Crash Team Racing Winter Festival Celebrates The Holiday Beginning This Week

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 10, 2019

News: A new Grand Prix is on the way with some new characters, a new track, new karts, and more.

Activision has revealed that Crash Bandicoot is getting into the holiday spirit with the Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Winter Festival Grand Prix. Beginning December 12, the Winter Festival Grand Prix features an all-new track, Gingerbread Joyride, as well as new characters, karts, pit stop items and a very special Spyro skin that’s sure to bring you holiday cheer.

This new Grand Prix brings the following features:

NEW TRACK: Dash through a holiday scene like no other in Gingerbread Joyride! From the warm, welcoming hues of the gingerbread village to the cool, idyllic scenery of the winter wonderland, this track is sure to fire up some cheer as you cruise past your competition.

NEW CHARACTERS: Rilla Roo and Yaya Panda enter the festivities, as well as a brand new character, Hasty - - a high-flying Moose based on an infamous cut character from CTR lore. Your favorite broadcasting duo Chick n Stew aren’t just sitting in the booth any longer also - - they’ll be racing up and down the track in this special Grand Prix season.

NEW KARTS: Plow through the competition with the Snowplower, leave other racers salivating with the Candy Cone, and finally take the reins in the ultimate holiday machine with the Nitro Sleigh.

PIT STOP ITEMS: A Reindeer Crash Skin, Pajama Skins for Baby Crash and Coco, scrumptious Pastry wheels, holiday-themed paint jobs, and stickers - - there’s no shortage of new swag to celebrate the season. But wait until you see the skin to stand above them all - - Winter Guardian Spyro.

NITRO-GAUGE CHALLENGES & REWARDS: Polar in an ugly sweater, Hasty in a slick ski-suit, and so much more, complete challenges to earn these and other new rewards in the Winter Festival Nitro Gauge.

CHAMPION KART AND DECAL: Finish in the top 5% of the Grand Prix leaderboards and win the Champion Kart and Winter Festival signature decal.

This Winter Grand Prix will begin later this week on December 12. Check out the video below and tell us what you think. Will you be playing this over the holiday season?