generally have a well-earned distaste for video game remakes, especially with how N. Sane Trilogy turned out. unlike that game, this game is pretty and the music isn't butchered. in fact, it's better than the original and one of my favorite games ever.

Beenox was smart. they knew that Naughty Dog already made the greatest kart racer of all time. what can they do? copy the tight controls, except make it faster and add more stuff. Beenox further developed mechanics like u-turning and blue flame, allowing you to use both with less restrictions. it makes the game fast as hell, while still feeling like you have complete control.

the tracks and roster are both great, and do something I wish more remakes would do: use the good from the bad in the good. sorry for the stroke. what I mean is, take characters or tracks from less than good Crash games and put them in a good game. they did this perfectly, reaching across Crash's entire (except Twinsanity) history. finally, I can play Nitro Kart tracks without falling asleep

there are definite issues: Activision are greedy little piggies that added microtransactions to buy inflated cosmetics, 30fps, and long load times being the big ones. playing on Switch emulator is the best option and fixes the former two, but sadly the load times still suck, some textures are N64 level shit, there's minor emulator bugs, and obviously there's no online. one day my endless prayers for a PC port will be answered.

they even added the placeholder line accidentally left in the original by having the character voice it himself!! that’s so cool! this game rules!!

"Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled" serves as a fantastic remaster, seamlessly combining tracks and characters from both "Crash Team Racing" and "Crash Nitro Kart" into one exhilarating package. The game offers a vast amount of content and customization options, spanning multiple series of the Crash Bandicoot universe. The driving mechanics have been improved while still maintaining the essence of the original, providing a satisfying and nostalgic experience for fans. Multiplayer modes are a blast, offering hours of fun, but the online experience on the Nintendo Switch is disappointingly lacking. Furthermore, the game runs at only 30 frames per second on the Switch, compared to other consoles. Despite these drawbacks, "Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled" remains a beloved Mario Kart alternative, delivering thrills and nostalgia in equal measure.

Don't fix what isn't broke.

Nitro-Fueled understood what needed to be done bringing CTR to modern consoles; really not that much. It nails the feel of the original PS1 title and adds flare and the current gen graphics, makes some of the trickier aspects like drift-boosting a little easier to read, but by and large this is the same PS1 CD-R with a fresh gleam of paint and a Blu-Ray disc. It slathers on an extra helping of Nitro Kart levels, whcih was a fun new experience for me and many people because who the hell played Nitro Kart.

Having the option to play the Legacy Music was also a nice touch, I almost wish Legacy Voice Lines would be available too for that extra kick of nostalgia, but it's a moot point when you have one of the greatest kart racers here.

It gets 9 stars rather than 10 because of it's pissy little microtransactions, sure you can get everything without paying but I'd rather it not be there in the first place. Also Baby Crash/Coco/Cortex freak me out.

I love this game. It is probably the hardest kart racing game I've ever played, but it is so much more fun than any Mario Kart game I've ever played imo.

You can't fall sleep behind the wheel in this one, it ain't like Mario Kart where most of the modes are easy as hell. Here, you have to stay alert at all times because any wrong move will cause you to lose the race...And that is just against the bots!

I love the drifting and boosting system this game goes for, it's more of a risk vs reward situation. If you want to go fast in this game, you have to master not just the controls, but the tracks as well... And lemme tell you, some of these tracks are a BITCH to race through.

This game is great, because there are so many tracks and characters from Crash's history, and it doesn't really have that many downsides......But the ones it does have...? Oh boy...

Yeah, this game is filled to the brim with content....Content that you have to unlock, either by playing the game a lot...Or macrotransactions. Yes, macro, because most of the good shit you can actually unlock in this game, like ALMOST THE ENTIRE CAST OF CHARACTERS AND SKINS, are all behind a paywall.

This game is one of the scummiest examples of a greedy videogame company charging me money for a game I ALREADY PAID FOR. It really doesn't incentivize to play much, when no matter how much I play, every single alternate costume and character is behind a store rotation, and a price so ridiculously high, that I would have to play like a 100 races or more, just to get enough to purchase just ONE ITEM.

It's not like I could tho. Online servers for this game were pretty much dead since week one on Switch, since everyone else is playing Mario Kart 8 instead. And playing locally with friends is a massive chore, because the loading screens in this game are ETERNAL; it takes a while for anything to happen, at least on Switch.

I just fucking hate Activision/Blizzard for not releasing this shit on PC where it could actually have an active community, and also for killing this game by filling it with shameless macrotransactions. Truly, fuck these companies man, I'm so glad Toys for Bob cut ties with them.

I love this game. PC RELEASE WHEN?
CTR already had the best physics and singleplayer of any kart racer ever. What this remake brings to the table is that it doubles the number of great tracks, adds way more characters, allows for advanced kart customization, and even allows stat-swapping so you can use your favorite character on any track. Plus online.
Beenox is a great dev team. Activision is a bad publisher.
cons:
-the activision characters like Zam and Nina are ugly but I applaud Beenox for putting literally every Crash character into the game.
-the monetization is gross but its cosmetic only and I never had a problem unlocking everything worth getting through gameplay
-the game is far more skill-based than mariokart so online is unapologetically survival of the fastest.

Lastly I want to say that the artstyle in this is far better than Nsane trilogy and crash 4.

Absolutely adored the original and this one is just as good if not better. The mechanics are definitely different which took some getting used to but being able to extend blue flame makes it all worth it. The visual upgrade is nice and they really nailed the feeling of going fast, I'm not sure if you actually move faster in the remake but it sure felt like it. The new graphics do reduce visual clarity on some tracks, like Hot Air Skyway having this fog that make its harder to see the upcoming track, but overall it was a pleasure to look at. Awful microtransactions aside, a great remaster.

One of the best and vibrant kart racers ever. In fact, It just gets better and better the more you learn and master it. The Adventure mode is cute too and I love its goofy concept.

Then playing the time trials to get N-Trophy was a total ballache.

Then Activision at to get its grubby hands back in it and kill this game. Which includes adding insane micro-transactions and making this game exhaustingly grindy.

Lets look back at the the happy times, easy 10 for me :)