No Major Glitches Ruleset

Since late July (2020), there has been a discussion of adding a second category to Time Trials in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. It took a while, but we feel this is a reasonable solution.


What is BANNED

Unintended Shortcuts

Generally any shortcuts with Ring Rally rings, Relic Race boxes, or shortcuts on the path taken by any of the in-game ghosts are considered intended, and thus allowed. If you have any questions about this feel free to ask in the discord.

Besides these, there are shortcuts in this game that are understood as unintended. Below is a list of every shortcut that is not allowed as of writing, categorized by the strategies used:

Although the following shortcuts may not have been intended, it was decided that banning these would cause more problems than it would solve.

The shortcuts listed below ARE ALLOWED in the No Major Glitches format.

Speedghosts losing reserves

A speedghost is the act of manipulating the game's mechanics to gain speed impossible to achieve when playing conventionally. In this game, the type of speedghosts where you lose reserves far exceeds the speed that can be achieved through normal methods. These speedghosts are BANNED in the No Major Glitches category even if Polswid tech was not used. You are also not allowed to carry a speedghost momentum from one lap into another.

Below is a list of known banned speedghosts:

There are a handful of these type of speedghosts we felt should not be banned. Koala Carnival Beginning Speedghosts are allowed because the Wall Speedghost is an easier and faster allowed strat, making them unoptimal speedghosts. This is a standard practice when setting rules. Below is a list of speed ghosts that ARE ALLOWED.

Wall Tap Boosts

Wall Tap Boosting is the act of maintaining or increasing momentum by lightly tapping a wall while combining with a turbo pad. Below is a list of tracks that have wall tap boosting BANNED.

Early sacred fire / blue fire

Going backwards to obtain a higher fire is NOT ALLOWED.



What is ALLOWED

On the other hand, there are a handful of tech that while may not intended, are not banned in the NMG category.

Offroad Start Lap Speedghosts

These are boosts obtained on lap 1 that look like speedghosts since they are at the start of lap 1. This type of speedghosts can be extended touching a wall (like in Nina's Nightmare previous example). However, the way these speedghosts are obtained are directly because of offroad, making them allowed in No Major Glitches. Below are the two speedghosts ALLOWED:

Offroad Polswid Cuts

While we tried to eliminate polswid as much as possible, we felt the offroad cuts that use polswid AND retain fire will not be banned. The reason being is that polswid on offroad with fire is not 100% detectable. As much as we know that it isn’t intended, it would be impossible to enforce. Below are some examples of places where polswid ARE ALLOWED in No Major Glitches. However as a general guideline, polswid is allowed as long as you don't purposely lose reserves to go faster.

Wall Jump Boosts

These are boosts received when jumping at curved portions of a wall to get a small speed boost. These boosts don’t lose fire, and can be difficult to detect 100% of the time. These boosts ARE ALLOWED in the No Major Glitches category

Unintended 150 and 250 Fire Jumps

There are a few places in this game where you can grind an edge to get a higher landing boost and faster fire level than without it. While not intended, we felt that the time saved from these tricks especially compared to others tech that are banned is minimal. Thus, 150+ fire jumps ARE ALLOWED

Pad Skips

This IS ALLOWED in the No Major Glitches category

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