Items
Turbo, bomb, missile, their triple versions, TNT, beaker, bubble, Aku Aku mask, Clock, warp orb, invisibility and super engine straight into your item slot.
Getting started Runtime + your ROM Launched from the app
Crash Team Racing
Your chat rides along in the kart: they gift you bombs, missiles and the Aku Aku mask, spin you out, freeze your controls, or fire the Clock at the rivals mid-race.
5Steps
4Effect types
5Answered questions
A GIFT'S JOURNEY
How a gift reaches the game
Four stops, in under a second.
A viewer sends a gift
From TikTok, Twitch, Kick, YouTube or Starvios: a gift, a follow, likes or a chat command.
OverInteractive
Receives the event, checks your active profile for the matching effect and sends it.
Runtime
The program the app uses to run Crash Team Racing on your PC, with the OverInteractive connection already built in.
Crash Team Racing · your disc
The effect hits your kart or the rivals instantly, in the middle of the race.
STEP BY STEP
Getting started
Everything happens from the game's status bar, at the bottom of the app.
- 1
Download the runtime
In the bar below press «Download runtime». It downloads once and the app keeps it in its own folder. The OverInteractive connection comes built in.
- 2
Choose your disc
Press «Choose ROM» and pick your disc's .cue or .bin. The app checks it's the US one; if not, the step turns red and tells you why. It isn't copied: it's read from wherever you keep it.
The exact list of what works and what doesn't is behind the help icon in the bar below.
- 3
Press «Start game»
The logos and intro play: press Start (Enter) to reach the menu.
- 4
Start a race once it's «Connected»
When the bar below says «Connected», pick Arcade or Adventure with X (C on the keyboard), your driver and the track. Effects fire during the race.
- 5
Choose what each gift does
In «Profiles» create a sample one in one click or build your own: every gift, follow or chat command fires the effect you pick.
EFFECTS
What your chat can do
Each effect is assigned to a gift, a follow, likes or a chat command.
Help
An instant turbo, max Wumpa, invisibility or super engine for as long as you choose, and the Aku Aku shield.
Against you
Spin-out, blast, squish, burn, the Clock just for you, stealing your item and Wumpa, frozen controls, no gas, forced steering and a 180° spin.
Against the rivals
The Clock on every rival, or spin-outs, squishes and blasts all at once.
IMPORTANT
Before you go live
Only the US disc as a .bin
The European and Japanese versions and .iso images can't be played, so the app won't let you use them. The app doesn't download or distribute games: it has to be your own copy.
Don't move the disc
The app reads the disc from where you chose it. If you move or delete it, choose it again.
Only during the race
Effects that arrive in menus, during the countdown or between races wait in a queue and fire when the next one starts (up to 10 minutes).
The rivals are the other drivers
Effects «against the rivals» hit every other kart in the race.
KEYBOARD
Controls
Arrow keysSteer
CX button: accelerate and confirm in menus
XSquare button: brake and reverse
VCircle button: use the item
Right ShiftR1: hop and power slide
EnterStart: pause
FAQ
No. OverInteractive doesn't distribute games: you bring your own copy of the disc. The game reads it every time it starts, so it has to stay where you chose it.
Effects only apply while the race is on. Anything that arrives earlier, or during the countdown, waits in a queue and fires as soon as the race starts.
That version doesn't work, and the «Choose ROM» step turns red with the reason. It's almost always the European or Japanese version, or an .iso image. Use the US .bin with its .cue.
No: Nitro-Fueled only exists on consoles. This integration is the original PlayStation Crash Team Racing.
In the ⋯ menu of the bar below, «Uninstall runtime». The runtime is deleted, but your saved games are kept unless you tick «Also delete saved games». Your disc is not touched.
Ready for your chat to play with you?
Download OverInteractive for free: this same guide is waiting inside the app, in the game's «Start» tab.
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