Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

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6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 271 Ratings

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  1. iMetaCritic
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    For $40, the amount of content you get in this game is outstanding.
    A remake of a ps1 classic
    a competitor to Mario Kart
    Stunning Graphics, smooth 60 fps gameplay, tons of fun local or online. This game is a must if your a fan of Mario Kart or Crash Bandicoot. Over 100 hours of gameplay easy
  2. MarcelinaBak
    Jan 22, 2020
    10
    Wonderful and beautiful game! It is the great kart racer remastered and polished into new era of consoles. Don't believe those who put microtransactions as a reason to discredit this game. Microtransactions are NOT NEEDED for completion of this game or for a pure joy. Even offline mode for this game (without unlocking most of the rooster) is extremely fun and superb. And to unlock rest ofWonderful and beautiful game! It is the great kart racer remastered and polished into new era of consoles. Don't believe those who put microtransactions as a reason to discredit this game. Microtransactions are NOT NEEDED for completion of this game or for a pure joy. Even offline mode for this game (without unlocking most of the rooster) is extremely fun and superb. And to unlock rest of rooster and items availiable, you only need to play regularly with connection to the internet (no additional costs). This game fantastic and know that most red reviewers here know this and gave 0, 1 or 2 points only to show something to Activision. I won't be showing anything, because when I rate a game, i am seeking merit inside of it. Mechanics responsive and intuitive. Challenges are hard, but when you'll learn them, it is the most rewarding karting game you can get on any console.… Expand
  3. DecoyDoctorpus
    Jan 1, 2020
    10
    Anyone giving this is a 0, 1 or 2 is a shameless troll.

    This is a supremely well crafted kart racer that ports well to the Switch. Best played with the pro controller. Only downsides are loading times, but it is so minor, i am not even taking a point of for that. Excellent presentation, with tons of content and infinite amount of game-play (making it extremely good value for money,    Anyone giving this is a 0, 1 or 2 is a shameless troll.

    This is a supremely well crafted kart racer that ports well to the Switch. Best played with the pro controller. Only downsides are loading times, but it is so minor, i am not even taking a point of for that. Excellent presentation, with tons of content and infinite amount of game-play (making it extremely good value for money, especially if you pick it up discounted). Worth every penny    … Expand
  4. DanielOcampo
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Is a Great Game, with free DLC, is a complete game, only bad is a charge time.
  5. Ristamatt
    Feb 17, 2020
    10
    Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a splendid masterpiece of gaming! It is a wonderful recreation of the original CTR, and it is much more as well - since the beginning of monthly Grand Prixs, Beenox has added huge amounts of customization items, new tracks, new characters, new skins and more! Throughout last year and up until now, Beenox made content of this game a blast of awesomeness!Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a splendid masterpiece of gaming! It is a wonderful recreation of the original CTR, and it is much more as well - since the beginning of monthly Grand Prixs, Beenox has added huge amounts of customization items, new tracks, new characters, new skins and more! Throughout last year and up until now, Beenox made content of this game a blast of awesomeness!
    Even in its basic form, game has worth of 2 beautiful games (31 tracks, 26 characters and variety of customization), but after accessing online content (WITHOUT ANY MICROTRANSACTIONS), you can unlock your roster up to 51 characters, have 40 tracks and so many customization items that give you over 760 MILLION options to create a setup for a kart. I mean how wonderful is that? Speaking of wonder, graphics in this game are superb! It was breathtaking to see intro of Tiger Temple or to jump in Oxide Station! Mechanics are almost like in the original, which gives a player control like in no other racing game. Adventure itself and some challenges are like they should be – challenging. I admit that some of them may require multiple tries to succeed, but rewards for trying are indeed great. Not only racing is great in CTRNF, it also have multiple battle modes when you can play with your friends in setup that you have chosen.
    Game is wonderful and great, I give it easy 10/10    … Expand
  6. inkling_girl
    Aug 3, 2019
    10
    Very fun addictive game with lots of content. Best kart racing game on the Switch imo. Yes, better than Mario Kart too. It has better tracks, the weapons and power-ups are better, battle mode is better. Mario Kart is great but CTR is amazing and way more fun.
  7. Giorno9000
    Jun 23, 2019
    9
    A great game if you played this game on the ps1 you will be right at home with this game. Also there is so much content in this game that at this point im not even sure if you can call this a remake or just a whole new ctr. The only thing the need to fix is the increase of the wumpa coins a bit and the online experience but all around the same ctr. Also for the people who are rating thisA great game if you played this game on the ps1 you will be right at home with this game. Also there is so much content in this game that at this point im not even sure if you can call this a remake or just a whole new ctr. The only thing the need to fix is the increase of the wumpa coins a bit and the online experience but all around the same ctr. Also for the people who are rating this game a 1 out of 10 all I can tell you is GIT GUD.… Expand
  8. Crashloxx
    Jan 6, 2020
    10
    Por lejos la mejor versión del juego, es mucho mejor que Mario kart 8 y tiene contenido gratis cada mes
  9. Rpg89
    Jun 26, 2019
    10
    Remember back the on ps1 when me and friends gather together to play this fun game. But now it's a remake with beautiful visuals and all. Great game.
  10. Walhalla
    Jun 20, 2019
    9
    This game is a nice racing game addition to my collection. Its far better then the sonic team racing... from my point of view. Its still not a "real" racing game. And honestly, there is no such game on the switch... yet. But me and my daughter are having much more fun with it, then with the Sonic one. There are tons of game modes and characters and vehicles and tracks and... and... and...This game is a nice racing game addition to my collection. Its far better then the sonic team racing... from my point of view. Its still not a "real" racing game. And honestly, there is no such game on the switch... yet. But me and my daughter are having much more fun with it, then with the Sonic one. There are tons of game modes and characters and vehicles and tracks and... and... and... I have spent only a few hours with it yet, so I pretty much dont know what else is "hiding" in the game. But I like all what I have seen so far.
    The graphics are up to the switch standard. They can always be better, but I´m happy with what I see. I have played it singleplayer and multiplayer and both works well. Split screen as we know it from other games... Just its Left/Right half of the screen, which is better then the Up/Down half like in the Sonic game...
    So - really I´m happy with it!!!
    https://youtu.be/6NgcPzvzvms    … Expand
  11. Bbplayer
    Jun 28, 2019
    8
    CTR Nitro Fueled is really good overall, the only complaints I would have is that you are stuck between two different controller layouts, and can't customize it. Other than that, this game is really good!
  12. DylanHall
    Jun 22, 2019
    10
    An amazing game and the best kart racer. Whoever says this game is too hard is stupid. Just change the difficulty and git gud
  13. gerardoh12
    Jun 23, 2019
    10
    Great game really fun works great in switch i really enjoyed this game back on ps1 I got this for switch because i can play in portable mode and works great
  14. Crayola
    Jun 26, 2019
    8
    A solid race game featuring your favourite Bandicoots characters.

    Pros: +Superb controls, managing of boosts and keeping the momentum going is satisfying as hell, drifting, in general, feels miles better than in the original. The gameplay loop is one of the best I have ever seen in a racing game. +Customization is fun and adds engagement to play more and get better +Variety with all    A solid race game featuring your favourite Bandicoots characters.

    Pros:
    +Superb controls, managing of boosts and keeping the momentum going is satisfying as hell, drifting, in general, feels miles better than in the original. The gameplay loop is one of the best I have ever seen in a racing game.
    +Customization is fun and adds engagement to play more and get better
    +Variety with all the additions from Crash Nitro Kart adds a ton of re-playability
    +Wider range of characters than Mario Kart 8, in fact, I wouldn't even compare CTR to MK8

    Neutral:
    ~Online has a few hiccups but works fine otherwise
    ~Fewer customization options in the Local Arcade for Races and Battles
    ~Most unlocking conditions require much time commitment (Pitstop and one character)
    ~Loading times on the Switch are longer than on Xbox or PS4 (most likely due to hardware limitations)
    ~Nitpick: Button remapping is missing which is a bummer, the game uses L R instead of ZR ZL for drifting which can create cramping issues with your fingers and hands.

    Cons:
    -Difficulty settings are imbalanced (from personal experience). Hard seems like more a near perfection (luck based) challenge (when it came to races), and I played the entirety of the Adventure on Medium. Never really struggled with anything other than Oxides final challenge.

    Verdict: CTR is a rock-solid remake of the original and definitely fun in its own right. Totally worth the $40 price tag.    … Expand
  15. SionNX
    Jun 22, 2019
    8
    Truly worth the 40$ price tag and more. The game offers loads of content with a fully-fledged story mode, nostalgic tracks and a charming variety of characters to choose from. The customization is nice and keeps the game fresh and it seems like they'll keep supporting it with patches and downloadable content. The reason as to why it's only worth an 8 is because of the graphics. I'm neverTruly worth the 40$ price tag and more. The game offers loads of content with a fully-fledged story mode, nostalgic tracks and a charming variety of characters to choose from. The customization is nice and keeps the game fresh and it seems like they'll keep supporting it with patches and downloadable content. The reason as to why it's only worth an 8 is because of the graphics. I'm never one to be picky with how a game looks as long as it's enjoyable and CTR is mostly that, but in handheld mode, the game can be quite difficult to look at. Adding to that, the load times can be unbearable. But apart from that, you have many modes to race in, local and online multiplayer and a great time ahead of you. Worth picking up over the PS4 counterpart if you mostly play handheld or on the go.… Expand
  16. MarkyBee
    Jun 23, 2019
    10
    This is a beyond perfect remaster of the kart racing game I have always regarded to be the best ever made. It's taken me back to my teenage years, this reboot has everything that made the original incredible and more! The customisation options for characters and karts are great, the rebooted graphics are amazing, even on the switch which has less powerful hardware, they've optimised itThis is a beyond perfect remaster of the kart racing game I have always regarded to be the best ever made. It's taken me back to my teenage years, this reboot has everything that made the original incredible and more! The customisation options for characters and karts are great, the rebooted graphics are amazing, even on the switch which has less powerful hardware, they've optimised it really well and it looks great still and you just lose a little definition as it runs in 720p resolution instead of the big console versions who are running at 1080 (both versions run at 30fps). The game features a few nods to the classic CTR game such as legacy soundtrack and authentic loading screen times (30secs to load a race for big console version, 45secs on switch). But don't let that get you down, This is a triumph, I urge everyone who has ever loved kart racers to give this a go, and the Mario kart fans especially have to give this a chance because it is in many ways superior, and rewards good players for usr of skill, and punishes you less with random crate power ups, and the speed of races increases as you get better at the game and chaining turbos and learning the tracks, etc - thankyou everyone who worked on this game! It is amazing!

    TLDR:
    -loading times
    +best kart racing experience of all time    … Expand
  17. Osper
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    Muy entretenido y mantiene la esencia Mantiene todo hasta los atajos es muy muy completo , el nuevo contenido lo hace aún más regulable
  18. Thereviewerdogo
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    What a incredible experience to have on the go with the Nintendo Switch, This game has SO much content you can play for hundreds of hours. So many items to collect!
    I prefer this game over Mario Kart, and you might too!
    The graphics are way better than I expected too!
  19. GamingTruth
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    This game is a must play. For $40 this game is completely worth your money.
    My only complaint is that there seems to be no option for online split screen like there is in mario kart.
    that being said, im sure they will add in a future patch .
    Get this game
  20. FelucoShowbiz
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    A great return from one of the best kart racings, and one of the best PS1 games
    With love from the new of gaming and from the old, this is not just standard remake, it seeks to improve on the original with more maps, characters, costumization and online play
  21. ebarboas10
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    The final version of the ( so far) greatest cart game ever created. While not a perfect game, due to the lack of better on-line multi-player performance, its outstanding amount of new content, along with the upcoming one, i can certainly say this is the best cart racing game to date.

    Strong emotional interaction contrasts with throwable items, the higher speed perceived in any kart    The final version of the ( so far) greatest cart game ever created. While not a perfect game, due to the lack of better on-line multi-player performance, its outstanding amount of new content, along with the upcoming one, i can certainly say this is the best cart racing game to date.

    Strong emotional interaction contrasts with throwable items, the higher speed perceived in any kart game, and all the visual improvements brought to the game up to today's standards, make it a must playable game.

    Say hello to the new king on the road.    … Expand
  22. bigbadgames
    Jul 1, 2019
    0
    This games is a typical RNG racing game with the big ugly Activision stamp placed on the cover. Should've known better before purchasing. Don't make the same mistake.
  23. lilbagginz
    Jun 27, 2019
    4
    NOT playable in the current state! Needs to be patched to become a really good game.

    Cons: - Difficulty settings messed up: Medium mode is too easy. There is no challenge. Usually, you get so far ahead the AI can never catch up again. On the other hand, Hard mode is a joke. It's not manageable and requires more luck than skill. It's really really hard to beat the AI because they    NOT playable in the current state! Needs to be patched to become a really good game.

    Cons:

    - Difficulty settings messed up: Medium mode is too easy. There is no challenge. Usually, you get so far ahead the AI can never catch up again. On the other hand, Hard mode is a joke. It's not manageable and requires more luck than skill. It's really really hard to beat the AI because they drive with speed of light while you move at a snail's pace.
    In order to win, you have to permaboost the whole track, get every shortcut, don't get hit once because you won't ever catch up again.
    This NEEDs to be balanced.
    - Loading times take too long
    - Online mode: If you think Mario Kart online is unstable and unfair, well this beats it. There are long waiting times, lag hiccups (appearing and disappearing opponents) and usually balance problems.

    Pros:

    - Very nice graphics. You really see the effort they put in
    - Kart customizatons

    Edit: Thank you very much for all downvotes. Maybe you should try this game before voting.

    So finally after 1 trillion fails I did it. Arrived first in Crash Cove on Hard Mode, BUT only with Penta Pinguin (one of the fastest guys around). At the end I'm more frustrated than pleased. I won by pure luck because the AI ignored me and kept shooting up itself.    … Expand
  24. GenBaconator
    Jul 31, 2019
    0
    So the game itself is pretty good when it first came out, until greedy Activi$ion decided to screw over their fans by putting microtransactions in a remake of a 20 year-old game before fixing the problems with online.
    #RemoveMicrotransactionsFromCTR
  25. Deadfalt
    Jul 31, 2019
    3
    So, let's get this out of the way, I've been playing this games for weeks, I'm writing this review because i took time to evaluate and see the game and it's problems. The game can be good but, and that's a big but, it suffer from flaws that outweighs said good. The fact that i'm still getting disconnected from online matches, that finding an online game can take up to half an hour evenSo, let's get this out of the way, I've been playing this games for weeks, I'm writing this review because i took time to evaluate and see the game and it's problems. The game can be good but, and that's a big but, it suffer from flaws that outweighs said good. The fact that i'm still getting disconnected from online matches, that finding an online game can take up to half an hour even though i'm using a wired connection is unforgivable, the grind for wumpa coins is unbearable and the fact that instead of increasing the number of coin gained; they thought of adding microtransactions 1 month after the game release says a lot about the people working on this game. Instead of providing a stable and enjoyable gameplay experience, they preferred to make everything tedious and call it a day. The only thing that is salvagable is the singleplayer mode and that's not saying much since this is a remaster and it would've been hard to mess that up. So basically buy it used, this game is not worth 40$.… Expand
  26. JcMarto
    Jul 31, 2019
    0
    Online requirement even in single player mode, micro transactions added after launch. Good to see Activision is nothing if not consistent with their ****
  27. SpleenSplitta
    Aug 1, 2019
    0
    Cucktivision implementing Microtransactions in a full priced game for content that should be in it from the beginning for the price tag, They should never be trusted with any upcoming titles.
  28. B10ckhead
    Jun 25, 2019
    10
    I've never played CTR before this version and glad I gave it a try. The difficulty actually makes it rewarding when you win and the power slide mechanic is great. If I had to choose one between this and Mario Kart it would not be an easy choice but for $40 it is a great deal.
  29. meergatzu
    Jul 31, 2019
    1
    Great remake, but screwed up by mtx! Otherwise great and beautiful remake of old classic CTR, unfortunately in-game currency and online cosmetic shopping screems of Activisions greed
  30. dgtldeviant
    Aug 1, 2019
    0
    Lied about adding microtransactions. The game is great otherwise, but a publisher that is willing to lie to get positive reviews isn't worth supporting. Do not buy this game unless you want your experience to be ruined by scumy microtransactions. They have purposely made the game more difficult for the purpose of selling you what you already paid for.
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Apr 28, 2020
    80
    A fun but occasionally flustering time. [Issue #41 – September 2019, p. 73]
  2. Universo Nintendo
    Oct 19, 2019
    90
    Nitro-Fueled is an excellent racing game and an excellent remake of a classic. It’s gameplay rewards player’s skill and it’s great success is to always make the player come back for more while gradually improving their performance.
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  3. Games.cz
    Aug 19, 2019
    70
    A great remake of a very specific game for a very specific audience. Crash Team Racing is a solid alternative to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, but it’s not for everybody - and you should know beforehand what you’re getting into.
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