Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

 PlayStation 4
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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 795 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 196 out of 795
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  1. Jimbobaus
    Aug 20, 2019
    1
    Great remake but the fact that they stealth added micro transactions into a kid friendly game is a big down vote for me. Have returned it to the store and will refuse to play any game and return any game that does so in the future.
  2. WeirdSinbad
    Aug 20, 2019
    0
    Deliberately made it a grandfest so they can sell you the solution, after saying they wouldn't add microtransactions.
  3. Gubnub
    Jun 26, 2019
    6
    So this game is great but it feels so short, I beat it in a day but I had a really fun time doing it but you should most likely play on medium but even then it's a tad to hard but I also feel like the battle mode is great and on the same level as Mario kart 8 deluxe
  4. 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
  5. PatrickF22R
    Jun 24, 2019
    0
    This game is honestly the worst game i've ever **** played. For a kart racer it's a spin off of mario as most things of the genre tend to be. It has the most god awful controls i've ever experienced in a game and the drift mechanic is dreadful. Needs customizable controls rather than two **** layouts. Not worth the money at all, go get a wii and mario kart and you'll have 10x moreThis game is honestly the worst game i've ever **** played. For a kart racer it's a spin off of mario as most things of the genre tend to be. It has the most god awful controls i've ever experienced in a game and the drift mechanic is dreadful. Needs customizable controls rather than two **** layouts. Not worth the money at all, go get a wii and mario kart and you'll have 10x more enjoyment than on this game.… Expand
  6. Teach316
    Jun 22, 2019
    0
    En cuanto a bugs está al nivel de fallout 76...Tiene millones de bugs gravisimos, el juego te puede llegar a borrar la partida, te cambia de lugares en el podio, las pistas literalmente desaparecen, los corredores se hacen invisibles, la cámara se estanca, el modo online está de la mierda, los servidores se caen a cada segundo y te hace esperar como 5 minutos para una carrera de 3 minutos,En cuanto a bugs está al nivel de fallout 76...Tiene millones de bugs gravisimos, el juego te puede llegar a borrar la partida, te cambia de lugares en el podio, las pistas literalmente desaparecen, los corredores se hacen invisibles, la cámara se estanca, el modo online está de la mierda, los servidores se caen a cada segundo y te hace esperar como 5 minutos para una carrera de 3 minutos, el modo batalla no te deja escojer el tipo de batalla que quieres jugar... etc etc etc... el balance del juego también tiene cosas que pulir en cuanto a velocidad y a los objetos que obtienes de las cajas sin mencionar que es una vergüenza que el juego corra a 30 fps el día de hoy al igual que hace 20 años... Un juego tan roto como este debió ser puesto a prueba antes de salir al mercado porque así es simplemente una vergüenza.… Expand
  7. 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
  8. szkodi
    Jan 2, 2020
    0
    Used to be good, now its like one big microtransaction center. Well done! You have ruined really good game.
  9. Critic5
    Jul 3, 2019
    1
    At 30fps and with some decent physics this is an almost worthy take on the highly successful Mario Kart series.
  10. Advancedwarlord
    Aug 3, 2019
    0
    Even though they specifically promise not to do it, Activision has added microtransactions to their game. Crash team racing was a classic that has been remastered however they did the **** possible thing and added microtransactions I cannot describe how angry I am with this game.
  11. Reverz
    Jan 8, 2020
    6
    As a kid I used to play this game until steam came out of my PSX... in that sense the game does exactly that, recapture that good old gameplay. However, it might be that over the years we've gotten more used to other types of gameplay that it seems as though some things just aren't going smooth enough. At times I find the controls kinda of chucky and unresponsive or at least there seems toAs a kid I used to play this game until steam came out of my PSX... in that sense the game does exactly that, recapture that good old gameplay. However, it might be that over the years we've gotten more used to other types of gameplay that it seems as though some things just aren't going smooth enough. At times I find the controls kinda of chucky and unresponsive or at least there seems to be some sort of input lag. I'm unable to recall if that was there in the original. Overall I'd give this game an 8 or something BUT

    there is 1 thing that is absolutely unforgivable for me: this game is, let's be honest, a glorified port of a 20 year old game... still I'm looking at loading screens more then half my playing time it seems??? It takes 30 seconds to load a race and then 30 seconds to get back to the menu??? Considering most races take like 2 minutes tops that is an absolute joke!

    I'm not even factoring in the microtransactions in my score... if they indeed implemented them after release and most official reviews were out that is a disgrace.    … Expand
  12. HpfllyIRmbrThis
    Aug 8, 2019
    0
    Microtransactions totally ruined this game for me. So scummy practices Activision...
  13. MasterRiley
    Aug 1, 2019
    9
    Crash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled is a great remake of the original games. This is a truly great kart racer with super fun visuals and music/sound design, and tight/responsive controls that will keep you wanting to play over and over. The adventure mode offers somewhat short and generic story of racing various bosses on different tracks, but the gameplay keeps you invested in wanting toCrash Team Racing: Nitro Fueled is a great remake of the original games. This is a truly great kart racer with super fun visuals and music/sound design, and tight/responsive controls that will keep you wanting to play over and over. The adventure mode offers somewhat short and generic story of racing various bosses on different tracks, but the gameplay keeps you invested in wanting to continue to play. And for anyone who wants to be the best on every track, theres more than enough time trials to keep you busy for a while. And finally theres a multiplayer, letting you team up with your friends or random players online. Whether you like racing alone, together, casually, or competitively, this game has it all!… Expand
  14. greninjaX
    Jul 19, 2020
    0
    i can't believe they put in micro transactions after the game launched! that should be illegal. this is an insult to crash.
  15. JP_Demiquel
    Jul 2, 2019
    10
    Muy buen juego te hace recordar al antiguo no perdio la esencia! Juegazo 10 de 10!
  16. Xepher54
    Jul 27, 2019
    7
    Im really enjoying this game but theres few misssteps in this game. I'll start obviously with the pros:
    -Graphically the game is well done , tracks , characters and story mode are truthful to the original with a brand new, colorful and good looking graphics.
    - the costumization is somewhat deep, with alot of karts, skins, paints and so on. - Adding all CTR NK tracks was the best idea to    Im really enjoying this game but theres few misssteps in this game. I'll start obviously with the pros:
    -Graphically the game is well done , tracks , characters and story mode are truthful to the original with a brand new, colorful and good looking graphics.
    - the costumization is somewhat deep, with alot of karts, skins, paints and so on.
    - Adding all CTR NK tracks was the best idea to have more tracks, and are also well done and designed.
    - 10/10 Nostalgia feels.
    BUT
    here's all the cons from a advanced player prospective:
    -physics obv are different, and so are jumps, collisions, hitboxes and so on. I know that is likely hard to keep everything like the original, this is a minor con and you have to get used to it.
    - Some tracks have a really BAD collisions or poor design decision like the Sewer track where you can hit the pipes at the sealings if you jump too high or going too fast; also the shortcut is really buggy.
    - We're in 2019 now, I dont like the idea characters are stricked to default stats... Id love to play other characters but their stats are very bad and Im used to advanced chars... Id like to play Tawna with the same feeling I'm playing Ami, Crunch and Peta Penguin.. So make the player decide with stats preset use for each character.
    - ONLINE EXPERIENCE IS KINDA BAD. Lag because this game is based on P2P and to avoid having too much lag, the matchmaker looks for players near you, physically. Lobby crashes too often. Items , weapons and so powerup need a whole rebalance because at their state, theyr good only for single player and with other 3 players locally. Having 8 players spamming stuff is tremendously annoying.
    - So no skilled based matchmaking, If youre really good at the game, you're gonna win very easily and casual ppl will eventually quit the lobby(MAKE A SKILL BASED MM, REMOVE THAT P2P CRAP).
    - And finally, I dont like the way the gran prix is introduced. At first I was very excited but soon i realised that is just a way to grind ALOT to get all the rewards and even its leaderboard is based on GRINDING and not rewarding the player skill. I know why they do that: they did it because otherwise most casual players might abandon the game too soon by the frustration on not feeling accomplished to get the unlockables or simply the gran prix top 5% reward. IMO they should introduce a ranked sort of system where if you dont get atleast 4th place, youll lose trophies, making a more competitive grand prix and not a grinding fiesta.

    Overall the game is well executed , brings back the nostalgia and adventure mode is very enjoyable, but the online experience is too damn bad and also for time trial leaderboards, fix those goddamn glitches wich makes you finish the race in less than 30 seconds!!! WTH BEENOX, WTH ACTIVISION    … Expand
  17. GCH_Eagle
    Aug 14, 2019
    9
    A very awesome game. Great reply value. Great gameplay. A great challange. Fun. The more you play, the better you'll get. The only reasons why I'm not giving it a perfect score is that the online is still a bit unstable, and the Wumpa Coins that are earned in offline modes need to increase. Also, Activision promised no micro-transactions, but they were added right after the first grandA very awesome game. Great reply value. Great gameplay. A great challange. Fun. The more you play, the better you'll get. The only reasons why I'm not giving it a perfect score is that the online is still a bit unstable, and the Wumpa Coins that are earned in offline modes need to increase. Also, Activision promised no micro-transactions, but they were added right after the first grand prix event. Other than that, one of my favorite games.… Expand
  18. 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
  19. Luan765
    Jun 30, 2019
    0
    It seems like a joke, but the multiplayer mode has no matchmaking..........
  20. Suicine94
    Jun 23, 2019
    1
    Online broken and unplayable,
    - cant see your opponent as they teleport around
    - items are invisible
    - game will say you coming 1st and not register opponents times
    - freezes your ps4
    - get kicked from lobbies
    - lobbies cant connect.
  21. iNZANE0ne
    Jan 9, 2020
    4
    Fun game ruined by probably the most greedy and underhanded implementation of microtransactions ADDED POST RELEASE MIND YOU! I'd go as far as to say it's insidiously evil.
  22. Kaprawiec
    Jun 24, 2019
    3
    Overhyped game. Graphics are ok. The rest is just bad:
    Driving, especially drifting mechanics are unintuitive - just straight bad, to start sliding you need to hop and hold drift button, which usually ends on the wall. And even if you manage to drift AI enemies will speed past you because of idiotic handicap - even if you drive faster kart and drift they magically end in front of you -    Overhyped game. Graphics are ok. The rest is just bad:
    Driving, especially drifting mechanics are unintuitive - just straight bad, to start sliding you need to hop and hold drift button, which usually ends on the wall. And even if you manage to drift AI enemies will speed past you because of idiotic handicap - even if you drive faster kart and drift they magically end in front of you - and thats on normal. I spent a lot of time playing Mario Kart and am quite good at it, won with gold all of the hardest races, but in here I struggle hard to win second story (!) race, I ended on 2nd or 3rd place almost 20 times before I managed to win - I was so mad, that if I hadnt bought digital version I would take it straight back to the store. If you have bad start you can insta-restart the race because there are literally 0 chance to win.
    Well A.I. races aside, I bought it to play it with my wife online - another surprise - You can't! There is only local split-screen, but if You want online You have to do it solo - I wasnt aware of it, so if Youre like me - dont buy it. I had countless hours of fun playing split screen online in mario kart on switch, so I was sure that it will be the thing in a game for PS4, but sadly not an option.
    Besides, tracks are visually nice but quite boring, and the music is awfull.
    So yeah, if You only own Playstation You can say its better than Mario Kart (which is quite dumb, ppl write CTR > MK but obviously didnt play MK so where does this comparision come from?), but if Youre like me and own both platforms, then sorry but Mario Kart is way better.
    I wasnt hyped for it and I didnt play the original so no nostalgia factor in my case. And dont get me started about the time when I read about "nintendo fanboys" from a guy wih "GodPlaystation" nickname... I actually like playing games, doesnt matter on what system - I own them all (except xbox, I have good PC :P). This game feels like copy-paste from MK, but just a bit inferior in almost every way, which resulted in huge disapointment because I bought it from impulse of seeing all those optimistic reviews.    … Expand
  23. Gamemonster
    Jun 24, 2019
    1
    Those who are used to smooth 60fps from Mario kart 8, sonic team racing will hate playing this game at 30fps.
  24. LimitedEdition
    Mar 1, 2020
    0
    This game is a scam. Ingame transactions, 0 customisation possibilities, local splitscreen is a mess as you can only play 2 modes with two players. A lot of wasted potential sadly. Game could be way greater.
  25. sursurk
    Jan 3, 2020
    0
    Activision can shove their microtransactions up their greedy corporate a**.

    Refunded the game after I found out it has microtransactions.
  26. gabrieuum
    Jan 14, 2020
    0
    It's a good game, but adding a lot of microtransactions AFTER the reviews destroyed the image of this game.
  27. RocketHamster
    Jul 22, 2019
    6
    To be honest with you everything except the controls are fantastic but the drifting just never worked for me so if other people like it okay but honestly this game just left me wanting to play mario kart instead
  28. Fabizem
    Jul 12, 2019
    10
    I really loved!, it is the best fun race game there is. It has so many content! Love love love
  29. FlameLord
    Jul 2, 2019
    10
    The new grand prix is awesome and the content an customisation, phisics on the game drift in this game u get a nice skill on every karts game
  30. Corruptedcast
    Aug 20, 2019
    0
    A decent game ruined by activision, yet again. Dont support this. They keep adding mictrotransactions to games after the reviews came in, this is absolutely disgusting.
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#22 Best PS4 Game of 2019
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#25 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019
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#13 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2019

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 75 Critic Reviews

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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