Following on from yesterday's teaser, Activision and Beenox have now announced the Spooky Grand Prix in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled will start this Friday, on 4th October. This bone-chilling update comes with a new track, new characters, new items, and a new challenge type.
The new challenge Ghost Hunt has you capturing ghosts by releasing them from crates and then trying to catch up to them. New characters include Nina Cortex, Dr. N. Brio and Komodo Moe. Nina is a Nitro Gauge unlock, while the other two can be found in the Pit Stop.
There's a trio of new karts as well – the Skull Rider, the Phantom, and Nautilus. The first one can be unlocked in the Pit Stop and the other two are earned via the Nitro Gauge. Last of all is the new track –Nina's Nightmare – where you race through a haunted manor.
The Pit Stop will be restocked with appropriately-themed items for the spooky season. And for anyone who missed any select characters and items from the first Grand Prix Nitro Tour, the good news is they're returning to the Pit Stop for this Grand Prix season.
Leaderboards also make a return and players who finish in the top 5% of either the Nitro or Championship will receive a Championship Kart and brand-new signature decal.
Apart from all of the Grand Prix content, Beenox has added some updates that will remain in place indefinitely. Racers can now swap driving styles (including Drift), and existing driving styles have been renamed to make them easier to understand.
Beginner is now Turn
Intermediate A is now Balanced
Intermediate B is now Acceleration
Advanced is now Speed
Other changes include 2 x Wumpa Weekend bonuses now carrying over to all game modes (including Adventure and Local Arcade), and Warp Orbs and N. Trophy clocks can no longer be used by AI drivers in online matchmaking races.
A new Cup Race has also been introduced – The Lost Cup.
This race includes Oxide Station (from CTR), Clockwork Wumpa (from CNK), Twilight Tour (from the Nitro Tour Grand Prix), and Prehistoric Playground (from the Back N. Time Grand Prix).
Will you be participating in this upcoming CTR event? Start your engines down below.
[source blog.activision.com]
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Should have been on the roster to begin with instead of this stupid zem zam thing
HE WAS IN THE 1ST GAME!!!!!!!!!!!
Meanwhile in Team Sonic Racing 🦗🦗🦗🦗
Thanks Iizuka!
If only they could remove the microtransactions...
@Marioracer N.Brio's Mind Over Mutant quote. Along with "I invented it" from the Spooky Grand Prix's video but is done by Tom Kenny.
The "engine swapping" is a huge and extremely welcome change
Managed to snag tawna pink last night from the pit stop, what a day!
@PBandSmelly priority was given to the characters that already been in the earlier games. Plus zem is my dads favourite!
I say, can we get a count on how many of the first comments on nintendolife articles are negative?
More tracks!!! This update along with the Spyro track which I still need to check out should bring another couple of hours playtime to the game. Great news!!
I’m rubbish at this game just can’t seem to get used with the controls at all. I would consider myself awesome at Mario kart but this I just can’t do. Any tips for me?
I think the game is great. Playability, replayability, charm, graphics. Love it. And honestly, I really don't notice the effect of microtransactions. I just play the game, and the unlocks happen by themselves.
I also love Mario Kart, but luck plays a much greater role there, regarding items during races. In CTR skill is mostly what matters(and shortcuts). The only thing I have a problem with are loading times. Other than that, love this game! Highly recommendable.
@sandman89 I had the same issue when I started. Just keep practicing, its all about the trigger drift. I can't go back to playing mario kart now though it just feels so dated!
Shame about the microtransactions but this is still the best racing game released after Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Hopefully Crash remakes continue in the form of Crash Bash and the PS2 games.
@RyanSilberman @PBandSmelly They added x2 wumpa to offline races on weekends, so it's super easy and stress free to coin farm on weekends now.
@EvaEeveeFan Yet Nintendo should take some pointers from CTR, being the way it handles free DLC (minus the microtransations), be more about skill than the randomness coming from items and just listening to the fans and grant fixes.
I'm loving that Twinsanity is getting some love and attention this month. Been loving the game a whole lot and Beenox seems to really care about the game a whole ton.
@EvaEeveeFan Username checks out.
They've also applied weekend bonuses and stuff to single player modes.. Finally!
The engine swapping thing is a really welcome change as well, Pura is my fav but I prefer speed over turning
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