History VideoGame / CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled

** Penta Penguin looks like an innocent little penguin at first, but he has a habit of making sinister faces and HandRubbing when nobody is looking. This is a nod to a glitch in the NTSC-U release of ''Crash Team Racing'' where Penta would pick up a mask item and the icon would show Uka Uka, but using it would cause Aku Aku to appear. He also has the ability to get either Aku Aku or Uka Uka as an invincibility mask, a nod to the AscendedGlitch mentioned further on.

** Unlocking Penta through the original code has him say "Penguin Yay 1", a reference to his original appearance in the NTSC-U version being unfinished and including placeholder dialogue recorded by programmer Gavin James, resulting in Penta occasionally speaking in a dull, monotonous adult voice in addition to his usual penguin squawking. Also, he retains the mask glitch from the original game, where he has a chance of getting either mask instead of only one or the other.

* {{Nerf}}: Oxide, Penta (in the PAL and Japanese versions only), both Velos, Spyro and the [=GBA=] ''Nitro Kart'' bosses had [[MasterOfAll maxed-out stats]] in the original installments, but with this game introducing online multiplayer, they've been rebalanced to keep them in line with the rest of the roster.[[note]]Oxide, Nash and Emperor Velo are acceleration class, Small Norm and Geary are balanced class, Penta, Big Norm and Spyro are speed class and Real Velo and Krunk are turning class.[[/note]]

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: While this was already the case with Coco in the original ''Team Racing'', Nina and Pasadena in ''Tag Team Racing'' and Yaya in ''Nitro Kart 2'', Tawna and the Nitro Squad are now just as likely to suffer from comical obstacles and attack-based items.

** Other Secret Characters: [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins Penta Penguin]], [[OddballDoppelganger Fake Crash]] and [[TimeMaster Dr. N. Tropy]].

* FakeBalance: Done rather {{JustForFun/Egregious}}ly here: in the original game, Acceleration characters had a higher speed value than Balanced characters, despite the in-game stats saying otherwise. As [[https://www.reddit.com/r/crashbandicoot/comments/ca2ywb/followup_to_the_in_game_stats_in_ctrnf_being_fake/ documented here]], this was inexplicably kept for [[TheArtifact no obvious reason]], resulting in Acceleration characters actually being considered the superior option in terms of speed, acceleration, and being able to drift on straightways easier.

** [[TimeTravelEpisode Back N. Time]] Grand Prix: [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Baby T]], [[BabyMorphEpisode Baby Crash]] and [[FountainOfYouth Baby Coco]].

** The Robo-Cortex skin bears a bit of a resemblance towards [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Dr. Nefarious]] ([[NamesTheSame no relation to N. Tropy]]).

** The Trophy Girls have been redesigned to be less sexually provocative, with Ami and Liz having their skirts lengthened and pants put on beneath them, and the group as a whole no longer have large {{gainaxing}} breasts.

* AlienLunch: Both of the fast food establishments in Drive-Thru Danger serve food that's not remotely fit for earthly consumption. If Nuclear Pizza's name is any indication, they cook theirs with radiation. As for Toxic Burger, their burgers clearly look spoiled and rancid, implying the use of nuclear waste.

* {{Retraux}}: Exclusive to the [=PS4=] are Crash, Coco and Cortex skins that dial back on the polygons, calling back to their original [=PS1=] days, low-poly karts, and Retro Stadium, which is the [=PS1=] version of Turbo Track with UsefulNotes/Playstation logos spread around.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The Rustland GP, which introduces a post-apocalypse theme track, a racer that's pure distilled BodyHorror, a sinister mask that [[AmbiguouslyEvil seemingly doesn't care whom it sides with]], and a skin loadout with hardcore punk makeovers. Polar and Pura's [[ShooOutTheClowns aren't even played for cuteness or comedy]].

*** Fake Crash's "Dashing Fake Crash" costume dresses him like a {{nerd}} not unlike George [=McFly=]. In addition, his podium victory animation also references ''Film/NapoleonDynamite''.

** [[CircusEpisode Neon Circus]] Grand Prix: [[TinyHeadedBehemoth Koala Kong]], [[PassionateSportsGirl Pasadena O'Possum]], [[GratuitousGerman Ebenezer Von Clutch]] and King Chicken.

** [[CircusEpisode Neon Circus]] Grand Prix: [[TinyHeadedBehemoth Koala Kong]], [[PassionateSportsGirl Pasadena O'Possum]], [[GratuitousGerman Ebenezer Von Clutch]] and [[CluckingFunny King Chicken]].

* CluckingFunny: In addition to Chick and Stew appearing as announcers for the Grand Prix, non-mutant chickens appear in Papu Papu and Komodo Joe's cutscenes, as well as in odd places in a handful of tracks. One of them even became playable as of the Neon Circus Grand Prix under the name of King Chicken, with the aformentioned Chick and Stew following suit in the Winter Festival GP.

''Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled'' is a [[VideoGameRemake remake]] of Creator/NaughtyDog's UsefulNotes/PlayStation racing game ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' developed by Beenox. The game features the same updated graphics as the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'', as well as a number of additional features, including characters and tracks from beyond the original game, kart customization, character skins, and online multiplayer; some of those features are taken from the two post-Naughty Dog era ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' racing games, ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'' and ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing''.

** As of March 2020, there are 41 extra playable characters in addition to the 15 in the original game, bringing the total up to ''[[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters 56]]''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Thanks to the monthly Grand Prix events and updates, the roster has ballooned from 26 characters to ''56''.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Some of the selectable skins (dubbed Exotic skins, unlocked through winning races) change the colors of characters fur or skin to wildly bright colors. For example, Crash has a skin that turns him bright blue like Ripper Roo, Cortex has one that turns his skin pale blue and makes his hair white, Papu Papu has one that makes him bright green with red hair, Ripper Roo has one that turns his fur red, and Coco has a skin that makes her fur yellow and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair her hair blue]]. Later on, several Legendary skins would get PaletteSwap variants in this style as well.

* OnlyOneFemaleMold: With the exception of Nina, the design differences between the female cast are downplayed heavily in this game. While the Nitro Squad were always proportionally similar to Tawna, their anime influenced aspects are gone, while Pasadena is now the exact same height and frame as them compared to the smaller lankier figure she was originally. Coco and Yaya are different sized, but more from age difference, and still very closely follow the same feminine PettingZooPerson design. This only sticks out further given the game has otherwise tried to make nearly every male character [[DivergentCharacterEvolution look and act more distinctive]].

* CreatorCameo: Beenox's logo can be seen on the entrance of the second tunnel with sharp turns in Android Alley.
** The post-GP update takes it even further with a set of items and a kart themed after Beenox's logo, some of the exotic legendary skins feature their distinctive blue color, Beenox Robot Geary is based on their former mascot and there are hidden Beenox crates in every track.

** [[ChristmasEpisode Winter Festival]] Grand Prix: [[AcePilot Hasty]], Rilla Roo, [[PandaIngToTheAudience Yaya Panda]], [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Chick and Stew]].

** [[ChristmasEpisode Winter Festival]] Grand Prix: [[AcePilot Hasty]], [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Rilla Roo]], [[PandaIngToTheAudience Yaya Panda]], [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Chick and Stew]].

* MismatchedEyes: Coco's Rustland skin turns her eyes from their usual green to cyan on the left, matching her hair, and yellow on the right, matching her goggles.

*** In addition to the Champion kart itself, Gasmoxia GP adds two exclusive decals that can be obtained if all of Oxide ''and'' Emperor Velo's Time Trial records are beaten on all tracks. '''''[[UpToEleven Including the GP ones.]]'''''

** Pinstripe still becomes a used car salesman in New Jersey, but his use of "atypical methods" (meaning pulling a gun on his customers) [[RealityEnsues leads to him losing his license]] and going back to being a CEO and bodyguard like in the first game.

* RealityEnsues: Played entirely for laughs with Chick and Stew's promotion into racers after the Winter Festival GP, as they need to be playable at all times, so no one is around to host the CTR TV report for the Rustland GP except the announcer. The one for the Gasmoxia GP skirts the issue entirely by having Oxide take it over.

* UnwinnableByMistake:
** It is possible for the randomly-generated Daily Challenges to generate at least an objective that uses a combination of track and objective type that renders completion impossible. It finally happened during the Back N. Time Grand Prix, where one of the Daily Challenges is a No Boost Needed challenge... on Hyper Spaceway, a track that requires boost pads to navigate.
** For the Relic clear challenges, [[DoWellButNotPerfect getting Platinum Relic does not count as winning, only Sapphire/Gold ones]]. Thankfully, the player can just repeat and aim for the lower-tier Relic if that is the case. The issue did get fixed once the Grand Prix events came, allowing anyone to win with a Platinum Relic.
** One Daily Challenge in the Rustland GP required capping 5 flags in Capture the Flag battle mode... ''in'' '''''[[BeyondTheImpossible Coco Park]].'''''

** The Dark Coco skin is based on the DummiedOut Evil Coco from ''Twinsanity'', albeit with some changes to make her less sexual in nature. She doesn't wear skimpy leather short-shorts, but instead a skirt, and her fishnet stockings are no longer see-through. Her personality has also been changed from TheVamp to being a {{Goth}}.

** Most of the ''Nitro Kart'' cast, including Zem, Zam, N. Trance, Krunk, Nash, Norm, Geary, and Real and Fake Velos are back, and none of them have been seen since 2003.[[note]]Although N. Trance was meant to appear in ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' but was DummiedOut.[[/note]]

** The tie-in comic shows Mars as a giant parking lot, having lost Oxide's challenge. The original game had DummiedOut dialogue where Oxide brags about [[OnceGreenMars being the reason there's no life on Mars]].

** [[TimeTravelEpisode Back N. Time]] Grand Prix: Baby T, [[BabyMorphEpisode Baby Crash]] and [[FountainOfYouth Baby Coco]].