Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

While its initially harsh difficulty may ruin your happy memories of the original in a hurry, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is kart racing nirvana with an abundance of content to dive into that makes it more than just an exercise in nostalgia.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a faithful remake of a classic karting game, with extra content from across the franchise to boot. Whether playing the respectfully challenging campaign mode to unlock all kinds of parts, stickers, and more, or skirmishing with strangers and friends both online and off, those who have fond memories of the original will get their money’s worth out of the racer, without a doubt. The sliding mechanic still takes some getting used to after all these years, but it just wouldn’t be CTR without it.

Gorgeous visuals and expressive animation would have given it the veneer of a Crash game, but it’s the game’s accessible yet deep racing mechanics that show it’s truly Crash under the hood. And having both the look and feel of a Crash Team Racing game is why Nitro-Fueled deserves a gold medal.