Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (stylized as CTR: Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled) is a kart racing game developed by Beenox and published by Activision. It is a remake of Crash Team Racing, which was originally developed by Naughty Dog for the PlayStation in 1999.
Gameplay
Like the original Crash Team Racing, Nitro-Fueled is a racing game featuring characters from the Crash Bandicoot series. Players must avoid obstacles and navigate the various tracks to reach the finish line, performing boosts via power sliding and jumping to gain speed, and using power-ups scattered across the track to give themselves a boost or hinder their opponents. The game supports local quick races and grand prix circuits, online races, as well as featuring a full adventure mode with new areas, characters and boss battles being unlocked as the player progresses.
Nitro-Fueled includes all 31 race tracks from Crash Team Racing and Crash Nitro Kart, along with several new features not present in the original Team Racing, including online multiplayer and the ability to choose different karts, which can be customized by the player. The adventure mode has also been tweaked: in addition to new cinematic cutscenes being added, players can choose between "Classic" and "Nitro-Fueled" adventure modes, the latter of which allows players to change their character and kart between races, as well as choose between three difficulty levels.
Nitro-Fueled also adds a substantial amount of content from Crash Nitro Kart, including all of its characters, race tracks, battle arenas, karts and battle modes. Additional karts and character skins from Crash Tag Team Racing are included as well. This and other new content is accessible via the Pit Stop, an in-game shop that allows players to purchase unlockables using Wumpa Coins earned through gameplay.
Characters
he launch roster of playable characters in Nitro-Fueled includes all the racers featured in Crash Team Racing and Crash Nitro Kart, totaling 26.[5] This includes characters who previously only appeared as boss opponents. Only the eight base characters from the original Crash Team Racing are initially available to players. The other Crash Team Racing characters can be unlocked by progressing through the game's adventure mode and by completing challenges, while Crash Nitro Kart characters are unlocked via purchase from the Pit Stop.
Several additional characters are planned to be added as part of free post-launch game updates, and can be unlocked through progression in Grand Prix events or via the Pit Stop. These new characters include Tawna from the original Crash Bandicoot; Baby T. from Warped; Ami, Isabella, Megumi and Liz, who previously appeared as non-playable characters in Team Racing; baby versions of Crash and Coco; and guest character Spyro the Dragon, who previously appeared in the Game Boy Advance version of Nitro Kart.
