Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (N-Sane Trilogy) - Level 30: Rings of Power ("Double" Gem)

My final hidden level to beat in the game. You need 25 Relics to get into this one! Normally, only Crash was playable in this level, but just like the N-Sane Trilogy version of Mad Bombers, you can now use Coco here, as well!

It's a high-sky race through giant green rings. Fly through them all and get 1st Place in order to win the Gem that stands in for a Crystal. You also have to shoot down all of the crates you fly by in order to get the typical crate Gem, as well.

Passing through an active ring gives you a speed boost with yellow sparkles. Passing through one while barrel rolling will give you a great boost with purple sparkles.

HOWEVER! The faster you fly, the much more annoyingly-harder it is to steer. It seems to feel a bit worse here than in the PS1...

So I try not to think on it too much. Here, I don't get both Gems in one sitting. I first go after the Crate Gem, then I leave the level and immediately go back into it in order to win the 1st Place Gem.

With all 44 Gems gathered, all I need left in this entire playthrough is to get that very last (Platinum) Relic out of this same level!
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See my Gem playthrough of this level in the PS1 version, here!:
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