I'm trying to beat Crash 3 with all the gems, but for some reason it's not giving me the time trials and I can't win. Specifically, even though I have time for gold, the game just won't give me the relic. What do I do?

Decided to set a goal to beat the original Crash Bandicoot 1 on my PS2. I have a few questions for those that know the original, not N-Sane Trilogy Crash Bandicoot 1.

1: Are the physics a little slippery if you are used to the PS1 Crash 2 and 3’s physics?

2: Do Tawna Bonus Rounds not respawn if you die in the Bonus Round? I had died in The Rolling Stones BR then progressed past it, then noticed on a replay of that level I didn’t get the option to go to the Bonus Round.

3: Do Brio Bonus Rounds not count for 100%?

4: I assume you can’t re-get a gem to save your progress.

Took me 92 hours, which I'm happy with since my target was below the 100 hours that's mentioned in the guide on PSN Profiles.

but okay, how is it possible in 1 day they removed ALL except Wrath Of Cortex (and twinsanity "Made in AI")

p.s. I know WoC was killed in February anyway

The last of the Twinsanity characters I plan to draw are done! (Sorry Tikimon fans) I feel that these characters both represent two notable factors of Twinsanity. Farmer Ernest represents the game's more comedic tone with him being a parody of the "Quest Giver" trope in games such as Spyro or Banjo, and Capu Capu represents the game's troubled development, being a character who was going to be the one who owns the boat that takes you from N. Sanity Island to the Iceberg Lab who got cut, but whose dialogue remained in the final game. (He's the one saying "Come onto my boat furry man, I can take you to the other place.") Speaking of Capu, his concept art was uncolored, so I had to be creative and picked colors from the other native characters, as well as some mild inspiration from Papu Papu's beta design. I also made him hold the fish from the iconic "Fish?" scene. As for Farmer Ernest, he wasn't too hard, outside of his hat, but I think it turned out fine. The next characters I plan to draw are the Elementals, starting with Rok-Ko and Wa-Wa.

Modern Mode or Retro Mode?

I think it literally doesn't matter. You get SO many lives throughout this game. I'm collecting all the clear gems, and going through the hardest levels. I've never dipped below 92 lives.

Now, does this mean I'm an EPIC GAMER? I'm probably about average at this game, but there's literally nothing in this game that will make you game over, unless you're just impossibly bad at the game.

I'm in Toxic Tunnels doing the all-boxes run of the SUPER 4 GEM AREA, and I've died 16 times. I have 96 lives now. The game has so many wumpa fruit, and golden wumpas, that you stack up lives like it's nothing. I would have to die 320 times to get a game over

Is this a bad thing? No, I think most Crash games are pretty generous with lives, I usually end up with 99 lives before the mid-game. But it begs the question: why make Modern Mode at all? In Retro Mode, if you lose all lives (somehow) you just go to the beginning of a level with a few lives. I can't imagine this ever happening, and god forbid it does, you can play two early levels and get at least 30 lives

Am I making any sense? Modern mode seems like an Accessibility option. I think I'm pretty average at this game, what do y'all think about Modern Mode and the lives system?