Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

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6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 795 Ratings

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  1. Killerpummkin
    Aug 10, 2023
    8
    What a great title, one of the most frenetic racing games of recent times. It maintains all the essence of the original and is expanded to include tracks and characters from other Crash works as well as from the Activision universe in general. Fun to the max, both to have a good time alone or with friends.
  2. Warrior_of_Doom
    Jul 19, 2023
    9
    The overall score is based on how much fun I personally had with every component of the game
    and the overall experience.
  3. Peppins
    Jun 25, 2023
    10
    One of the best game ever, finally in HD. Everything is perfect (except the multiplayer p2p), everything is like it originally was, awesome!! We still need the PC porting on STEAM (2023)...
  4. darkly77
    Jun 15, 2023
    4
    The game itself is good. But the load times are unbearable, around 45 seconds each. Most levels are finished in a few minutes. I actually timed them, and for every hour of playtime, I was spending 15mins watching a loading screen.

    It's also stuffed with greedy microtransactions, and only has the campaign from the first game. So all the levels from Nitro Kart (the 2nd game) can only be    The game itself is good. But the load times are unbearable, around 45 seconds each. Most levels are finished in a few minutes. I actually timed them, and for every hour of playtime, I was spending 15mins watching a loading screen.

    It's also stuffed with greedy microtransactions, and only has the campaign from the first game. So all the levels from Nitro Kart (the 2nd game) can only be played in the Arcade or Online modes, despite them having a Story mode in the original Nitro Kart. They could have taken the time investment that they put into microtransactions, and used it to add the missing campaign instead. But they chose the option that favors the publisher, not the player.    … Expand
  5. MickeyFinn
    May 20, 2023
    0
    Sorry but i've tried pretty much evry racing game on the ps. This one was given as 'better' than Mario Kart by some random website. That will teach me.. NOTHING beats Mario Kart. This one has the same issues (or i have same issues with)as most, view angle is awful, the kart hides the track in front.. most of the time you can't see which way to go. And the loading times are awful. HugeSorry but i've tried pretty much evry racing game on the ps. This one was given as 'better' than Mario Kart by some random website. That will teach me.. NOTHING beats Mario Kart. This one has the same issues (or i have same issues with)as most, view angle is awful, the kart hides the track in front.. most of the time you can't see which way to go. And the loading times are awful. Huge disappointment… Expand
  6. Yojimbo2015
    Apr 16, 2023
    6
    Crash has long been Sony's attempt to wrest the karting crown from Mario and this is a nice looking and fun reiteration. The problem is that we've seen it all before numerous times and it just isn't half as much fun without friends to race against.
  7. Jtubb
    Apr 2, 2023
    4
    I started playing this game again on PS5. Graphically it’s amazing. Bring back all the feels from playing on the PS1. The load times a vastly improved over playing on a PS4. Especially playing with friends locally. However, the game just isn’t enjoy playing locally by yourself. The difficultly is very frustrating not to mention the insane rubber banding the cpu characters get over you. IfI started playing this game again on PS5. Graphically it’s amazing. Bring back all the feels from playing on the PS1. The load times a vastly improved over playing on a PS4. Especially playing with friends locally. However, the game just isn’t enjoy playing locally by yourself. The difficultly is very frustrating not to mention the insane rubber banding the cpu characters get over you. If you hit one level hazard and or hit by the CPU you may as well restart the race - you have zero chance of winning.
    I saw that the game will no longer be receiving future updates and that is a shame. Looks like the devs were only interested in the micro trans, sad. This game probably would have been more successful if the game play was the priority.    … Expand
  8. Mindurbidniss
    Mar 22, 2023
    0
    Post release microtransactions. A tactic where devs choose to wait until reviews come in to add in their greedy microtransactions to further drain the consumer after they've already paid full price for the game. A disgusting trick that ruined this remake of a classic.
  9. FRIST_008
    Feb 6, 2023
    9
    Мои любимые гонки в детстве и бои на арене. То что кажется на деле простым, в итоге оказывается невероятно хардкорным!
  10. f_torres
    Nov 13, 2022
    0
    This is the worst game of all time because it has microtransactions. I don't care about anything else in the game the microtransactions just make me so angry and you won't like me when I'm angry. GRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
  11. Thosevelvetygms
    Sep 12, 2022
    9
    A beautiful package of innocent and pure gaming joy. Plays great, looks pretty, sounds excellent. It's a truly great remake.
  12. MaxieZeus
    Sep 2, 2022
    7
    A fine remastered but could have been better with more improvements to the multiplayer side.
  13. Malachi2017
    Jun 23, 2019
    9
    Purchased on day 1, and can't stop playing whether solo or in 4-player local coop. It pushes you to refine your reflexes and insanely fun at the same time. Difficulty and challenges are not frustrating, and the mechanics are quite easy to adapt to.

    Had to rate it down to 9 due to a bug which remains unfixed.
  14. ebru
    Jul 31, 2022
    3
    CTR (1999) is one of my childhood games and one of my favorites.

    Then talking about this CTRNF, my first impression of playing this game in one month was EXHAUSTING, BAD, HORRIBLE, UGLY and DILEMATIC. 1. BAD: Loading is very long, on PS4 Slim it can take 40 seconds to 1 minute. 2. HORRIBLE: the jump button is delayed, and the car feels FLOATING (6 months later my friends    CTR (1999) is one of my childhood games and one of my favorites.

    Then talking about this CTRNF, my first impression of playing this game in one month was EXHAUSTING, BAD, HORRIBLE, UGLY and DILEMATIC.

    1. BAD: Loading is very long, on PS4 Slim it can take 40 seconds to 1 minute.

    2. HORRIBLE: the jump button is delayed, and the car feels FLOATING (6 months later my friends recommended Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to me and Boom, this CTRNF game is getting worse and worse. The way the MK8D runs feels intuitive and soft as seen from the responsive tire suspension to the road, response to the turbo, respond when walking on water, when turning and so on) makes this CTRNF gameplay feel outdated. The only advantage of this CTRNF gameplay is that when jumping the animation of the car is made flex, perhaps to cover the shortcomings of the way the car runs, then from the way of jumping which reaches a higher height than MK8D and it is destroyed due to the DELAYING JUMP BUTTON.

    3. EXHAUSTING: the price of one character is 2500 wumpa coins, cars can be more, single player on Electron Avenue is only 80 wumpa coins, when you are disconnected from the internet you can't get wumpa coins at all, of course also can't access the store.

    4.UGLY: without internet makes character lists, cars, paint, tires, and stickers look VERY UGLY. Imagine the moment when Activision no longer supports this game and you are too lazy to grind, the list of car characters and others looks more and more destroyed (MK8D's decision to unlock Items from the first time and make Grinding easy, it was a very right decision).

    5. DILEMATIC: The only thing this game is proud of is the graphics, and even then it's not enough because it runs at 30fps on the base model PS4 (dude, MK8D runs at 60fps on the Switch). And that's also what makes you feel bad to uninstall this CTRNF, Remake of this game is very beautiful and also bad.

    Conclusion: if you are a fan of Crash, please note that Crash was originally created to copy the Mario franchise and its Mario Kart. CB, CB 2: Cortex Strikes Back, CB 3 Warped and the ending is CTR on PS1. The Crash franchise has an identity crisis, which is why Sony is selling it.

    the creation of the next games from Crash on the next generation console starting from the PS2 gives the impression that this franchise is forced to continue its work when it is not necessary.

    Original CTR is much better than CTRNF, graphics are not the most important.

    There is something in the past that is better in the past    … Expand
  15. arshia781
    Mar 23, 2022
    7
    The game is beautiful and almost better than the original version.
    Especially because of the addition of the custom section.
    I deducted three points from this game because I gave scores between eight and ten to other games that I am more interested in, and I think if I give this game a higher score, I have done injustice to other games.
  16. TakedownFrenzy
    Jun 9, 2022
    10
    CTR:NF is everything a remaster/remake should be - the core DNA of the original preserved, but refreshingly modernised and evolved for the present day.
  17. ToxikVermin
    Apr 7, 2022
    10
    I really like how this game inspirade by Gran Turismo 7 and now I get to enjoy microtransaction like a true fan of microtransactions that I am. Did I mention that I also love NFT's cause I hope that the sequel will have them.
  18. J6018
    Aug 9, 2019
    4
    Fantastic game, but I cannot support predatory practices and shoving micro transactions into a remake of a twenty year old game. It’s honestly disgusting that Activision would do such a thing, and previously my rating for this would have been a 9. It’s a shame corporate greed has ruined a once treasured franchise, and makes me worry for the future of Crash. Shame on you Activision....shame.
  19. Jaredc324
    Mar 7, 2022
    7
    Doesn't have the primitive harsh feel of the classic. A little too much going on on levels. But overall, it's a fun swift time, but I never play it for over 20 minutes.
  20. KarakMan
    Feb 28, 2022
    9
    The best Crash racing game, I bought it in season 3 and i loved how it added the other characters from Nitro Kart, Tag Team Racing and Spyro.
  21. SebbyMakesMusic
    Jan 18, 2022
    8
    Anyone complaining about microtransactions is being completely foolish because you can unlock everything in the game by playing it. Nobody's demanding extra money for you to enjoy this game.

    It controls almost identical to the original, with updated graphics, and includes all of the original levels and main game from CTR, as well as many levels from Nitro Kart, and a ton of added levels    Anyone complaining about microtransactions is being completely foolish because you can unlock everything in the game by playing it. Nobody's demanding extra money for you to enjoy this game.

    It controls almost identical to the original, with updated graphics, and includes all of the original levels and main game from CTR, as well as many levels from Nitro Kart, and a ton of added levels that are easily some of the most fun in the series. So basically it's almost three times as many levels as the original, with just about every crash character available to play, including an unlockable crate character. They even added a couple more vehicle specs, which can be adjusted for any vehicle / character.

    I do have some complaints: Some of the newer characters are forgettable and unnecessary. Getting all of the coolest looking stuff is a bit grindy. And the out-of-bounds is occasionally a bit of a hard line, feeling unnecessarily strict occasionally.

    But aside from that, this is far from a disappointing version of CTR and I'm glad I bought it.
    HAIL KING CHICKEN.    … Expand
  22. awar_7
    Dec 20, 2021
    7
    El clásico de PSOne relanzado para plataformas actuales, ¿qué podría salir mal? La inclusión de las microtransacciones le resta algunos puntos, aunque no afectan a nivel jugable. Disfrutable como ya lo fue el original.
  23. CrazyDiamond_MX
    Oct 7, 2021
    9
    Creo que este juego ha sido muy infravalorado por la gente en lo personal es un juego de karts demasiado bueno y su online es uno de los mas difíciles sin duda alguna, la gente se queja de las micro transacciones pero en realidad nunca fueron obligatorias era mas fácil conseguirlo todo jugando el juego te ofrece muchas mecánicas para desempeñarte en realidad su único punto negativo fueronCreo que este juego ha sido muy infravalorado por la gente en lo personal es un juego de karts demasiado bueno y su online es uno de los mas difíciles sin duda alguna, la gente se queja de las micro transacciones pero en realidad nunca fueron obligatorias era mas fácil conseguirlo todo jugando el juego te ofrece muchas mecánicas para desempeñarte en realidad su único punto negativo fueron los servidores pero de ahí en fuera no digo mentiras si digo que en cuestiones de dificultad y competitividad este juego es infinitamente mejor que Mario Kart.… Expand
  24. Cz3rw0ny
    Sep 14, 2021
    6
    I was hoping for more mario-like game. Crash Team Racing has higher barrier of entry, it's hard for guests to pick up. The maps are a bit difficult as well as steering. I played a bit of campaign and learned how to drift, but it was generally not that great.
  25. Ardho
    Aug 28, 2021
    9
    I'm a fan of crash bandicoot from ps1, CTRNF is a successful remake, already got master wheel too, really love this game
  26. Vanta77
    Aug 14, 2021
    2
    The worst part about this game that unfortunately ruins the experience is the horrendous loading times, even when playing with friends locally you have to wait so long for each track, cant believe they didnt fix that like they did with N-Sane Trilogy. Both game started with terrible loading times but the trilogy was fixed, this game was not.

    The online problems are way too many to make    The worst part about this game that unfortunately ruins the experience is the horrendous loading times, even when playing with friends locally you have to wait so long for each track, cant believe they didnt fix that like they did with N-Sane Trilogy. Both game started with terrible loading times but the trilogy was fixed, this game was not.

    The online problems are way too many to make it a great game: Terrible matchmaking, its P2P so the host has the best ping and the others usually have latency, especially since its regional as well so it can be very hard to find lobbies. Also you have to wait so long for each track, then everybody leaves and another 10minutes to wait for the next 2min track.

    On top of that there are easy cheats/exploits in the tracks that the developers have not fixed which bluefire nerds take advantage of and beat the levels sometimes in seconds. And if the host leaves everyone disconnects.
    I could say so many other things about the online but this is quite a bit but Activision added microtransactions and made it EVEN harder to collect coins so thats great.
    For a nostalgic game that has always been one of the best racing games ever made and in my opinion the best kart racer on the planet (original CTR) this release is ridiculously disappointing.

    Positive things: Only thing that makes this game stand out is the remade story mode and the amazing graphics while racing, its also great how many updates have been made that added so many characters and maps to play. If the loading would be better i would give it 8/10 - It is after all the main reason why the playerbase for this game is dead, the matchmaking and overall loading times needed to be addressed, also just an update for the MP - Tournaments/Online Cups, just anything really...    … Expand
  27. AlexGuyUS
    Jun 9, 2021
    5
    This game is poor man's Mario Kart in my opinion. The reason I feel that way is because of the difficulty settings, the items, and the microtransactions.

    I started out playing on easy to get a feel for the game. I was able to easily win every race with no problem. As a result, I switched it to hard. The only thing that changed on the hard setting was how the ai players acted. They    This game is poor man's Mario Kart in my opinion. The reason I feel that way is because of the difficulty settings, the items, and the microtransactions.

    I started out playing on easy to get a feel for the game. I was able to easily win every race with no problem. As a result, I switched it to hard. The only thing that changed on the hard setting was how the ai players acted. They simply went faster. I understand that the difficulty is based on how fast I'm able to drive the track. The increase in difficulty feels artificial though.

    In comparison, Mario Kart's difficulty settings work a bit different. On Mario Kart, your kart goes faster on higher difficulty settings. As a result, playing on higher difficulty settings require you to be more knowledgeable of the track, and have more skill at maneuvering your kart. While the ai players are going faster, you're going faster too. On Crash Team Racing, this isn't necessarily the case.

    This transitions into another issue. The items in CTR are not implemented well. If you're playing Mario Kart 8 on 200cc, you can get hit by a blue shell and still be able to recover and win, as long as your driving skill is good enough. On CTR, if you get hit by a couple items while playing on hard, you're pretty much done.

    It should also be noted that Mario Kart 8 doesn't have microtransactions and mobile game style unlocks. CTR does. It just doesn't feel good.

    I understand that if I spend enough time on CTR I'd have a better time with it. But the game isn't satisfying enough to keep me playing. I'd rather stick with playing Mario Kart 8 on 200cc. While CTR isn't a bad game, I just feel like there are better options.    … Expand
  28. HazeTheHawk13
    May 3, 2021
    0
    Microtransactions ruined the game for me Completely. They say you can unlock everything without paying money but they purposely made that a almost impossible grind so that it would push you to pay actual money for content in the game and a lot of it. This was a $69 game, not free to play like fortnight. Shame on Activision
  29. raphael_mcz
    Feb 28, 2021
    4
    Os loadings sao intermináveis, impraticável jogar. Demora cerca de 45 segundos entre as corridas, e ainda tem loading pro podio no online. Ridículo.
  30. Griffin09076
    Feb 26, 2021
    0
    Use to be one of favorite games until they ruined it with microtransactions. Don't buy this game or you're supporting a terrible company
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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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