10 Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Easter Eggs You Didn't Know

[@c.levername]

Regarding the mirror mode: It's not the animations or the models that are flipped. Instead, the projected scene on the screen is flipped in its entirety. The game loads the exact same courses and characters as in a regular race and just changes how they are displayed. That's why you won't find any mirrored models or tracks in the game files.

[@kevinvtoons]

Exactly what i though. I dont think the mirror mode thing qualifies as an easter egg at all, since pretty much the whole display is what its mirrored, with the exception of the HUD. And the controls i assume are inverted so they match the correct direction on the mirrored display. Is the same trick used in other mirror modes from other games, like Jak & Daxter, where Daxter switch from Jak's left shoulder to its righ one, but its not the model or the animations what changes, but the view itself.

[@iKickBullies]

I was about to say this lol. Mirror mode is all efficency. It's wasted game space otherwise. Just flip the scene and keep the hud and reverse left and right input and you'll never know the difference. That's the reason Mirror mode is like that. Every game does this I swear too.

[@tjolney92]

I notice some more things when I'm on mirror mode that I hadn't noticed before. Especially in crash cove, not that there is anything real interesting there but It did throw me off a little bit. Still not necessarily an easter egg though

[@hero_star_]

Mario Kart does the same thing.

[@SamuraiPipotchi]

I don't think you would actually need mirrored models as standalone models. Some game engines can freely resize, flip or reshape models to some extent. Having said that, I was about to post near enough the exact same comment - it is the more efficient option.

[@nickploosvanamstel5832]

About Mirror Mode, it's a thing that's quite common across all games that have this feature, like Luigi's L being mirrored in Luigi's Mansion's Mirror Mode. I believe what they do is not mirror the tracks, but mirror the entire screen sans HUD and swap the left and right inputs. It's less about attention to detail and more about efficiency.

[@greatsageclok-roo9013]

Yeah, it also happens in the Ratchet and Clank games... especially since in later titles, they even mirror the in-game cutscenes. He probably should have talked about how the music on some tracks dynamically changes depending on location, like the end of the Cortex Castle gaining a church organ or the tunnel in Koala Carnival turning the music into a techno trance.

[@mikelbcn91]

Just let the guy keep finding out what else is flipped. Maybe the shoes of some random character are also flipped? What a coincidence

[@mahnas92]

Came here to say this - would be more interesting and Easter egg-y if ONLY the tracks would be remade...

[@miauri656]

Maybe it's just me but the singing fish sounds like it's replicating the sound of collecting a crystal?

[@Hazard1007]

That's what I thought it was too

[@jacobtridef48]

i cant hear it lol.

[@Jessica_Kirk]

Same here...

[@bruhman8322]

You forgot to tell that there is at least one chicken on EVERY track

[@clownymoosebean]

Chickenati Confirmed.

[@tigerfang2099]

That is something that most people know and to be honest all that he list in this video was new for me.

[@rvalentim1995]

@@tigerfang2099 i never noticed lol

[@user-zv3jk6fs8i]

I thought I was the only one who noticed that

[@jessejive117]

7:00 bro that fish is singing the crystal sound when you pick one up

[@heroldark5600]

Another reference is that the post-apocalyptic polar skin, the baby Crash pajama skin and the fake crash monster skin are all references to some crash of the titans. For example: -Baby Crash pajama refers to "Ratcicle" -Polar post-apocalyptic is a reference of "Rhinoroller" -And fake crash monster is a clear reference to the mutant "Sludge" Apparently Beenox integrates some mutants in order not to put everyone as playable characters: v

[@Dragonfire2505]

I can see Fake and Baby Crash. But Polar dosnt have anything from Rhinoroller exept the rolling in his victory animation.

[@kylemenow1666]

Not even I saw that

[@jesswoodson9289]

OMG YES!!!

[@NintendoTV64]

I literally had no idea that Game Over window even existed on Cortex Castle until now.

[@christopherdelacruz9728]

Theres so much love in this game. Just the fact that penta penguin has his placeholder "penguin yay 1" easter egg voice line shows beenox really do love the original and wanted a remake as much as we did

[@BrennySpain]

The “game over” is just brilliant it think! How did I never see this before?!!

[@Slushi3110]

You were too busy powersliding and Air braking

[@therealMrA]

Humblebragging about how good you are at Cortex Castle

[@sqwbamaus2525]

My favorite Easter egg is the "Penguin Yay 1" Quote when unlocking Penta Penguin in Nitro Fueled.

[@mcrsrm]

I just learned (or re-learned) that ninja penguins are the main enemy in Tag Team Racing hub world. And we have Ninja skin for Penta in Nitro Fueled.

[@LuchosFactory]

About the Lab Assistants, there's the secret warp room in Crash Warped, where you can see the Lab Asses' assembly line, transporting into a "disguise" machine, and then into a warp to other levels (in N. Sane, this include levels from CB1 and CB2 if I remember correctly).

[@Zero_Hunter]

Heres one for ya, in Megamix Mania when you enter the destroyed ship right before the jump where you can take the short cut, if you stop before the jump ramp and (if you have your camera view zoomed out) you can see two rats from N. Gins Lab trying to help a metal robot rat back up from falling.

[@tkblackbourn]

'Penguins on Blizzard Bluff", that's because it's Penta's home track 😅

[@ivangabriel4868]

I had found all of these except the Terminator one (such a great catch) and the singing fish. I had seen the fish many times but never heard him sing. If you take a closer look, he's actually emulating the sound the crystals make when you pick them up. Excellent easter egg.

[@dillongeorge5866]

That terminator reference was hilarious. I never noticed that!

[@siloPIRATE]

6:15 The assistants are being assembled in Assembly Lane towards the end of the lap after the conveyor belt bit with the crushers

[@naed_coral]

and in Crash 3 warped in the secret area on a conveyor being sent off to each level via a portal..............!

[@marcinciesla5776]

Well, the thing that you've chosen for the first place has way less depth than you think. It's not quite that beenox paid so much attention to the smallest details when creating the mirror mode. I mean, it is possible that they flipped every asset, animation, and even every sticker, but I doubt they did that, it's highly improbable. What I think they did, and I'm nearly 100% sure they did it in that way is... well, nearly nothing. Mirrored tracks are probably nothing else than regular tracks, but image rendering is flipped horizontally in that mode, as well as steering. That's it - flip image horizontally, invert steering and voila - mirror mode.

[@caseydewitt6236]

Pretty sure everything is just placed into a universal empty game object and scaled -1 in two out of 3 dimensions.

[@marcinciesla5776]

@@caseydewitt6236 Possible, but I think that inverting image rendering would be easier.

[@E.J.W]

With Easter Egg number 4, you can see the Lab Assistants being constructed and carried through Assembly Lane.

[@BigBeast227]

Alex Saunders In N. Gin Labs, after you leave the turbo tunnel, on both sides of the track, you can see scientists working on N. Gin’s mech suits from his Cortex Strikes Back and Warped boss fights.

[@TheCartoonGamer8000]

Huh, I actually didn't know about some of these, like the stained glass and the singing fish. Nice finds! 2:22 That's probably just a generic Egyptian symbol.

[@lojjo18Nooni]

This’s actually Bastet the Egyptian goddess.

[@Cj-ev2si]

@@lojjo18Nooni its actually Sekhmet. Bastet doesnt have those extra parts hanging from the head. Go look on Google

[@lojjo18Nooni]

Ceejay C Thanks for your correction!

[@Cj-ev2si]

@@lojjo18Nooni i think we are both half correct. In the video the face is dark, as is Bastet, yet the head dress thing of Sekhmet is on here. Hmm?

[@lojjo18Nooni]

Ceejay C something similar to Mirage from Aladdin the TV series where her face is black but wears like Sekhmet, still noted as a character based on Bastet.

[@xFaisal_HK]

In adventure mode, you can see Pura trying to grab your keys when he keeps jumping, you can see it near Papu's Pyramid portal and in front of where the podium is... x

[@JoakoQuesada]

I don't think it's exactly Pura, i think it's just a regular tiger with his same appearance, just like all the other tigers from Tiger Temple

[@xFaisal_HK]

Okay you just said it. Btw, you can also see Arctic Nash(s) in Meteor Gorge in almost every part of the track and that’s a reference why Nash got the Arctic skin during winter GP. It’s pretty cute xD

[@caseydewitt6236]

@Crash Bandicoot Fan29 I thought it was interesting that Beenox chose multiple sizes and shapes for the 2D scientists. They're not the standard, stick-thin scientist that pops up in the platform games.

[@nifinland]

There are two things ya should know: 1. That mirror thing was also intact in trophy podium when racing in mirrored cups, however, after Spyro & Friends GP's update, the podium mirroring was gone for some reason. 2. I think the easter egg that SHOULDA been in here, is Clown Cortex skin, a VERY subtle reference to Cortex's backstory told in Wrath of Cortex strategy guide.

[@Pulsar2013]

I swear I’m the only one who’s noticed this but there is a lab Assistant in mystery caves, you only see him in single player time trial on the 2nd lap onwards right after the baby t’s there a space in the track wall look through it and you’ll se a lab Assistant in red and black gi meditating on a rock in the lava

[@JuniFFXIVChannel]

I noticed him, too!

[@roadkillsarny8045]

I've looked and looked for that but can't see him anywhere. I can't get the singing fish to appear either.

[@brandongourdine7625]

The first at #3. That’s the sound it makes when you clear the stage and get a crystal. That’s awesome.

[@JohnCena8351]

Well, technically, Grass didn't exist when Dinosaurs were around, so dino Grass would be something like "dino fern" or what ever.

[@ttc9able]

There's also a Mario Easter Egg in Papu's Pyramid. You can see a Mushroom and a Green Pipe next to one of the walls.

[@lionyx98]

3:33 "we would have known that baby T was gonna be on his way" ..... Baby T was officially announced and confirmed even before the game came out

[@iChoseScylla]

Not gonna lie. Face-palmed hard at number 1..

[@BrennySpain]

Number 1: “the trophy’s mine!” Classic cortex am I right?

[@prune7998]

Great Video! Another easter egg that I have seen is in Hot Air Skyway, in one Part of the track, you can see Pinstripe as Tony Montana in Scarface

[@thegoblin4948]

Okay... I clicked on this video thinking nothing was going to surprise me, but numbers 5, 4 and SPECIALLY number 3 caught me completely off guard.

[@TheOmniverse1]

@Canadian Guy Eh 8:05 There are also mirrored Tire Tread patterns on wheels, like with... - Team Bandicoot Wheels (Beenox, PLEASE update so that, like in Customization Screen & Adventure Mode Map, all 4 wheels' treads point the same direction in races & battles.) - Team Oxide Wheels - Lava Rock Wheels - Neon Wheels - Pastry Wheels - Tag Wheels - Etc.

[@KFP2GG]

I love that it’s the Dragon for Wrath of Cortez, and yeah, Lizards and Wizards is the only good part, probably because of the music 2:20 Egypt Queen confirmed

[@darknessrising2453]

In Dingo Canyon, when you race through the water section, if you look at the waterfall on your left you'll sometimes see the Bandifish from the Warped Dino levels flop down like Magikarp. Also, in Papu's Pyramid, when you head up the ramp leading to the U-turn right before the finish line, look very closely to your left and you'll see a green pipe. Given the abundance man-eating plants in this stage, it's obviously a reference to Mario's Piranha Plant.

[@colleenglanville8293]

"Oxides Fuzzy Cubes" *"No, It's Not What It Sounds Like!"* I died lol! 😂😂😂

[@LegendHusky]

"#2. Nitrous Oxide's Fuzzy Cubes"..... *Record Scratch* "Wait, it isn't what it sounds like!" 🤣

[@sapphocortez2287]

2:25 that would be Bastet, Egyptian goddess of cats

[@Alpha-oo8]

one of one of my favourite Easter eggs is the man eating plant in papus pyramid with glasses in front of a chalkboard, teaching his kind how to eat racers

[@colleenglanville8293]

"The Singing Fish" *"You Go Fish, You Live Your Dreams."* That fish really knows how to sing lol! 😂😂😂

[@xRocketzFighterx]

Why would you think of an innuendo with Fuzzy Dice and Oxide? He's a alien with no fur. But if you said this about Crash Bandicoot then yes I would take that as an innuendo.

[@jessicaesss32]

I'm so happy you did this video man. I've done slow laps around every track trying to find stuff like this hahah

[@BenjaMage]

The Pharaoh Cortex and female figure on the walls of Twilight Tour are actually taken straight from Crash Bandicoot Warped; those images coated the walls of the game's Egyptian levels.

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

Did you know that there is a Beanox logo hidden in both Dragon Mines and Android Alley?

[@RayThompson132]

And yet almost nobody found that One punch man Easter egg in Prehistoric Playground

[@satosabrino9209]

Honestly, almost all of these I knew, there is way more easter eggs on the game and you should do a "ANOTHER 10 CTR Nitro-Fueled Easter Eggs You Didn't Know" video

[@cartmanthefunman]

The Probulot has a legendary decal called pitfall, another one of Activision's early games back In the 80s.

[@cartmanthefunman]

I might have spelled the kart wrong my apologizes, it's the Hovercart from the 2nd GP 😆

[@bobafett4265]

Yeah and one of the updates included a sticker pack based on retro Activision properties including pitfall. The more you know. 🌈🎆

[@CocoHikari583]

The name of the kart (hovercraft) Prob(e)(yo)u lot is a punny reference to alien abduction.

[@marygaillard]

Best Easter egg is pinguins party on polar pass duuuuuuuudes xdd

[@honeyjohnny3743]

Hey Mary😁

[@IanRB26]

Omg yes duude! One of my favourites!

[@clownymoosebean]

I like that one penguin in Blizzard Bluff dancing/shuffling in the chairlift. Every time I see him, I can't help but imagine the opening of Billie Jean playing as he scoots across the screen, and laugh.

[@vojtechctr1347]

Mary ❤️❤️❤️

[@brodiero-solar302]

i agree

[@kevinrapeau]

5 and 3 snatched me. Good catch!

[@GSballreborn]

Surprisingly, I didn't know any of these.

[@DrakeFeatherwing]

8:49 I wouldn't call this an Easter egg more than I would a good design choice by Beenox. It **is** mirror mode, after all, so it makes sense that EVERYTHING gets flipped.

[@InfiniteGamesDenderotto]

There is way more than that... some few examples: - Scarface reference (Hot Air Skywar) - Piranha Plant school (Papu's Piramid) - Crash 2 and 3 robots (N-Gin's Labs) - Zam-looking aliens on the "coliseum" (Hyper Spaceway) - Lab Assistans "Pit-Stop" guys referencing an old CTR promotional art (Turbo track) - Potoroos maknig a deal with Lab Assistants on "EATS" (Dingo Canyon) - Baby Cortex and Coco Cortex (Cortex Castle) - Penguin Disco Party (Polar Pass) - Chickens in ALL of the tracks

[@crowdedoak6646]

Wait... So you're telling me that in mirror mode. Things are mirrored....??? WOW

[@makienxhemmiktar]

also, in crash cove, when you drive past the galleon, the soundtrack mixes an accordion into the theme song.....amazing detail really. Not sure but i think this happens in other tracks as well!

[@matheusbecker2351]

In the last section of Cortex Castle, you can hear some church bells mixed with the music.

[@giovannigiordano6827]

I was thinking about something. Would you like to do a video talking about crash in smash? Maybe you could talk about the stage, the possibility for him to be in the game

[@GARNET-DAGGER-FF9]

I'm just always happy for you new intro 👍

[@Mage_Nichlas_]

Funnily enough, I actually looked around Cortex Castle, Tiny Arena, as well as Turbo Track and Slide Coliseum just to see some easter eggs. I liked the stained glass in Cortex Castle. Tiny Arena had the Track Signs and Nitro Kart Team Kart signs as well as an advertisement for Wumpa Whip with Element 117. Turbo Track and Slide Coliseum shared individual garages for the base roster. Turbo Track itself has a very weird picture of Chick and Stew and *massive* humans. Slide Coliseum has those noticeable Japanese style art for the Trophy Girls and very awkward spectators, a fat lab worker and a midget lab worker that kinda has Cortex's head shape that are copy-pasted in the crowd.

[@samuelgraham270]

they honestly should have referenced skylanders superchargers in some way since it's another racing game published by activison maybe a poster of spitfire or something like that

[@cubrakadabra]

The lady figure in the pyramid hyeroglyphs highly resembles Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess

[@toymagmadon07]

Assembly Lane factory is one Big Easter Egg, recalls Robot Factory from Ratchet & Clank

[@O_re_0]

Good job CGE ! Now I have nightmares with the terminator lab assistant 🤣

[@KonaSquid]

yeah in the ps1 version of crash warped you can see the lab assistants being assembled and distributed to different levels in the secret warp room. dunno why that was omitted from the n sane trilogy.

[@Dragonfire2505]

The only one new to me was the singing fish and that the "naked" Lab Assistent is standing there. But that they are Robot we saw in Crash 3, were they got build and Warped in their worlds. Also this female hygroglyph is also fom Crash 3. I guess Naughtydog just made her without a big reason, VV put her in N-sane and Beenox in CTR

[@FloroSapiens]

Everything has always been flipped in mirror mode races, regardless of the game we're talking about (see mario kart) - it's much easier to just flip the display and the left/right inputs on the joystick than it is to fully model and render a flipped version of the map. It's not an easter egg

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

What about the mud creatures in Tiny Arena?

[@banjofan4204]

The Mud Creatures are Moles

[@ULAER]

I was all excited about number 1 and it was just about how mirror mode acts like mirror mode. Um.. thanks? Thats how it always is they just flip the screen....

[@inkysora665]

Woah. I Don't Think I've Seen Or Noticed Any Of These. Thanks.

[@colleenglanville8293]

*"Do You Know About These 10 Easter Eggs In CTR!?"* I honestly didn't know there was Easter eggs until now lol! 😂😂😂

[@kidsIIIII009]

He is soon gonna make Part 2 when at least 4 tracks were added

[@chomperelectric2676]

The only one I *DIDN'T* know about are Hasty's patches, all the rest were amazing when I saw them

[@richieclark528]

The fish doing the crystal noise killed me🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@XxMissAutumnxX]

the singing fish...i heard it recently and thought i was losing my mind and couldn't find the sound

[@aCrazyGandW]

This man made Crash break into 10 boxes and smash into the screen 10 times,what a sick person

[@colleenglanville8293]

*"Crash Team Racing Is So Jam-Packed With Easter Eggs, References, And...Well General Awesomeness!"* *shows King Chicken on an awesome looking kart* I couldn't agree more! 👏😄😁👍

[@TheOmniverse1]

3:58 How fitting for Apo-Apo to be listed as number 6, as in... Iron Maiden: "SIX, SIX, SIX! The Number of the Beast! Hell and fire is spawned to be released!"

[@HeavyRaiden]

Hey you got good taste in music

[@TheOmniverse1]

HeavyRaiden I love all kinds of music. Iron Maiden is one of them, who also did crossovers with famous franchise, Angry Birds, back in 2017 & 2018 (in AB Friends AND AB Evolution).

[@Vidiere]

Yesss I love these top 10 videos! They're always my favorites to watch- especially if its stuff I didnt know. :^D

[@notrealatall337]

The fish sings the crystal grab tune. Neato.

[@centralclub9139]

5:31 I think that there is a similar easter egg in Nina's Nightmare

[@swagswag4149]

You can also see, not just baby cortex (a now playable character) but also coco cortex in cortex castle, which I think would be a funny character to play as in the future

[@greywolfesdinner8990]

Fantastic video generally didn't know about some of these.

[@danielivey562]

I have NEVER seen the Game Over screen from the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled UNTIL NOW!! Oh Beenox, YOU SLY COOPERS!!

[@Yasviele]

Here's another curiosity I noticed yesterday, when you make a trick jump, all characters do some kind of funny/cool single animation (like how Crash lifts his feet) but the Nitro Squad (Tawna, Ami, Megumi, Liz and Isabella) can perform 2 when they're in the air long enough, for example, Tawna would look directly at you and send a kiss while Liz will make a gesture with her right hand, it caught me by surprise so I tried with Crash and Coco to see what else they do during high jumps/long falls and it was just their single classic animation... You can try it in Hyper Spaceway first big ramp. It is probably not a secret to many fans at this point because I've only played for like a month but it is curious that those girls can do it

[@NarwhalPM]

About that last fact: the way the mirror mode is done is that the screen is completely flipped (aside from the hud). They then just inverted the controls.

[@salvatoredali4384]

I remember in the beginning of hyper spaceway you can see a lone figure off to the right in the stands of the stadium. I've never looked up who it is.

[@pan1884]

The "female figure" in Twilight Tour is the Egyptian goddess, Bastet; probably included to give the hieroglyphs more "oomph" in looking legit, while also keeping the cartoon animal feel. It's also possible she was included as a nod to a dev's pet or something, I've met a lot of mythology nerds who named their cat things like "Bast" or "Bastet".

[@RaedVS]

I'd like to see one small but important detail adjusted for the sake of perfection, since Beenox really cares about the details and honest recreation, the Opening Music of the game, you know when the characters smash their way out of the box, it shouldn't be the Race Victory theme but its own thing, the actual theme music of the original CTR..

[@GenGamesUniverse]

I noticed a few stuff in the levels like -Cortex Castle is a mix of Crash Bandicoot 1's castle levels and Crash Bandicoot 3 Pura/Coco levels as you can see the different era enemies as well as the great wall of china in the background being one of the main ones

[@John_Paul_Busu]

One awesome detail in this game is that every kart has a different horn sound. To here it press the item button when you have no items equipped :)

[@justicealistair7774]

Terminator Lab Assistant better be a Legendary Skin for Lab Assistant. Lol Also, another Easter Egg or Attention to Detail is that when you have flames coming from your pipes a while boosting, they get extinguished when driving through water.

[@JohndrewtheSylveonking]

I never noticed the mirroring thing before! Mind blown!

[@mistermorgan7025]

Woah really nice video man, I didn't noticed most of these Easter eggs.

[@colleenglanville8293]

"Pasty's Patches" *"He Is A Reference To A Previous Myth That The Fans Had Cooked Up By A Mistake Based On A Legend Named Fasty, But Mixed Up With A Character Named Trippo...There's A Whole Backstory, And It's A Bit Confusing, But Extremely Interesting."* You can say that again lol! 😂😂😂

[@SalaComMander]

Mirror mode just mirrors the camera. That's why TNT and Nitro crates have their font backwards. It was easier to just flip the screen than it would have been to change animations, models, textures, and, of course, entire tracks.

[@healmore8716]

There is actually a reference to super Mario in this game In papu pyramid there is a green pipe and a mushroom to the left of it

[@Umbrella2]

This game FEELS so good to play.

[@HypercomboProduction]

There is also a Mario Lab Assistant in Dragon Mines.

[@oppaarby]

@@HypercomboProduction where is that? I need to know

[@HypercomboProduction]

@@oppaarby he is found right after the first turn in dragon mines up on the left hammering at some gophers. Although now that I look closer at him, his shirt has a faint plad pattern but his overalls, shirt, and overalls have a bright color to them still.

[@HypercomboProduction]

And he has the mustache.

[@isaacgaitan8157]

Hey loved the video...! But you missed the most awesome one, search for the Dingo Canyon easter egg...!

[@q-the-musix]

The dragon one really got me... WoC was my first crash game and that level is one of my favourites! It makes me so happy to see him make a comeback ☺️

[@damianobarsotti4187]

On inferno island you can see oxide's space station destroyed on the shore

[@GenGamesUniverse]

in Cortex Castle, you can see the great wall of china from CB3 as well as what seems to be Slippery Climb level as well.

[@d_b_n_]

Didn't know about #3. Awesome!

[@dragonking3915]

I like the new intro you got. Did you animate it yourself?

[@TheMarionick]

I don't understand how number 1 is more interesting than pretty much everything that came before it.