing Trophies, Relics, Letters, Boss Keys, CTR Tokens and Gems as possible.^[3]

The main objective of Crash Team Racing 's Adventure Mode is to save the world from the story's antagonist Nitros Oxide by winning races on 16 different tracks in levels throughout the game's island.^[3] In the beginning of the game, the player will have access to only two levels, which are accessed through Warp Pad Vortexes, which open up as races are won.^[3] In addition to the main hub world where Oxide's spaceship is located, there are four more secondary worlds with four levels each.^[3] In each level the player must win a Trophy by coming in first in front of all the racers.^[3] When a level is finished, the player will be returned to that level's world.^[3] When the player has won all four Trophies in a world, the Boss Garage of that world can be accessed.^[3] In the Boss Garage, the player will race against a single "Boss" character, who possesses an unlimited number of a certain weapon used to hinder the player's progress. If the Boss character is defeated, the character will relinquish his Boss Key, which the player uses to access new worlds and ultimately to face Oxide.^[3]

If the player re-enters a level in which a Trophy is already won, the Relic Race can be entered, in which the player races through the track alone in the fastest time possible.^[3] A Sapphire, Gold, or Platinum Relic is rewarded depending on how fast the track is finished.^[3] During Relic Races, Time Crates are scattered throughout the level.^[3] When these are broken, the race timer will freeze for one, two, or three seconds as indicated on the Time Crate.^[3] If the player breaks all the Time Crates within a level and wins, the player will be awarded a "Perfect Bonus" of ten seconds off his or her final time at the end.^[3]

As is the case for the Relic Races, if the player re-enters a level in which a Trophy is already won, the CTR Challenge can be accepted, in which the player must collect the hidden letters C, T, and R scattered throughout the track while coming in first place to win a CTR Token.^[3] The CTR Tokens come in the colors of red, blue, green, yellow, and purple.^[3] Purple CTR Tokens are acquired by winning Bonus Rounds, in which the player must collect 20 Crystals in an obstacle-filled arena in a set amount of time.^[3] Collecting four CTR Tokens of the same color will open that color's Gem Cup, located in a secret area in the "Gemstone Valley" world.^[3] A Gem Cup consists of four tracks in a row, in which the player must race for points.^[3] The number of points awarded depends on the player's final place in the race. The player with the highest number of points at the end of the four races is the winner, who will be awarded a Gem.^[3]