Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled vs Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

[IcaroRibeiro]

ARamdomGamer said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

I think CRT have more difficult maps with better elaborated shortcuts. You need more knowledge and ability to master CRT tracks than to master MK tracks 

About art direction, I also feel CRT have more elaborated scenarios and more detailed character design. The CRT maps are gorgeous with more things happening in the background, more vibrant colors and more complex textures and assets 

One thing that bugs me a bit are the loading times, they look bigger in CRT compared to MK

But I really miss a story mode for MK8, I understand most use it for the multiplayer, but I like singleplayer and I beat all maps in 2 days and then felt unmotivated to play more

CRT story mode is harder, has time trials and CRT challenges, and since it takes more time to master the sinolayer playthrough is lengthier 

From my experience, the better shortcuts are more in exceptions rather than being the norm with Crash, there being more to master in Crash comes down to the boost and drift rather than the tracks themselves being complex I feel.

The thing with art direction for me is, by default Crash may have more detailed visuals just based on the fact that it was made with a more powerful hardware from the get go but that doesn't translate to a more aesthetically pleasing or better looking game to me, there is more detail to the character models, but Crash's designs are very generic compared to anything from Mario, race tracks may have more going on, but nothing is as inspired or there isn't as much thematic variety as the race tracks from Mario, plus there are some race tracks where the palette clashes with one another in Crash, leading to a not very pleasing contrast.

I've only played CRT on Switch, so more powerful hardware doesn't really means anything in design. About the designs being generic, I don't really feel it. Thematically both have similar stages and concepts, Crash just is more detailed and have better textures

I played all the original sixteen CRT tracks and all them have shortcuts, some obvious others not really. They changed some tracks to add new paths, it was a nice addition

You need to turn and drift in the right moments to take fully advantage of the race, I never experienced the same in MK. I don't think tracks in CRT are complex, they are quite simple, they are just better designed from gameplay experience. In reality I think MK8 has more complex tracks, with more paths and more space to choose where to drive, but it ultimately doesn't translate in a more exciting race, I feel like every race in MK8 is the same, the only thing that changes are the items you get 

Jump in the right moment to get a speed boost is quite satisfying, make me keep replaying the same track again and again to go through the time trials, never felt this playing MK8