Heartwarming / Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

• 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 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, 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 got taken down from Apple's App Store and being given a much 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 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 Throw the Dog a Bone 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.