Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Also known as: Crash Team Racing: Buttobi Nitro! (JP) Developer: Beenox Publishers: Activision (INT), Sega (JP) Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch Released internationally: June 21, 2019 Released in JP: August 1, 2019 (PS4, Switch) This game has unused areas. This game has unused playable characters. This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused models. This game has debugging material. This game has revisional differences.

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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled is a remake of the PlayStation original which adds tracks and characters from Crash Nitro Kart, vehicles and skins from Crash Tag Team Racing, and various other elements from the rest of the Crash Bandicoot franchise.

To do: Unused models, such as early versions of the Nitro Squad. Unused levels files, such as the ones for the CTR TV set (found in earlier revisions of the game). Unused animations, such as Sumo Papu Papu’s victory pose. Debug functions. Prerelease article covering scrapped skins? Add any other changes.

Cut Characters

By datamining the PS4 and Switch versions, you can find a list of all the characters in the game (labeled as "Driver[Character]"), including those who have been cut from the game. These include (all listed as written in the files): WillieWumpa (from Crash Tag Team Racing), Ripto (from the Spyro series) and Sorceress (from Spyro: Year of the Dragon). These are no longer considered as "upcoming" characters, as 1.20 was confirmed to be the final major update to the game.

As an aside, Gnasty Gnorc is erroneously referred to as "GnastyGnark" in the game's files.

Retro Stadium

Retro Stadium is an exclusive track in the PS4 version of the game, but data for it seems to exist in other versions as well. chunksinfo.pak contains track data, and this file in the Switch version includes Retro Stadium (T155_Sony_Stadium).

Revisional Differences

To do: Other systems' version numbers, and version numbers for subsequent updates.

The following patch versions are from the PS4 version.

1.01-1.03

• Unspecified bug fixes, including some to online play.

1.04

• The Sava Data corruption bug on PS4 was addressed. This was caused by the data for Time Trial ghosts becoming too large.
• The Nitro Tour Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from July 3rd, 2019 to July 28th, 2019.
• The new track, Twilight Tour, was added.
• New characters, Tawna, Ami, Megumi, Liz and Isabella, were added.
• New vehicles, Bandibuggy, Rocket and Le Chaux, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• Online Leaderboards were added for the Grand Prix mode (Nitro Points and Championship) as well as global records in the Highscores menu.
• Podium animations were added to online races.
• Racer icons now reflect the skins being used.
• Krunk, Small Norm, Big Norm, Nash, N. Trance, Real Velo, Geary, Zam and Zem are now protected by the Velo Mask.
• A "Message of the Day" feature was added to the main menu.
• A CTR TV option was added. In it, the player could watch a short intro for the respective Grand Prix.
• A Grand Prix Challenges menu was added.
• A new option, Grand Prix Intro, was added to Extras in the Options menu. In it, the player could watch the general intro for the Grands Prix.
• The post-event rewards screen was changed to include Nitro Point progress, as well as to show modifiers to the Wumpa Coin earn rate.
• Each track now has individual Wumpa Coin rates, instead of being grouped by tier.

1.05

• Unspecified bug fixes.

1.06

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• An unintended shortcut at the start of the Thunder Struck track was fixed.

1.07

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• Load times were improved across all platforms, with the Nintendo Switch version making use of the Boost Mode.
• Unintended shortcuts at the start of the Coco Park, Electron Avenue and Papu's Pyramid tracks were fixed.
• Adjustments were made to track selection frequency in Online Matchmaking, as well as to the global cooldown for power-ups on all players.
• Fixes for lobbies not repopulating correctly after quitting, and position shuffling and rewards at the end of a race were implemented.
• If a Private Online match with no AI is set up, the host will be automatically disconnected.
• Several skin names were changed, most likely to avoid any possible controversy.

Original	v1.07
Watermelon Tawna	Summertime Tawna
White Tawna	White Tiger Tawna
Black Zem	Solar Flare Zem
White N.Tropy	Quartz N.Tropy
Black N.Tropy	Carbon Fiber N.Tropy
Red Papu Papu	Crimson Papu Papu

(Source: Reddit user Zando95)

1.08

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Back N. Time Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from August 2nd, 2019 to August 25th, 2019.
• The new track, Prehistoric Playground, was added.
• New characters, Baby T, Baby Crash and Baby Coco, were added.
• New vehicles, Nostalginator, Mammoth and Probulot 2000, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• More variety was added to which characters and items provide a Nitro Point bonus.
• The jump for the shortcut in Sewer Speedway was adjusted.
• Starting a private online match without AI no longer disconnects the host.
• The Pit Stop and Grand Prix menus were added to the Online menu.
• A Nitro Fill Up option was added to the Pit Stop menu which unlocks any items from the Nitro Gauge the players missed for a Wumpa Coin fee. It appeared after the end of a Grand Prix and lasted until the beginning of the next Grand Prix.
• Nitros Oxide is now protected by the Velo Mask.

1.09

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Spyro & Friends Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from August 30th, 2019 to September 29th, 2019.
• The new track, Spyro Circuit, was added.
• New characters, Spyro, Hunter and Gnasty Gnorc, were added.
• New vehicles, Spyromobile, Dragonfly and Gnasty Ride, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for particiating in the Grand Prix.
• The Grand Prix Challenges menu can now be accessed during an online match.
• When an online lobby has 4 or more players, the camera will now crane up to better showcase the customization loadouts of the players.
• Baby T now has his own unique voice clips when choosing him in the character/skin select screen, rather than having high-pitched voices of Crunch Bandicoot.
• A lap skip exploit for N. Gin Labs has been fixed.
• A glitch which allowed players to use locked items before unlocking them has been fixed.
• Players can no longer unlock skins in races or beat Challenge Ghosts in Time Trial if they have any cheat codes enabled.
• Starting from this Grand Prix, the title screen would change accordingly to the current Grand Prix's theme.

1.10

• Lap skip exploits for Dingo Canyon and Thunder Struck have been fixed.

1.12

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Spooky Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from October 4th, 2019 to November 3rd, 2019.
• A new cup, Lost Cup, was added to Cup Race.
• The new track, Nina's Nightmare, was added.
• New characters, Nina Cortex, Komodo Moe and Dr. N. Brio, were added.
• New vehicles, Skull Ride, Nautilus and Phantom, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• A new Ghost Hunt event exclusive to this Grand Prix was added.
• A new feature that allows the player to choose their preffered racing style regardless of the character chosen was added, along with a new "Drift" driving option.
• A new Random Track selection was added for offline and Private Match modes.
• Double Wumpa Weekend is now available to offline modes.
• Players are now able to squish opponents with the Super Engine power-up.
• AI drivers can no longer obtain the N. Tropy Clock and Warp Orb power-ups during Online Matchmaking races. In addition, human players can't obtain them during the beginning of an Online Matchmaking race.
• Items from the Nitro Tour Grand Prix are now available for purchase in the Pit Stop, excluding the Nitro Tour national flag stickers.

1.13

• The Spyro & Friends decal for the Champion kart is now added to the winners of the previous Grand Prix.
• Fixed various lap skips and exploits in Nina's Nightmare.
• Fixes an issue where various Spooky Grand Prix items weren't prioritized in the Pit Stop.
• Various balances and tweaks were done to the Drift driving style.
• The Life Saver N. Trance skin was added to the Pit Stop rotation.
• Nitro Gauge items from the Spyro & Friends Grand Prix were added to the Pit Stop rotation. This was because of a visual glitch from the previous update that caused the Spooky Grand Prix items to appear in the Nitro Gauge before the actual beginning of the Spooky Grand Prix. The items remained in the Pit Stop until the end of the Grand Prix.
• (Nintendo Switch only) Nina's Nightmare and Android Alley no longer share the same leaderboard.

1.14

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Neon Circus Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from November 8th, 2019 to December 8th, 2019.
• A new mode, Ring Rally, was added to Local Arcade.
• The new track, Koala Carnival, was added.
• New characters, Koala Kong, Pasadena O'Possum, Ebenezer Von Clutch and King Chicken, were added.
• New vehicles, Nitro Bumper, Daredevil and Pressurizer, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• Five golden eggs now appear in the Adventure Mode, one in each world hub. Once all five are collected and brought to a wall with a chicken in it in The Lost Ruins hub near the warp pad for Tiger Temple, King Chicken will be unlocked.
• A Last Chance bundle, which contains any items not obtained from the previous Grand Prix's Nitro Gauge, has been added to the Pit Stop. It is available from Friday to Sunday of the first week of each Grand Prix.
• The Pit Stop now displays the discounted price for any bundles where the player owns any items from these bundles.
• Items from the Back N. Time Grand Prix are now available for purchase in the Pit Stop, including the previously-unobtainable Fake Ptero Head and Fake Triceratop Head stickers.
• A new checkpoint system which fixes most lap skips and exploits was implemented.
• Nina Cortex and Komodo Moe now have Cortex's/N. Gin's and Komodo Joe's/Pinstripe's themes respectively as their victory podium theme instead of Crash's/Coco's theme.
• The Scrapbook has been updated with concept art from the first five Grands Prix.

1.15

• A bug where the game would sometimes crash if the player chose the Roadster kart body was fixed.

1.16

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Winter Festival Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from December 12th, 2019 to January 12th, 2020.
• A new cup, Bonus Cup, was added to Cup Race.
• The new track, Gingerbread Joyride, was added.
• New characters, Hasty, Rilla Roo, Yaya Panda, Chick and Stew, were added.
• New vehicles, Nitro Sleigh, Candy Cone and Snowplower, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• Items from the Spyro & Friends Grand Prix are now available for purchase in the Pit Stop.
• The speed for the Warp Orb power-up has been greatly increased.
• Balance adjustments were made to the Wumpa Coin rewards in Ring Rally.
• An issue which would cause the timer in the Pit Stop to display incorrectly after resuming a suspended session was fixed.
• The speed for when scrolling through the customization options has been greatly increased.
• The game now properly saves character and kart customizations after a closed session.
• Second and third places are now winning positions in online races, presumably due to the characters being featured in the online podium and doing their winning animation.

1.17

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Rustland Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from January 16th, 2020 to February 16th, 2020.
• The new track, Megamix Mania, was added.
• The new character, Megamix, was added.
• New vehicles, Dusty Rider, Desert Duster and The Nuke, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• A new Golden Wumpa Hunt event was added. A few crates from the tracks may have a golden glow on them. If they are hit, a Golden Wumpa will appear and flee in a similar way to the ghosts from the Spooky Grand Prix, and if obtained successfully, players will earn an additional 200 Wumpa Coins along with the other ones they got from the race. Only one Golden Wumpa can be obtained per race.
• Items from the Spooky Grand Prix are now available for purchase in the Pit Stop.
• All national flag stickers from the Nitro Tour Grand Prix are now available to all players. They will be automatically added as soon as players install the update.

1.18

• Crash now holds a Game Awards statue on the title screen instead of the original trophy in order to reflect the game winning the "Best Sports/Racing Game" award at The Game Awards 2019.

1.19

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• The Gasmoxia Grand Prix and related content was added. The event ran from February 20th, 2020 to March 22nd, 2020.
• New cups, Desert Cup and Space Cup, were added to Cup Race.
• The new track, Drive-thru Danger, was added.
• The new character, Emperor Velo XXVII, was added.
• New vehicles, Void Manta, Velo Chopper and Galactic Cruiser, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop and as rewards for participating in the Grand Prix.
• Items from the Neon Circus Grand Prix are now available for purchase in the Pit Stop.
• Emperor Velo XXVII Challenge Ghosts were added to Time Trial.
• Crash holds the original trophy on the title screen once again.

1.20

• Unspecified bug fixes.
• New characters, Lab Assistant, Baby Cortex, Baby N. Tropy, Fixed Rilla Roo and Iron Checkpoint Crate, were added.
• New vehicles, The Cog, Neon Hawk and Nitro GT, were added.
• Various other customization items were added to the Pit Stop.
• Items from the last three Grands Prix are now available for purchase in the Pit Stop.
• The online leaderboards for the Time Trial and Relic Race modes have been reset.
• A new refresh option was added to the Pit Stop. It can only be used twice per day.
• A free Beenox Pack, which automatically adds new skins for Crash, Cortex, Crunch and Geary (as well as unlocking the latter two if not already unlocked) and new customization items, will now be added as soon as players install the update.
• A Wumpa Challenges menu was added, replacing the Grand Prix Challenges menu.
• The Ghost Hunt event from the Spooky Grand Prix now returns exclusively to Nina's Nightmare.
• King Chicken is now protected by all invincibility masks.
• Developer Challenge Ghosts were added to Time Trial. Beating them all will unlock a Legendary set of wheels.
• A Beenox crate now appears in every track in any mode. Finding and breaking them all will unlock the Iron Checkpoint Crate as a playable character.
• Beating all cups in Cup Race on each of the three difficulties will now unlock a paint job for each difficulty.
• The CTR TV option was removed.
• A new option, CTR Radio, was added to Extras in the Options menu, replacing the Grand Prix Intro option. In it, the player can listen to the music for each track and arena when they're not playing.
• The post-event rewards screen was changed to include the total number of Wumpa Coins earned after a match.
• The Scrapbook has been updated with concept art from content released up until this update.
• The title screen returned to its original state.

1.21

• Unspecified bug fixes.

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Debugging Material

Launch Commands

Short Switch	Long Switch	Description	Function
-st	--smoketest	Execute smoketest.
-stm	--smoketestmap	Map(s) being smoke tested
-sth	--smoketestheroes	Hero(s) being smoke tested
-fst	--finalsmoketest	Final build smoke test (cruder version of full smoketest)
-gt	--gametest	Execute Game Engine Tests
-cc	--codecoverage	Run code coverage.
-sttr	--smoketestthreadedrender	Allow threaded render during smoketest (breaks golden images)
-sp	--saveprogress	If we want to save our SmokeTest progress
-dx	--debugxml	Load the debug.xml file during smoketest.
-frh	--forcereporthandler	Force the report handler callback.
-mm	--memorymonitor	Enable Memory Monitor
-sr	--setregistry	Set a registry key
-wfdh	--waitForDurangoHost	Spam CTRL-Z at the end of smoketest so that DurangoHost.py can quit gracefully.
-om %map%	--overridemap %map%	Map to use in place of debug map from configuration file.	Loads the given map immediately during the bootup.
-b	--build	Attempt to start and connect to a build server instance just for this process.
-th	--telemetryhost	Set Telemetry host ip during smoke tests (overrides debug settings)
-bs	--build-server	Address and port of a build server (default: localhost:1000)
-ba	--build-arguments	Command-line arguments to pass to the build server
-bfd	--build-final-data	Request final data from the build server.
-ps4dm	--ps4developmentmode	PS4 Development Mode
-mmtid	--matchmaking-title-id	The title id to use for online matchmaking
-pc %d%	--primarycontroller %d%	The primary controller to use [1,2,3,4] when launching into a map.
-wd %wd%	--windowdatafile %wd%	The window settings datafile to use. Defaults to WindowData.igx.
-h	--host	Name of host computer.
-dn	--dotnet	Port to use for DotNet debugging (7265)
-wfdd	--waitForDotNetDebugger	Wait for the DotNet debugger to fully connect before starting a level.
-wfvd	--waitForVscDebugger	Wait for the Visual Script debugger to fully connect before starting a level.
-gc	--gamecomm	Port to use for Game Communication (30001)
-hm	--headlessMode	Run in headless mode. (ShowWindow with SW_HIDE arg)	Starts the game with the window hidden.
-rm	--gameMode	Set the game mode.
-rm	--raceMode	Set the race mode.
-warp	--dx11warp	Use the DX11 Warp software renderer on Windows platforms.
-cdf	--cutscene-dump-frames	Dump frames when playing cutscenes.
-ca	--cutscene-animation	Play a specific animation in a cutscene after level load.
-cn	--cutscene	Play cutscene immediately after level load.
-hdp	--havok-debugger-port	Which port to use for the Havok (API) debugger.
-join	--join	Gamertag to auto-join.
-ttrsim	--ttrSimulation	Run ai TTR simulation.
-hmd	--hostMountDirectory	Specify the directory to mount as host device on nx.
-loose	--loose	Run with loose files.

Most were copied from N-Sane Trilogy.

Internal Project Name

The internal project name is Octane due to many mentions of it in the code and the game's data.