10 Most Annoying Video Game Levels Ever Made

The third installment of the original Crash Bandicoot trilogy added multiple new gameplay mechanics to try to keep the series fresh and interesting. Among these many examples were motorcycling levels, which saw Crash don a leather jacket and hop on his chopper to race against Cortex's minions.

To put it bluntly - they f***ing sucked. But none of them sucked worse than Road Crash.

To start, Crash's bike controls feel like you're swimming through peanut butter. He turns incredibly sluggishly, and it's even worse when you run over a speed boost. To snowball off of that, this level incorporates tight turns, which are near-impossible to navigate without running your bike off the road (losing speed in the process).

Speaking of "losing speed," that's something you're never going to want to do in this level, because your opponents actually have good AI here. When they're not veering you off the road at any given opportunity, they're way ahead of you, blissfully unaware of the many pitfalls, police cars, and other hazards littered all over the street. You have to be practically perfect to come in 1st place in this level, and you have to come in 1st place to get the crystal and proceed through the game.

Oh, and there's no way to just reset the race if you mess up. You have to leave the level entirely, wait for it to load, watch Crash's disappointed animation, then jump back in, wait for it to load again, rinse, and repeat. Damn this level. Damn it straight to the hottest lava pit in Dino Might.