The game is fantastic. Fast, good looking, great tracks (much better tracks then I expected). My favorite track so far might be Tiger temple. Its very fast, and full of bumps. Reminds me of the equal awesome Wario and Waluigi stadiums from Mariokart!
Not everything is great though. The worst thing (apart from the fact that you only can get wumpa coins if you are connected to the server. And that it might take ages to unlock some stuff) are the loading times. Also, the controls are a bit weird (acceleration mapped to b?! Items to a?! Finger gymnastics), and I would have loved it if the different karts and wheels made any difference during racing. Powersliding is tricky, but I might get better at it over time. Its a pretty hard game, I recommend you switch to a speedy character (Tiny tiger or Ami) pretty soon. Crash and Neo don't cut it. I have only played a very small portion of adventure mode so far, to busy with earning nitro with the challenges. The added bonus-track is pretty good too. The game has lots of tracks. Lovely stuff.
I experienced one weird glitch though: While playing adventure mode in nitro mode (not classic) you sometimes can't change your character. I mean, as soon as you want to confirm it won't let you. Leave the menu, and if you try again it might work (not always). Weird, but not game-breaking. Maybe they will fix this?
It doesn't contain the adventure mode from Nitro kart. They could still ad this in a future-update. Or as dlc, at a decent price. I would love it. That way we have 2 games in one!
@Henmii OK, so it includes its content but not its story. Is the difference between Classic mode and Nitro mode that in Nitro you can change the character or something else? I agree, Nitro-Fueled is awesome value like the N.sane Trilogy. Activision has been generous with these two and with Spyro Reignited Trilogy. Nintendo would have sold each piece separately and full-priced.
@Woomy_NNYes What version of the game do you have? I looked up if the game has cross-platform multiplayer and it doesn't have it. So if you have the Switch version, you're only gonna be playing those who have that version of the game.
I haven't bought the game yet but I really would like a ranking system for online gaming too. That way everyone has a good time and are able to get Wumpa coins. Some players play a bit dirty though, like some MK8 folks going backwards just to punish you with an item even if that makes them lose the race. Have you guys met them?
Yeah, in Nitro-mode you can switch between characters while in classic you are stuck to the character you chose at the start. My feeling is that if you had chosen Crash or dr Neo in classic (medium difficulty) it would have been a pain. Now that I am playing with Ami (I prefer Tiny tiger, but he doesn't give you extra nitro for the championship) everything works much better. She's much faster, while still good at turning. What a difference with diddy kong racing, where the fast characters could barely turn (they where to heavy).
Oh and one last thing about the "glitch", it might be my fault. When you choose a character you also have to chose his/her skin. When you don't do that might be the reason why you can't confirm a character sometimes.
And one last thing about the rewards: You only get a small bunch of Wumpa-coins after a race, more in online it seems (I don't have online). The stuff in the pitstop is very expensive, it takes ages to unlock. And those championship characters that you can unlock by earning Nitro, there are also ones you can buy in the pitstop. But there are different versions, so that too takes ages to buy. As for the championship: Tomorrow or the day after I guess I have finished silver. Hopefully I can finish gold just in time. We'll see.
Probably redundant to say, but powersliding is different. You have to first hop with R, and during your slide you have to press L at the right times. That way you can get up to 3 powerboosts. Its tricky. I haven't used it that much so far because I easily mess up (like sliding in the wrong direction, or crashing in a wall).
And while I used Ami on a couple of normal races in adventure mode, I haven't done any relic or ctr challenges in adventure mode yet. I guess that might be more difficult.
Probably redundant to say, but powersliding is different. You have to first hop with R, and during your slide you have to press L at the right times. That way you can get up to 3 powerboosts. Its tricky. I haven't used it that much so far because I easily mess up (like sliding in the wrong direction, or crashing in a wall).
And while I used Ami on a couple of normal races in adventure mode, I haven't done any relic or ctr challenges in adventure mode yet. I guess that might be more difficult.
I have Nitro Kart on GameCube and I didn't have many issues playing it. Some people here have told me that power sliding is the same on CTR but CTR is faster. Nitro Kart is a bit slow indeed.
@Woomy_NNYes Yes, the game usually gives players thirty seconds to reach the finish line after the player in first place completes his/her final lap. That's probably why the race would suddenly end for you on some occasions. If a player knows all the quirks of a track and links his or her powerslides in rapid succession, it can grant significant leads on courses like Electron Avenue and Hyper Spaceway.
Oh, and I do know about the high score section, but thank you for pointing that out. Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy the Grand Prix.
Gosh, by the time I get CTR in a month or so and without a ranking system I should not even bother playing online, I'll be destroyed in a few seconds.
Yesterday I defeated Pinstripe on medium (adventure mode), man that was hard! Strangely though, I defeated Oxide on my first try. Pretty easy. But I know there's a rematch, wich is probably much harder.
And about the update: Its rubbish. I mean, the loading times are slightly shorter. But on the expense of server-connectivity it seems. Going to the pitstop takes longer, and going to the grandprix-screen takes ages.
On a sidenote: I have almost finished the grandprix. Only 1 or 2 days till I have the last golden price.
@Woomy_NNYes set up a 2 player battle with no AI and TNT as the only weapon. Lay the crate, drive into crate and park up next to your unmanned player 2 and voila
Edit: just realised you posted that a while ago and you've probably done it by now! Not sure if it was a time limited challenge anyway
“As always, the Pit Stop will be stocked with new and returning characters and cosmetic items, which players can unlock using Wumpa Coins*. With all this content available, there will also now be a way for players to fast-track their Wumpa Coin collection if they like. Starting in early August, players will have the option to purchase Wumpa Coin bundles from their game console stores to supplement the Coins they earn by playing. This option won’t change the game’s core mechanics players will still earn Wumpa Coins by playing the game in any mode, just as before. They will just able to purchase additional coins if they choose.”
As long as I can still get enough wumpas to earn all the grand Prix pit stop items, I don't mind. Though I did sort of think microtransactions would make an appearance but I just hoped for the best. Getting that Nitros oxide edition gear somehow would be cool though, not £20 extra worth of cool though. In terms of pre ordering that version in the first place, how can you decide if you Wana get extra stuff in a game when you haven't even played it yet?!
Anybody still playing this, for the grand prix, what I need is to play a friendly race online at the Prehistoric Playground track to unlock the challenge of Friend or Foe and Friendly meeting.
The new bundles for the current GPX have also gotten a substantial price increase. Put a fork in it bub, the game is DEAD and they didn't even fix the glitches.
Maybe the microtransactions aren't coming to Switch, to have microtransactions on Switch the game has to have a warning very visible on the store page (see Daemon X Machina for example).
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