Grand Prix



The Grand Prix was a series of 8 limited time post-release special events in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. They each lasted around a month and spanned from July 2019 to March 2020.

Overall Content
Each Grand Prix was centered around one or two themes. They introduced a new race track to the game each, along with an assortment of characters, skins and kart customisations unlocked from the Pit Stop or through Nitro Points.

Nitro
During a Grand Prix, players filled their Nitro Gauge across three tiers - Bronze, Silver and Gold - through the completion of challenges. Collecting Nitro unlocked items such as stickers, kart sets and decals, a new character and character skins as the gauge filled up.

Leaderboards
Players also competed in up to two leaderboards: Every player who ranked in the top 5% of either leaderboard at the end of the Grand Prix are awarded a season decal to the Champion Kart, which was also awarded for first time winners.
 * The Championship Leaderboard, which ranked players according to their performance in Online Matchmaking mode.
 * The Nitro Leaderboard, which ranked players according to their acquired Nitro.

Informations
Every Grand Prix-related announcement was done via "CTR TV", a news broadcast show presented by Chick Gizzard Lips and Stew. A scrolling text banner also appeared on the main menu, informing players about the track of the day, daily star and the new race track.

In the "Grand Prix" menu, players were shown information on their Nitro Gauge and were presented with a list of challenges that could be done for extra Nitro points. This menu could be accessed through the main menu in the "Grand Prix" button.

Nitro Tour
This Grand Prix was themed around a racing world tour with the Nitro Squad, as well as Egypt/Arabia.
 * Duration: July 3rd - July 28th
 * New Track: Twilight Tour
 * New Characters: Tawna, Ami, Megumi, Liz, Isabella
 * New Karts: Bandibuggy, Rocket, Le Chaux
 * Miscellaneous additions: Country Flag stickers, Twilight wheels

Back N. Time
This Grand Prix was themed around time travel, predominantly to a prehistoric time affected by Fake Crash, but also featuring childhood and futuristic elements.
 * Duration: August 2nd - August 25th
 * New Track: Prehistoric Playground
 * New Characters: Baby T, Baby Crash, Baby Coco
 * New Karts: Nostalginator, Mammoth, Probulot 2000
 * Miscellaneous additions: Lava Rock wheels

Spyro N. Friends
This Grand Prix was themed around the Spyro series, and fantasy.
 * Duration: August 30th - September 29th
 * New Track: Spyro Circuit
 * New Characters: Spyro, Gnasty Gnorc, Hunter
 * New Karts: Gnasty Ride, Dragonfly, Spyromobile
 * Miscellaneous additions: Elemental wheels, Gems paint jobs

Spooky
This Grand Prix was themed around villains and Halloween.
 * Duration: October 4th - November 3rd
 * New Track: Nina's Nightmare
 * New Characters: Nina Cortex, Dr. N. Brio, Komodo Moe
 * New Karts: Skull Rider, Phantom, Nautilus
 * Miscellaneous additions: Spectral Wheels, Spectral Paint Jobs

Neon Circus
This Grand Prix was themed around circuses and carnivals.
 * Duration: November 8th - December 8th
 * New Track: Koala Carnival
 * New Characters: Pasadena O'Possum, Ebenezer Von Clutch, Koala Kong, King Chicken
 * New Karts: Nitro Bumper Kart, Pressurizer, Daredevil
 * Miscellaneous additions: Ring Rally Mode, Neon Wheels

Winter Festival
This Grand Prix was themed around Christmas and candies.
 * Duration: December 12th 2019 - January 12th 2020
 * New Track: Gingerbread Joyride
 * New Characters: Hasty, Rilla Roo, Yaya Panda, Chick, Stew
 * New Karts: Nitro Sleigh, Snowplower, Candy Cone
 * Miscellaneous additions: Pastry Wheels, Pastry Paint Jobs

Rustland
This Grand Prix was themed on a post-apocalyptic desert world.
 * Duration: January 16th - February 16th
 * New Track: Megamix Mania
 * New Character: Mega-Mix
 * New Karts: Desert Duster, Dusty Rider, The Nuke
 * Miscellaneous additions: Tag Wheels, Rustland Paint Jobs

Gasmoxia
This Grand Prix is themed on science-fiction and a fast-food war above Gasmoxia.
 * Duration: February 20th - March 22nd
 * New Track: Drive-Thru Danger
 * New Character: Emperor Velo XXVII (robot form)
 * New Karts: Velo Chopper, Void Manta, Galactic Cruiser
 * Miscellaneous additions: Atomic Wheels

Nitro Gauge
The "Nitro Gauge" was filled through completing challenges, races or battles. Completing any offline race or battle rewarded the player with 5 Nitro, while completing any online race or battle rewarded 10 Nitro instead.

Using certain items during a match could increase Nitro Point gain. Items that increased the Nitro bonus had a small canister on the bottom-left corner of their icon, along with the appropriate percentage bonus.

Challenges
Each set of challenges could only be done under a limited time, such as one day, one week or the entire duration of the Grand Prix.

Quick Challenges were a series of 5 simple challenges. These were always the same and can only be done once a day. They rewarded the player with 200 Nitro points each, totaling at 1000 per day without any bonuses.
 * Coming in First: Win a race in any mode.
 * Fashion Show: Customize a kart and drive it.
 * N. Tropy's Apprentice: Complete a Time Trial race.
 * Online Racer: Complete a race in Online Matchmaking.
 * Window Shopping: Visit the Pit Stop to discover the daily offers.

Daily Challenges were a series of 10 challenges that could only be done during a 24-hour period. Challenges included doing Trick Jumps using the daily star, which was a specific character selected for that day, doing a "CTR Challenge" or beating a time in the track of the day, a specific track selected for that day, scoring a number of goals in a specific mode in Battle Mode, and hitting other opponents a number of times, among others. In total, they rewarded the player with about 900 Nitro points every day.

Weekly Challenges were a series of 12 challenges that could only be done in one week. These challenges usually required more specific and harder-to-achieve conditions than the Daily Challenges. In total, they reward the player with about 3000 Nitro points every week.

Themed Challenges were a set of challenges themed around the new items and race track brought in with the Grand Prix, such as winning a race in the new track as a new racer. These challenges lasted until the end of the Grand Prix.

Pro Challenges were the most difficult set of challenges. These challenges had specially specific conditions in order to be completed, such as breaking all time crates in a race track, beating a Platinum Relic time in a race track or going from 8th place to 1st place on the last lap during an Online Matchmaking race. These challenges lasted until the end of the Grand Prix.