Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

 PlayStation 4
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6.9

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  1. xq_i5
    Dec 30, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. لعبة جميييلة ختمتها وطلعت البلاتينيوم من جمالها… Expand
  2. golluns
    Dec 29, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Added micro transactions so I won't buy this! I recommend that everyone do the same so that this does not become a habit among producers!… Expand
  3. Kitabake
    Dec 24, 2019
    10
    Micro-transactions are designed way that you will never be able to buy everything. It is bad. But if you are not collectioner of every trash, you will be happy to play this excellent game! Superb control of kart and tracks. I hate competitiveness but in crash I strive to be the best. Cash shop is bearable. You can but things every day you play as you get 5x coins for 1 hour of onlineMicro-transactions are designed way that you will never be able to buy everything. It is bad. But if you are not collectioner of every trash, you will be happy to play this excellent game! Superb control of kart and tracks. I hate competitiveness but in crash I strive to be the best. Cash shop is bearable. You can but things every day you play as you get 5x coins for 1 hour of online game-play everyday and on weekend x2 (so x10 for first gameplay weekend online hour - it is the time you want to play). Window shop is cancer. Do not buy things you do not want from it. Wait for cool stuff to appear.

    I cannot stres enough how good content is. Characters, tracks and everything is so epic. Cannot described with words!    … Expand
  4. Scotty1992
    Dec 23, 2019
    10
    Great game, reliving the childhood, woohooooookooooo!! Old school !! Needs to be 75
  5. ProkopLoronz
    Dec 21, 2019
    9
    Great game not just stupid kart racing with items but kart racing game that has amazing drifting mechanic also has all maps and characters (almost all) from CRASH NITRO KART but there are few (3) thing that ruin the game a little bit : mostly instant problems with multyplayer, invisible walls and of course microtransactions so for me its perfect 9/10
  6. DarkshadowsKing
    Dec 7, 2019
    9
    The racing game we don't deserve but we desperately needed! The microtransactions in this game are not a "pay to win" but a "pay to have more in game value to buy accessories". That's it, nothing so bad, the gameplay is the same, with or without microtransation. Control is perfect, a little bit technical, so beginners might have some troubles, but practice is the key to success! Online isThe racing game we don't deserve but we desperately needed! The microtransactions in this game are not a "pay to win" but a "pay to have more in game value to buy accessories". That's it, nothing so bad, the gameplay is the same, with or without microtransation. Control is perfect, a little bit technical, so beginners might have some troubles, but practice is the key to success! Online is funny, every mouth Beenox add a new Grand Prix, which it introduces inedited track, new characters, new karts, wheels, paint jobs and stickers. This is the definitive Crash karting game, a must for who loves karting games and/or Crash Bandicoot franchise! the very negative reviews just because they added microtransation are just ridiculous and unworthy to be be taken into consideration.… Expand
  7. Sky-Line___
    Dec 6, 2019
    2
    Bought this game to play online with my friends, but Activision decided to gear it with past century servers. My friends and I cannot join each other. We bought this game to play together, might not be everyone's case but the online features of the game were the primary incentive to buy for us. We know the fun of the game, we appreciate the new tracks, but we didn't buy this to playBought this game to play online with my friends, but Activision decided to gear it with past century servers. My friends and I cannot join each other. We bought this game to play together, might not be everyone's case but the online features of the game were the primary incentive to buy for us. We know the fun of the game, we appreciate the new tracks, but we didn't buy this to play everything solo.

    I know Activision has the means to provide solid servers. Just look at Modern Warfare. There is not a single problem to join anyone on that game, even if you have Strict NAT, everything goes super smooth. That should be a standard for any game in 2019.    … Expand
  8. Dingomilo
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    A perfect remaster. Sure it won't get the praise of Mario Kart casual players so easely, but once they put their time into it, satisfaction is guaranteed. A true jewel and a love letter to the franchise. Congratulations to Beenox for this outstanding work. This is the best kart racer ever.
  9. l3wis1337
    Dec 5, 2019
    6
    A good remaster of a good game, shame Activision couldn't wait to capitalise on cosmetic microtransactions.
  10. WolfySnip
    Dec 2, 2019
    10
    Its a great remake and it have a nice experience of nostalgia, reminding the old days. I think the oxide's ghosts is easier now, but its still a challenge if you dont master the game. Even with Microtransactions, I recommend it, because you dont really need to buy wumpa coins and you still can unlock things by playing. There's no advantage in use money
  11. Lonitx
    Dec 2, 2019
    0
    Microtransactions! stay away!

    allows you tu buy "time savers" so they're saying their game isn't worth playing.
    as well as cosmetics, it's an ininite money hole
  12. skads7
    Nov 8, 2019
    7
    El bueno de crash vuelve con un juego de carreras, que si bien de pequeño pude tocar bien poco, puedo ahora de mayor saborearlo mejor con un remake de lujo, con un contenido enorme y constantes actualizaciones.
    A veces el online es una puta tortura con los objetos y la gente es general, es muy sucia. A esperas que rebalanceen un par de objetos y un par de mapas los corrijan
  13. alexslork
    Nov 3, 2019
    7
    Чувство ностальгии просто великолепное. Но это все) Могли бы доработать и додумать интереснее, больше.
  14. DataVeinGaming
    Nov 1, 2019
    8
    A flawless remaster (not counting bugs let's be fair) of a beloved PS1 game. It sounds like CTR, it plays like CTR and most importantly it FEELS like CTR. If you loved any of the PS1 or PS2 ear games you WILL enjoy this fully, plain and simple. It falls short of perfection as an overall title by the lack of new ideas that should have been prominent in discussions during development. NotA flawless remaster (not counting bugs let's be fair) of a beloved PS1 game. It sounds like CTR, it plays like CTR and most importantly it FEELS like CTR. If you loved any of the PS1 or PS2 ear games you WILL enjoy this fully, plain and simple. It falls short of perfection as an overall title by the lack of new ideas that should have been prominent in discussions during development. Not restricting certain characters to certain driving styles, the inclusions of an online ranked mode without weapons and some overall weapon RNG balancing would have made it 10/10.… Expand
  15. OnlyOneHere
    Oct 24, 2019
    0
    This game is garbage. The driving mechanics are horrible. The physics are complete trash. The characters are uncharasmatic and unappealing. Crash makes too many cringeworthy faces. The maps are lazily designed. This game lacks so much detail and the graphics look awful.

    The online multiplayer is trash and has garbage matchmaking. The loading screens are too long. The greedy developers    This game is garbage. The driving mechanics are horrible. The physics are complete trash. The characters are uncharasmatic and unappealing. Crash makes too many cringeworthy faces. The maps are lazily designed. This game lacks so much detail and the graphics look awful.

    The online multiplayer is trash and has garbage matchmaking. The loading screens are too long. The greedy developers added microtransactions, even though the original version had none of that. It's no surprise that Activision are so greedy. I don't recommend this horrible game at all.    … Expand
  16. JumpingWolf
    Oct 23, 2019
    5
    EDIT: Formerly a 10, this game's score is now cut in half thanks to microtransactions. I can no longer recommend this game for purchase to anyone.

    One of my favorite sub-genres in video games is the fast, arcade racer. All racing games are addictive by nature to me, but if I were to judge racing games as a whole based on one characteristic, it would be sense of speed. The bells and    EDIT: Formerly a 10, this game's score is now cut in half thanks to microtransactions. I can no longer recommend this game for purchase to anyone.

    One of my favorite sub-genres in video games is the fast, arcade racer. All racing games are addictive by nature to me, but if I were to judge racing games as a whole based on one characteristic, it would be sense of speed. The bells and whistles of the game are nice, but if a racing game doesn't feel fast and impactful, it hurts the experience.

    Case in point: the entire Mario Kart series. The passive nature of the drift boost in Mario Kart puts a low ceiling over your skill level. You can only get so good in Mario Kart before that blue shell sends you spiraling back into the middle of the pack. Everyone knows Mario Kart, and there's relatively few skill levels separating a total novice from someone who's been playing Mario Kart 8 from since it first released on the Wii U. It's the most casual, simplistic racing game on the market, and yet it garners widespread acclaim. Commercially, I get it. Mario Kart is and always has been a decent-to-good racing game with a popular multiplayer experience. It also pioneered the kart-racing sub-genre and hasn't relinquished that lead despite superior kart racers being released over the years, particularly in the late 1990s. In those days, two kart racing games could credibly claim superiority over Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64: Diddy Kong Racing on the Nintendo 64 and Crash Team Racing on Playstation.

    Each game boasted superior senses of speed, vehicle weight, and track design to anything that existed in Mario Kart to that point. They also featured a robust single-player experience that took the player through everything the game had to offer. While Diddy Kong Racing was indeed an exhilarating experience, Crash Team Racing upped the ante by inventing a new style of drift boost that elevated the game's fun factor and depth to levels fan above Mario Kart's peak, regardless of which game in the series you can pick.

    Crash Team Racing is a kart racer for gamers. It's accessible, but less so than Mario Kart because you aren't guaranteed to be competitive in your first ever race. The remaster, specifically on PS4, is a feast for the eyes and ears. I like its art direction, which blends reality and fantasy, more than that in Mario Kart 8. The lighting is more vivid and dynamic, and road and dirt textures are gorgeous. There are plenty of extras, and more is and will be added for a while. For me, Mario Kart features tend to plentiful, but not great. It's exciting to earn rewards in this remaster of Crash Team Racing, and I hope that continues for a while. The zany natures of many of the game's characters (you start with eight and unlock more by playing) also lend themselves better to kart racing than the oddly more muted characters in the Mario universe. Tawna Bandicoot, for instance, is hilariously voiced, and I love her so much.

    I gave this game a 10 in attempt to drive home how this is, in fact, a better kart racer than Mario Kart if accessibility is no issue to you. Even then, is accessibility that important when judging games? I feel like that should be a notable feature when you want to get a bunch of people in one room playing a game, and if that is your only concern, Mario Kart will work great for you. Especially on Switch, which is not the ideal platform for CTR: NF. A racing game you can play for a while, that only gets more fun the better you get at it, is Crash Team Racing, and the re-release on PS4 is the best kart racer on the market today. It should serve as an awesome fill-in while I wait for the next F-Zero.    … Expand
  17. Saselpipero333
    Oct 8, 2019
    10
    While not better than the original ps1 game, still holds up to today standards.
  18. AdamHPerform
    Oct 5, 2019
    10
    Fantastic remake of a classic racer with even more new content coming in monthly? Sign me up!
  19. CriticalSeven
    Oct 4, 2019
    10
    Microtransactions aren't great, but the base game is awesome enough and offers enough stuff to do that it becomes a small blemish on an otherwise top-game! Also Grand Prix events so far have been pretty damn amazing...
  20. The90sFan
    Oct 3, 2019
    10
    Amazing remake... nearly endless content and some of the most skill-based driving mechanics of any racer I've played.
  21. UniversalReview
    Oct 3, 2019
    9
    First of all, I want to say that all the 1/10 scores added by review bombers months after launch are entirely done out of principle, rather than a reflection of the game's true quality, and in my mind are a disingenuous look at the game overall. Let's be honest: most people who stop by a game's metacritic page just to leave a 1/10 score, can't be trusted to have even played the game toFirst of all, I want to say that all the 1/10 scores added by review bombers months after launch are entirely done out of principle, rather than a reflection of the game's true quality, and in my mind are a disingenuous look at the game overall. Let's be honest: most people who stop by a game's metacritic page just to leave a 1/10 score, can't be trusted to have even played the game to begin with.

    CTR Nitro Fueled is a faithful and lovingly made recreation of the original classic on PS1, something most fans of the original can agree on. The controls are spot on, the visuals are gorgeous, and all the charm and magic of the original is there. Furthermore, Beenox went above and beyond what would be expected of them for a remaster: they didn't need to add all of the tracks and characters from the game's sequel: Nitro Kart, or to finally make Oxide a playable character, or to add six months of content updates long after launch. All of these make the game better than could've been expected, and add life and longevity to a game that otherwise would've died online soon after launch.

    Not to mention the fact that content updates have consistently addressed issues with the game: things like adding the wumpa coin bonus offline after fans asked for it, implementing engine swap to make all characters online viable at last, and many bug and shortcut fixes all come to mind.

    While adding microtransactions after launch was an undeniably shady move, and yes the game can feel grindy at times, all of the content from the original game, and much more, is available right there from the start without any requirement to unlock, meaning fans of the original will find the game they remember from the getgo, and can then dive into the game's online and grand prix modes at their leisure.

    Make no mistake, while not perfect, CTR: Nitro Fueled is an excellent and content-rich remaster that has only gotten better over time: Beenox deserves full credit for the great work they have put in, and I'm writing this review to let you all know the truth: that this is a great game and one you should take a look at.    … Expand
  22. Luanneto
    Sep 22, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Esse sem dúvidas é o jogo de kart definitivo, foi melhorado todos os aspectos da versão original, o trabalho da desenvolvedora ficou realmente incrível, totalmente em pt Br, com lindos gráficos , cada personagem tem sua própria animação, além das pistas da versão original ele conta com novas pistas que estão sendo adicionadas ao longo do tempo, e personagens novos como Spyro.… Expand
  23. CineAutoctono
    Sep 18, 2019
    8
    "Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled" was a video game that every lover of nostalgia and childhood games wanted to have, now with a very good design improved by remastering, more tracks, car designs and more characters to unlock the experience feels more complete, a point in favor of nostalgia.
  24. GooverDan1
    Sep 17, 2019
    1
    It was a really awesome game, It was until Activision and their greed totally ruined this game for be a GOTY material, is a really shame, and the practice to add microtransactions after the release is really despicable.
  25. ichinico
    Sep 13, 2019
    1
    Added in-game purchases after the game launched. no need to add anything else
  26. duddo
    Sep 13, 2019
    1
    Game aimed for small kids with microtransactions that were added post launch - after all reviews were out. Unforgivable practice. Please, do not buy this game.
  27. Vectorexpres
    Sep 12, 2019
    9
    N.credible game, for the olds fans Will be like the original, but for casual gamer, the game Is going to be hard to dominate.
  28. Arash-forevere
    Sep 12, 2019
    9
    My only problem with this version of CTR is one thing : There are a bit online modes ( it needs cup race tag team or squad mod and some improvement for battle mod ) Servers are almost need some improvement ( because lobby squash a lot of time )
    Passing from all of this beenox did a great gob By adding grand prix season , adding new tracks and new characters ( such good thing to see    My only problem with this version of CTR is one thing : There are a bit online modes ( it needs cup race tag team or squad mod and some improvement for battle mod ) Servers are almost need some improvement ( because lobby squash a lot of time )
    Passing from all of this beenox did a great gob By adding grand prix season , adding new tracks and new characters ( such good thing to see spyro in game )
    Such a good graghic And ...
    I hope that beenox will add more content in game .    … Expand
  29. BradMorgan
    Sep 9, 2019
    6
    Fun to play with friends or collect trophies. No more and no less and that is not bad at all with this type of game. Tracks are cool with nice special effects. Negative point: the difficulty levels are out of balance.
  30. Exico91
    Sep 11, 2019
    0
    It was nice until they added microtransactions. Why cant you be a bit less greedy?
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Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 75
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 75
  3. Negative: 0 out of 75
  1. VG247
    Sep 18, 2019
    80
    Nostalgia might well have carried this one through, but in truth it doesn’t need it: this is a great game that has for the most part aged remarkably well, with the visual upgrade and other tweaks serving to make absolutely certain it’s worth the price of admission; I just wish the AI didn’t sometimes feel so cheap. It’s rare that a game can be as good as it was 20 years ago in a modern re-release – but this classic kart racer manages it.
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  2. Game Over Online
    Aug 20, 2019
    93
    Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled is just about perfect at what it’s trying to do. The redone adventure mode is a blast minus the grind required to get coins to unlock stuff, and the core gameplay has been refined. This results in the best-playing Crash racing game ever and yet another top-shelf kart racer. Right now, the genre is as big as it’s been in 20 years, with Sonic, Mario, and Crash all competing at stores and the best thing for players is that you can’t go wrong with any of them. Crash offers up a tremendous game overall and it’s definitely an experience I would put above Team Sonic Racing, but ever so slightly behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
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  3. LaPS4
    Aug 13, 2019
    87
    Crash Bandicoot and company return to the track driving their karts, now completely remodeled and ready to compete in the current generation of consoles. A title a little demanding but very beautiful, totally recommended to play with friends and relive those wonderful moments of our childhood.
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