[[File:Racer 2 boxart uk.jpg|thumb|212x212px|European PC Boxart.]]
[[File:Crazy Frog Racer 2 manual.png|thumb|300x470px|Cover art]]{{Good Article}}<b>Crazy Frog Racer 2</b>, or '''Crazy Frog Arcade Racer''' in the United States, was released on December 1, 2006 and is the sequel to [[Crazy Frog Racer (Game)|Crazy Frog Racer]]. Like the original, it was developed by Neko Entertainment. It was published by Valcon Games in the United States and by Turtle Games in Europe. It was released on PlayStation 2 and PC. It features added bonus content, new mini games, new characters, and tracks based on Crazy Frog music videos.
[[File:Crazy Frog Arcade Racer.jpg|thumb|217x217px|American PlayStation 2 Boxart]]
<b>Crazy Frog Racer 2</b>, or '''Crazy Frog Arcade Racer''' in the United States, was released in 2006 and is the sequel to [[Crazy Frog Racer]]. Like the original, it was developed by Neko Entertainment. It was published by Valcon Games in the United States and by Turtle Games in the United Kingdom and Europe. It was released on PlayStation 2 and PC.
<h2>Gameplay</h2>
Like its predecessor, this game is a kart racing-style. There are twelve tracks total, with four cups based on the music videos, each with three tracks:
===Cups and Tracks:===
Like its predecessor, this game is a kart racing-style. There are twelve tracks total, with four cups based on the music videos, each with three tracks.
<gallery mode="nolines" perrow="8">
File:Football Cup.png|Football Cup, based on [[We Are The Champions]]
File:Stadium thumb.png|Stadium
File:Space cup thumb.png|Space cup
File:Space bed thumb.png|Space bed
File:Ice Cup.png|Ice Cup, based on [[Jingle Bells]]
File:Snowmen's village thumb.png|Snowmen's village
File:Ice observatory thumb.png|Ice observatory
File:Frozen aliens.png|Frozen aliens
File:City Cup.png|City Cup, based on [[Axel F]]
File:Crazytown thumb.png|Crazytown
File:Mount crazymore thumb.png|Mount crazymore
File:Crazyland thumb.png|Crazyland
File:Beach Cup.png|Beach Cup, based on [[Popcorn]]
File:Sun island thumb.png|Sun island
File:Volcano thumb.png|Volcano
File:Beach city thumb.png|Beach city
</gallery><h3>Playing Modes</h3>
====Championship====
== Development ==
Confront your competitors or friends in 4 championships comprised of 3 different circuits, either in Single player or Multiplayer. At the end of each race, participants receive a number of points based on the order in which they finish. The driver with the most points at the end of the championship is the winner! In Single player mode only: Your best scores are automatically saved.
Following the release and success of [[Crazy Frog Racer (Game)|Crazy Frog Racer]], development began on Crazy Frog Racer 2. Up to the release of the sequel, the first game sold more than 140,000 copies in the UK.
====Single Race====
Early names for the new characters added to the game were the "[[Boss Drone|Evil General]]", "[[The Holiday Thing|Hawaiian Crazy Frog]]", "[[Sub Drone|Torpedo Drone]]" and "[[The Annoying Drone|Crazy Frog Drone]]".
You can choose from 12 different courses to challenge your competitors or friends in frantic races! This mode is available in both Single player and Multiplayer!
====Chase Race====
A new website was also created for the game, [[CrazyFrogGame.com|crazyfrogracer2.com]].
Right from the start, the player is pursued by Drones. The player must survive as long as possible on the circuit before his energy gauge runs out. Chase race ends
when the energy bar is completely depleted.
====Time Trials====
On December 1, 2006, the game was released.<ref>https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/hi-octane-sequel-to-chart-busting-crazy-frog-racer-on-ps2-and-pc-released-today-samples-available-for-review</ref>{{#ev:youtube|6_c_4Pzd8LY|360x240|right|Game trailer|frame}}<h2>Game Modes</h2>The game features the same basic game modes as the first game: Championship, Single Race, Time Trials and Chase.
In Single player mode only. It allows you to test your talents in driving alone. No opponents and no bonuses. Time is your only enemy! Try to beat the records on all of the game circuits! Your best scores are automatically saved.
====Battle====
=== Championship ===
In this mode, which is for Multiplayer only, confront your friends in arenas. The rules are simple: the last one alive on the track wins! Each player starts with three lives. Bonuses are dispersed throughout each arena, enabling you to set traps for your opponents or to attack them. You have 4 arenas in which to demonstrate who is the best and most skillful!
The standard game mode. Like the first game, the player must play each cup in order to progress to the next.
===Items===
====Football Cup====
Like most other kart racing games, there are items to use during races.
The Football Cup is based on the [[We Are The Champions]] music video. Completing it unlocks the Ice Cup.
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Football Cup'''
!'''Stadium'''
!'''Space Cup'''
!Space Bed
|-
|[[File:Football Cup.png]]
|[[File:Stadium thumb.png]]
|[[File:Space cup thumb.png]]
|[[File:Space bed thumb.png]]
|-
|[[File:Football cup trophy.png]]
|[[File:Stadium Map.png]]
|[[File:Space Cup Map.png]]
|[[File:Space Bed Map.png]]
|}
====Bonuses====
==== Ice Cup ====
The Ice Cup is based on the [[Jingle Bells]] music video. Finishing it unlocks the City Cup.
{| class="wikitable"
!'''Ice Cup'''
!'''Snowmen's Village'''
!'''Ice Observatory'''
!Frozen Aliens
|-
|[[File:Ice Cup.png]]
|[[File:Snowmen's village thumb.png]]
|[[File:Ice observatory thumb.png]]
|[[File:Frozen aliens.png]]
|-
|[[File:Ice cup trophy.png]]
|[[File:Snowmen's Village Map.png]]
|[[File:Ice Observatory Map.png]]
|[[File:Frozen Aliens Map.png]]
|}
*'''Armor Coin''': These bonuses will repair your armour. They reappear during the race.
==== City Cup ====
*'''Power Up Coin''': This bonus will give you one power up for you to use at the most appropriate moment.
The City Cup is based on the [[Axel F]] music video. Crazyland is based on [[House of Mirrors]]. Winning unlocks the Beach Cup.
*'''Full Armour''' '''Bonus:''' This bonus will restore some of you armour points.
{| class="wikitable"
!'''City Cup'''
!'''Crazytown'''
!'''Mount Crazymore'''
!Crazyland
|-
|[[File:City Cup.png]]
|[[File:Crazytown thumb.png]]
|[[File:Mount crazymore thumb.png]]
|[[File:Crazyland thumb.png]]
|-
|[[File:City cup trophy.png]]
|[[File:Crazytown Map.png]]
|[[File:Mount Crazymore Map.png]]
|[[File:Crazyland Map.png]]
|}
====Power Up Defense====
==== Beach Cup ====
<ul>
The Beach Cup is based on the [[Popcorn]] music video.
<li>'''Drones''': The Drones spin around your vehicle and will protect you against you opponent's physical attacks. The best tactic is to get in close to another player and ram into them.</li>
{| class="wikitable"
<li>'''Shield''': The Shield will protect you for a short while. You can use it for example when your about to win, this will definitely settle the odds in your advantage.</li>
!'''Beach Cup'''
<li>'''Boost''': The Boost will help you get out of problems and take a serious positional advantage. You can only use it once.</li>
!'''Sun Island'''
</ul>
!'''Volcano'''
!Beach City
|-
|[[File:Beach Cup.png]]
|[[File:Sun island thumb.png]]
|[[File:Volcano thumb.png]]
|[[File:Beach city thumb.png]]
|-
|[[File:Beach cup trophy.png]]
|[[File:Sun Island Map.png]]
|[[File:Volcano Map.png]]
|[[File:Beach City Map.png]]
|}
====Power Up Weapons====
=== Battle (Multiplayer) ===
<ul>
Like the first game's Arena mode, except it has four stadiums, based on the four cups. All four stadiums are unlocked from the start, however.
<li>'''Bored Sphere''': It remains active throughout the race and disappears when someone touches it. To be touched, a vehicle must pass near it.</li>
<li>'''Made-Up Sphere''': The two halves of the sphere split several yards apart and form a magnetic field that cuts across part of the track. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player touches it. To be touched, a vehicle must pass between the two demi-spheres.</li>
<gallery mode="nolines">
<li>'''Missiles''': This is a set of 3 simple and efficient missiles. The missiles only shoot forward, so make sure you got good aim or you will waste them.</li>
File:Foot arena.png|'''Arena 1 - Foot'''
<li>'''Two-Split Spheres''': It has two horizontal slots where two blades come out and swirl around. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player touches it. To activate the trap, a vehicle must pass over it.</li>
File:Winter arena.png|'''Arena 2 - Winter'''
<li>'''Toxic Cloud''' : This weapon drops a toxic cloud. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player passes inside it. To activate the trap, a vehicle must pass over it.</li>
File:City arena.png|'''Arena 3 - City'''
<li>'''Magnet''' : This weapon is based on a metallic plate that will slow down your opponent if they passes toward it. It remains active throughout the race and will disappears when a player activates it.</li>
File:Beach arena.png|'''Arena 4 - Beach'''
<li>'''Mortar''' : It is launched in a bell-shaped trajectory and can only hit a target at least 10 yards ahead and up to a distance of 30 yards. The projectile automatically targets the opponent, if he is inside the target zone.</li>
</gallery>
<li>'''Flash Light''' : It is a powerful light that will blind the opponent just behind you for a short while. It works only once so you should try to use it when it is the best moment.</li>
</ul>
===Mini Games===
===Mini Games===
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Roll around Crazy Frog like he's in a pinball machine. Hit the drones to rack up points.
Roll around Crazy Frog like he's in a pinball machine. Hit the drones to rack up points.
Unlike the first game, bonuses are no longer purchased using coins. Instead, more similarly to ''Mario Kart'', a player must collect a Power Up coin to be randomly given a power up. This also means that certain power ups are no longer character exclusive. Similarly, nuts can be collected to repair vehicle damage.
{| class="wikitable"
|'''Name'''
!Bored Sphere
!Made-Up Sphere
!Two-Slit Sphere
!Missiles
!Toxic Cloud
!Magnet
!Flash Light
!Mortar
!Boost
!Shield
!Drones
|-
|'''Icon'''
|[[File:CFR2 Bored Sphere.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Made Up Sphere.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Two Slit Sphere.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Missiles.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Toxic Cloud.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Magnet.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Flash Light.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Mortar.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Boost.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Shield.png]]
|[[File:CFR2 Drones.png]]
|-
|'''Description'''
|It remains active throughout the race and disappears when someone touches it. To be touched, a vehicle must pass near it.
|The two halves of the sphere split several yards apart and form a magnetic field that cuts across part of the track. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player touches it. To be touched, a vehicle must pass between the two semi-spheres.
|It has two horizontal slots where two blades come out and swirl around. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player touches it. To activate the trap, a vehicle must pass over it.
|This is a set of 3 simple and efficient missiles. The missiles only shoot forward, so make sure you got good aim or you will waste them.
|This weapon drops a toxic cloud. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player passes inside it. To activate the trap, a vehicle must pass over it.
|This weapon is based on a metallic plate that will slow down your opponent if they passes toward it. It remains active throughout the race and will disappears when a player activates it.
|It is a powerful light that will blind the opponent just behind you for a short while. It works only once so you should try to use it when it is the best moment.
|It is launched in a bell-shaped trajectory and can only hit a target at least 10 yards ahead and up to a distance of 30 yards. The projectile automatically targets the opponent, if he is inside the target zone.
|The Boost will help you get out of problems and take a serious positional advantage. You can only use it once.
|The Shield will protect you for a short while. You can use it for example when your about to win, this will definitely settle the odds in your advantage.
|The Drones spin around your vehicle and will protect you against you opponent's physical attacks. The best tactic is to get in close to another player and ram into them.
|}
==Trivia==
*The game was released in the United States as "Crazy Frog Arcade Racer" because [[Crazy Frog Racer|the first game]] was not released there like in other countries.
*There are difference between the Championship and Single Race modes. In Championship, different objects appear such as advertisement billboards.
*[[File:CFR2Trial.png|thumb|Crazy Frog Racer 2 trial screen|175x175px]]The intro of the game is the same as in Crazy Frog Racer. Despite [[Matilda]] being in the intro, she wasn't added as a playable character.
*In the [[More Crazy Hits|More Crazy Hits: Ultimate Edition]] album there is a trial of the game. It has a simple installer, and only lets the user play for forty minutes.[[File:Insert CD.png|thumb|Insert CD|251x251px]]
*In PC version, when it asks to insert the CD, there is a rare picture of Crazy Frog in glasses with slightly open mouth.
*The track layouts for every track in Crazy Frog Racer 2 are identical to [[Crazy Frog Racer (Game)|the first game]].[[File:CrazyFrogRacerTexture.jpeg|left|thumb|206x206px]]
*Many textures and assets are shared between the two games.
*When the game puts you back on the course after falling off, hitting accelerate at the exact right time gives you a boost.
*There's a randomly placed tree texture on the Ice Observatory track. It's only visible from one side, so it can only really be seen if you're driving through the stage backwards.
==Gallery==
==Gallery==
[[:File:CrazyFrog2 PCManual.pdf|Instruction manual scans included in the PC version (PDF).]]
Crazy Frog Racer 2, or Crazy Frog Arcade Racer in the United States, was released on December 1, 2006 and is the sequel to Crazy Frog Racer. Like the original, it was developed by Neko Entertainment. It was published by Valcon Games in the United States and by Turtle Games in Europe. It was released on PlayStation 2 and PC. It features added bonus content, new mini games, new characters, and tracks based on Crazy Frog music videos.
Like its predecessor, this game is a kart racing-style. There are twelve tracks total, with four cups based on the music videos, each with three tracks.
Development
Following the release and success of Crazy Frog Racer, development began on Crazy Frog Racer 2. Up to the release of the sequel, the first game sold more than 140,000 copies in the UK.
The game features the same basic game modes as the first game: Championship, Single Race, Time Trials and Chase.
Championship
The standard game mode. Like the first game, the player must play each cup in order to progress to the next.
Football Cup
The Football Cup is based on the We Are The Champions music video. Completing it unlocks the Ice Cup.
Football Cup
Stadium
Space Cup
Space Bed
Ice Cup
The Ice Cup is based on the Jingle Bells music video. Finishing it unlocks the City Cup.
Ice Cup
Snowmen's Village
Ice Observatory
Frozen Aliens
City Cup
The City Cup is based on the Axel F music video. Crazyland is based on House of Mirrors. Winning unlocks the Beach Cup.
City Cup
Crazytown
Mount Crazymore
Crazyland
Beach Cup
The Beach Cup is based on the Popcorn music video.
Beach Cup
Sun Island
Volcano
Beach City
Battle (Multiplayer)
Like the first game's Arena mode, except it has four stadiums, based on the four cups. All four stadiums are unlocked from the start, however.
Arena 1 - Foot
Arena 2 - Winter
Arena 3 - City
Arena 4 - Beach
Mini Games
Crazy Dance
Crazy Dance mini game screenshot.
Choose the music and difficulty level with the left and right button. Press the correct button at the right time and try to beat the high score. Don't miss a button and try racking up incredible combos.
Crazy Pinball mini game screenshot.
Crazy Pinball
Roll around Crazy Frog like he's in a pinball machine. Hit the drones to rack up points.
Unlike the first game, bonuses are no longer purchased using coins. Instead, more similarly to Mario Kart, a player must collect a Power Up coin to be randomly given a power up. This also means that certain power ups are no longer character exclusive. Similarly, nuts can be collected to repair vehicle damage.
Name
Bored Sphere
Made-Up Sphere
Two-Slit Sphere
Missiles
Toxic Cloud
Magnet
Flash Light
Mortar
Boost
Shield
Drones
Icon
Description
It remains active throughout the race and disappears when someone touches it. To be touched, a vehicle must pass near it.
The two halves of the sphere split several yards apart and form a magnetic field that cuts across part of the track. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player touches it. To be touched, a vehicle must pass between the two semi-spheres.
It has two horizontal slots where two blades come out and swirl around. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player touches it. To activate the trap, a vehicle must pass over it.
This is a set of 3 simple and efficient missiles. The missiles only shoot forward, so make sure you got good aim or you will waste them.
This weapon drops a toxic cloud. It remains active throughout the race and disappears when a player passes inside it. To activate the trap, a vehicle must pass over it.
This weapon is based on a metallic plate that will slow down your opponent if they passes toward it. It remains active throughout the race and will disappears when a player activates it.
It is a powerful light that will blind the opponent just behind you for a short while. It works only once so you should try to use it when it is the best moment.
It is launched in a bell-shaped trajectory and can only hit a target at least 10 yards ahead and up to a distance of 30 yards. The projectile automatically targets the opponent, if he is inside the target zone.
The Boost will help you get out of problems and take a serious positional advantage. You can only use it once.
The Shield will protect you for a short while. You can use it for example when your about to win, this will definitely settle the odds in your advantage.
The Drones spin around your vehicle and will protect you against you opponent's physical attacks. The best tactic is to get in close to another player and ram into them.
Trivia
The game was released in the United States as "Crazy Frog Arcade Racer" because the first game was not released there like in other countries.
There are difference between the Championship and Single Race modes. In Championship, different objects appear such as advertisement billboards.
Crazy Frog Racer 2 trial screenThe intro of the game is the same as in Crazy Frog Racer. Despite Matilda being in the intro, she wasn't added as a playable character.
In the More Crazy Hits: Ultimate Edition album there is a trial of the game. It has a simple installer, and only lets the user play for forty minutes.Insert CD
In PC version, when it asks to insert the CD, there is a rare picture of Crazy Frog in glasses with slightly open mouth.
The track layouts for every track in Crazy Frog Racer 2 are identical to the first game.
Many textures and assets are shared between the two games.
When the game puts you back on the course after falling off, hitting accelerate at the exact right time gives you a boost.
There's a randomly placed tree texture on the Ice Observatory track. It's only visible from one side, so it can only really be seen if you're driving through the stage backwards.
Arena 1 - Foot
Arena 2 - Winter
Arena 3 - City
Arena 4 - Beach
The Annoying Thing's Helmet
Ellie's Scooter
The Holiday Thing's Raft
Jack's Jetpack
Flash's Hoverboard
Sub Drone's Torpedo
Drone's Hoverbike
Grim's Hoverboard
The Annoying Drone's Boots
Michel's Car
Bobo's Bananacycle
Boss Drone's Cockpit
Front Cover
Spine
Back Cover
Disc
Front Cover
Spine
Back Cover
Disc
Manual Front Cover
Manual Back Cover
Full boxart scan of Arcade Racer for PS2.
Disc scan of Arcade Racer for PS2.
Official boxart of russian release by 'Noviy Disk'.
Checking Disc screen
Controls setup (Windows)
Title Screen
Main Menu
Character Selection Screen
Crazy Dance Minigame
Crazy Pinball Minigame
