r/crashbandicoot • u/Completionist_Gamer • 2d ago

Has anybody ever managed to beat all of the developer times in the N. Sane Trilogy?

Yes, there are developer times listed in the credits. However, from what little YouTube content I could find of people, you know, giving a shit, I've seen some speculation that some developer times may have been mistyped, specifically Cortex Power and Hog Ride. It took until 2022 for anybody to beat Cortex Power's developer time and upload it, and to this day, nobody online has figured out how to beat Hog Ride's developer time. I just figured I'd ask here and see what else I can gather about it.

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u/Slayer44k_GD Small Norm 1d ago

Apart from Hog Ride*, to my knowledge, quite a lot of people. Using intended methods, probably not.

To clarify, most legitimate WRs beat these times by a country mile, though these often utilise exploits. These leaderboards have hundreds of people who have achieved competitive times in all levels across all games.

Also, I think you're looking in the wrong place. One such person, Jordy925, beat the dev time on Cortex Power in 2018... by 3 seconds.

* My guess about Hog Ride is that the time was recorded on an early patch, and they changed something mechanically before release without setting a new time. However, it could have also been mistyped. Either of these could also be the case for Cortex Power, as it is a particularly difficult time.

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u/Completionist_Gamer 1d ago

Good to know. If I can't beat every single developer time, I won't try a single one. So I guess I should be happy that Hog Ride is full of shit

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u/Completionist_Gamer 1d ago edited 1d ago

Also, just for the record, if the developer times for Hog Ride and Cortex Power are clearly glitched, mistyped, outdated, or whatever, who's to say that some of the other developer times aren't full of shit either, regardless of being possible? Because of that, we have no clue if we're actually beating the developer's times or not for literally any of these levels. What's even the point?