History YMMV / CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled

** It's generally agreed that Creator/DebiDerryberry's reprisal of Nina is much better than her prior performances in the animated shorts and UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version of ''VideoGame/CrashOfTheTitans'', sounding less like her usual voice and more like Amy Gross' version.

*** When concept art for a Spyro-themed track was shown off, pretty much everyone expected him to appear as a guest. The announcement that every character from ''Nitro Kart'' would be in the game furthered this belief for a number of people due to him being present as a [[GuestFighter guest character]] in the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of the game.

* MemeticTroll: N. Tropy gained this reputation upon the reveal of a [[GameBreakingBug data corruption glitch]] connected to his time trials in the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 version, which players have to beat if they want to unlock him. The fandom promptly latched onto that as N. Tropy using his time powers to intentionally mess with players who want to use him, which fits surprisingly well with his [[{{Jerkass}} natural personality]].

* BestLevelEver: Megamix Mania (and, by proxy, the Rustland GP as a whole) has been so beloved by fans after its launch that some are hoping that a ''Crash'' game based on its concept will get made in the future.

* WTHCastingAgency: After the Nitro Tour GP, no new voice actors have been added. This has occasionally led to some unusual casting choices:
** Creator/TomKenny replacing Creator/MauriceLaMarche as N. Brio hasn't really gone over well. Many longtime fans of the series who were highly anticipating N. Brio finally making his racing game debut were particularly disappointed by the change in his voice, with some saying the change is so noticeable that it no longer sounds like N. Brio at all. This was only punctuated when Roger Craig Smith (Chick's voice actor) took over as Brio the following game, and managed a near perfect replica of La Marche's version, meaning ''Nitro-Fueled'' missed out on an ideal casting choice.
** Creator/DebiDerryberry replacing Shanelle Workman as Pasadena O'Possum received the most flak out of all recasts. While Derryberry's previous voicework as Nina has been recieved well, her take on Pasadena's has been criticized for sounding ''too'' much like Coco, almost omitting out the Southern accent.
** Creator/JohnDiMaggio replacing Danny Mann as Ebenezer Von Clutch wasn't too well-received either. For many, [=DiMaggio=]'s take on the character sounds far higher-pitched and less convincingly German-sounding than Mann's, with some believing that Creator/CoreyBurton would've made a better replacement instead.
** Although not hated entirely, André Sogliuzzo replacing Creator/SteveBlum as Emperor Velo XXVII has been a let down to many fans who had been anticipating his return, in which Sogliuzzo's performance as the Emperor is criticized for sounding too high-pitched, not quite accomplishing the same baritone ColdHam Blum gave him.
** While Ike Amadi doesn't sound too far off, many questioned why the game cast Kevin Michael Richardson for Stew and yet ''didn't'' have him reprise Crunch.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When the seasonal content ended, instead of making it TemporaryOnlineContent, the Pit Stop was put on near permanent rotation, with a selection of characters, karts and miscellany offered to be purchased at the player's leisure, with two refresh tokens given free each day, allowing ''everyone'' to manage HundredPercentCompletion, instead of those people who aced every event during the game's initial release.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** Crash and Coco do a high five and then dance together in the true ending.
** In a really weird and kind of twisted way, the way that Pinstripe now hugs his gun whenever he loses.
** Megumi takes [[GracefulLoser losing really well]], to the point where she happily claps and gives thumbs up to whoever actually won the race.
** When Spyro places second or third, [[HeterosexualLifePartners Sparx]] tries to cheer him up by flying around and doing some tricks.
** Yaya being added to the game over one year after the mobile racing games she hailed from [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes got taken down from Apple's App Store]] and being given a much [[GenkiGirl sweeter personality]] overall.
** Despite bearing the brunt of fans' concerns and criticisms, Beenox staffers still felt appreciative of them and included a special "Thank You" message in [[https://blog.activision.com/crash-bandicoot/2020-01/Race-through-the-Post-Apocalyptic-themed-Rustland-Grand-Prix-for-Crash-Team-Racing-Nitro-Fueled the blog post for the Rustland GP]]:
---> While we at Beenox are incredibly proud of this game, we absolutely know that its success wasn't possible without the intensely loyal and passionate fanbase. You all have given the life to this game which has sustained it from launch. We truly believe that Crash fans are some of the best fans in gaming!
** The Lab Assistant's victory animation is a ThrowTheDogABone after spending nearly twenty years as a hapless {{Mook}}, as he stands there in disbelief at first, before jumping around happily, and looking like he’s about to cry.

** Fake Crash became something of one, due to the premise for Prehistoric Playground: stealing N. Tropy's scepter and messing with the timeline, which resulted in the track essentially being made in his image. This has lead to some jokes about him having had intercourse with ''[[AnythingThatMoves every living]] [[HotSkittyOnWailordAction creature]]'' in the Mesozoic era.

** Although not hated entirely, André Sogliuzzo replacing Creator/SteveBlum as Emperor Velo XXVII has been a let down to many fans who had been anticipating his return, in which Sogliuzzo's performance as the Emperor is criticized for sounding too high-pitched, not quite accomplishing the same BadassBaritone ColdHam Blum gave him.

* AccidentalInnuendo: When watching Pasadena's bottle-spraying victory podium animation from certain angles, she looks like she's doing something [[ADateWithRosiePalms much less wholesome]]. Given [[ChivalrousPervert who she is]], this isn't ''too'' surprising.

** Fans who aren't put off by Rilla Roo's goofy-looking modern take on his face have found it funny in a ridiculous sort of way, even being somewhat comparable to WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}.

** Rilla Roo's makeover had a fairly mixed response. While he does very much act and sound the same as his ''Bash'' self, his design is drastically altered in favour of a bizarre stout top-heavy frame and completely redesigned, WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}-esque face with a large chin and goatee. To say Rilla's design was polarising upon first reveal to the fanbase would be a massive understatement.

* HighTierScrappy: Because unlike in the original game, USF speeds are different for each character class, Speed characters are faster than the other classes even while using USF. Additionally, due to the advent of U-turning, the main weakness that Speed characters are supposed to have, that being turning control, is completely negated. This technique alone makes them feel like they have stats equivalent to [[GameBreaker PAL Penta]] in the original game, only they can power-slide on a straightway, something that OG PAL Penta couldn't do easily due to his maxed-out turning. Before engine select got added with the Spooky GP, which allows any character to use the Speed stats, any single character in this stat category was almost guaranteed to be in the ComplacentGamingSyndrome group, with the biggest offenders being Ami, Crunch, and Spyro due to them already being {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}s.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnHC3Cy4hGo In his review of]] VideoGame/MarioKartSuperCircuit, WebVideo/ScottTheWoz (ironically) says he would love to play with "Random" (a item box on the character selection screen [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin which picks a random character]]). One Beenox employee must have taken him too seriously.

** Beenox's statement about the end of updates had them tease the prospect of future game projects in the same breathd. This, combined with the rumor of a ''Crash'' Player vs. Player game mentioned by the insider [=TheGamingRevolution=] had several fans believe that they would be the main developer of the next spin-off game in the series, with some believing that it could be a party game (since Beenox already did a racing game via ''Nitro-Fueled'', and the series' 25th anniversary would happen in 2021).

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Fans were disappointed that Oxide couldn't be unlocked in [[VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing the original version]] without cheat devices, at least partly due to technical limitations of the time. Said technical limitations no longer pose a threat, so he's now an unlockable character in the remake. He's also available right from the start if you buy the ''[[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition Nitros Oxide Edition]]'' of the game.
** Like Oxide before, the home console version of ''VideoGame/CrashNitroKart'' made the boss characters Krunk, Nash, Norm (Small Norm and Big Norm), and Geary unplayable, with the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version of the game being the only version where they were unlockable. Now they join Oxide as being PromotedToPlayable, with Geary even becoming a default character as of the final update.
** The fact that the game has characters from the post-Creator/NaughtyDog games is this for those who feared those games would be ignored entirely after the ''VideoGame/CrashBandicootNSaneTrilogy'' returned to the continuity of the first three games.
** While all the extra characters had been welcomed, some were growing a little concerned that [[TheSmurfettePrinciple Coco was apparently the only female character in the entire roster at first]]. This was fixed with the announcement of Tawna and the Trophy Girls being added in not long post-launch. By proxy, Tawna's inclusion meant that Naughty Dog characters that weren't in the original game were being taken into consideration after all.
** Much like the ''VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy'', you have the option to switch between the remastered soundtrack of ''Nitro-Fueled'' or the original "Legacy" soundtrack from ''Crash Team Racing'' and ''Crash Nitro Kart''. This was a point of major praise for the ''Reignited Trilogy'' considering the ''N. Sane Trilogy'' did not have this feature at all.
** A minor nitpick a lot of fans had was the ''Nitro Kart'' bosses using Uka Uka as their mask rather than the Velo Mask they originally had.[[note]]Granted, this was also the case in the [=GBA=] version of ''Nitro Kart'' due to the mask being AdaptedOut there.[[/note]] The game's first big patch on July 3, 2019, which coincided with the first Grand Prix, brought back the Velo Mask.
** Though well-liked, Nitro Tour was criticized for forcing players to exclusively use new content in order to gain Nitro multipliers: in particular, the Nitro Squad in their Motorsport skins each carried a whopping 25% Nitro boost alone. In response, Back N. Time and all future Grand Prix events include Nitro multipliers for both past kart parts and characters who receive new skins in the Pit Stop, allowing for more freedom of character variety online. This also saves players more on Wumpa Coins since most of the relevant content is either available at launch or free to earn in Adventure Mode.
** While the game was well received upon unveiling, many fans were still divided over the continuing of remakes over making a new ''Crash'' game. ''Nitro-Fueled'' ultimately takes a happy medium, remaking ''CTR'' fully and faithfully (as well as reimagining a fair amount of ''Nitro Kart'' and a handful of ''Tag Team Racing'') but using the Grand Prix to add a plethora of new material. By the end of the Grand Prix run, there were enough new tracks, modes and characters to practically make a small scale sequel to ''Team Racing'' and ''Nitro Kart''.
** For those who wanted to play as their favorite characters but are sorely disappointed that they have to play as either a [[LowTierLetdown Turning or Balanced Class]], the Engine Swap feature is available to the player's liking as of the Halloween-themed Grand Prix, which also introduced a drifting-centric class.
** [[https://blog.activision.com/crash-bandicoot/2019-10/Spooky-Grand-Prix-has-come-to-Crash-Team-Racing-Nitro-Fueled As of the October Grand Prix]], the weekend bonus will now apply to any races in arcade mode as long as the console is connected to the internet, meaning that people without online subscriptions will have a much easier time gaining coins.
** The Drift class was heavily disliked due to its stats not matching up with its display. As of the October 10 update, however, it was given a tweak now being able to represent its actual stats and able to go nearly as fast as the speed class.
** Mystery Caves was going to be Koala Kong's home track in the original ''Team Racing'', before he got cut due to memory limitations. The Neon Circus Grand Prix fixes this with Koala Kong not only being playable at last, but also having a home track of his own: Koala Carnival.
** The Spyro and Friends GP was lambasted upon release for its signature track being tedious to get through, incredibly penalizing for going off-road and having a terrible wumpa coin rate in addition to Spyro himself being the only GP star to not have a legendary skin. The Spooky and Neon Circus [=GPs=] on the other hand not only gave their stars legendary skins, which included higher boosts, but each introduced a new game mode ([[TemporaryOnlineContent ghost hunting]] and Ring Rally, respectively, in addition to the former GP adding the Drift class), doubled the Nitro gains for the quick daily missions and their tracks are the quickest to get through on top of having some of the best coin rates in the game. Nina's Nightmare in particular is the fifth-most efficient track when comparing gains to Oxide times.
** Those disappointed about Spyro not coming with a legendary skin during his own GP were thrilled when the Winter Festival GP came: he finally got one in the form of Winter Guardian Spyro.
** Navigating through the customization menus was something of a chore at first due to the slow scrolling speed, especially regarding the increasingly large amount of downloadable stickers. Once the Winter Festival Grand Prix came, the menus were fixed so that they can scroll much faster.
** Those who missed out on getting the national flag stickers for the Nitro Tour GP couldn't obtain them in the following ones, even when the Nitro Squad returned with some of the GP's content. This issue was eventually addressed in the Rustland Grand Prix, adding them back in for everyone to obtain again.
** There was a long-standing concern about what type of content would come after the end of the Grand Prix events, and ''if'' there would be any. Luckily, the entire community didn't need to worry; two days before the end of the Rustland GP, Beenox noted in a blog post that they would continue to release new characters, karts, decals, paint jobs and skins, shortly after the next GP concludes.
** After two decades of being [[HufflepuffHouse underutilized as a setting]] outside of ''VideoGame/CrashBash'''s final boss battle, Gasmoxia got featured as the focus of the final GP, with a track that shows it off more properly.
** For the longest time, fans have complained about the sheer amount of invisible walls littered around several tracks as well as the botched out Global Leaderboards that saves Time Trial records from lap exploits. Come the post-Grand Prix update, the invisible walls were ''completely'' patched out as well as clearing out the Global Leaderboards from exploited records, leaving out the genuine ones.
** While otherwise beloved, the Grand Prix events wore out players that felt pressured to collect the themed racers and items via the Nitro Gauge and leaderboards, with the concern of losing them for a long time. The post-GP update not only put the majority of existing items back in the Pit Stop, it also introduced a new Wumpa Coin-based achievement system, allowing all players to clear them at their own leisure.