Hello there, my fellow friends! As you know by now, I've been following all CTRNF Grand Prix events so far like a lunatic, and thus seeing that people are starting to make their own lists from best to worst Grand Prix, I think I want to give my two cents about it too since I also played the original CTR, its predecessor CNK, and the last from the list CTTR. Keep in mind that this is just my opinion; opinion that you'll see concurs with what the youtubers from the list point out as a good point or a flaw of the Grand Prix itself. However, my list will be somewhat different from theirs, in terms that I'll focus heavily on the track, characters and skins-not so much about the paint job, kart sets or tires- (though you have to admit some of them look awesome than others )
Lists I found so far
My favorite Grand Prix list
Spooky Grand Prix: Correct! All hands down the best of the eight. The return of fan favorites from Crash games, really good character skins and a memorable dark spooky track that honors the Academy of Evil from Crash Twinsanity
Gasmoxia Grand Prix: I freaking adore Drive-thru Danger . Not just the track itself-which is hard mind you-but its theme as well as Oxide himself points out in his transmission: "A galactic dispute between Gasmoxia's main two fast food conglomerates". What holds it down from being the top is the lack of new characters other than Fake Velo. The skins are good though
Nitro Tour Grand Prix: The one that started everything is the one that closes my top 3 A fair decent track that honors Crash Bandicoot Warped plus the trophy girls and Tawna as playable characters?! Deal me in
Winter Festival Grand Prix: Overall a really good prix with a nice and enjoyable Christmas theme track and the return of two fan favorites of mine from CTTR-Chick n' Stew (I love those two )-and some nice winter theme skins too Regarding Hasty, Yaya and Rilla Roo, they're ok, just not my top favorite Crash B. characters
Neon Circus Grand Prix: Now this one in terms of characters' skins and the introductions of new ones were top notch specially since it brought likeable characters like Koala Kong, Pasadena and Von Clutch. What puts this prix in this position for me is the Koala Karnival track. While it looks good both visually and aesthetically, it does not compete with the likes of Gingerbread Joyride in terms of difficulty
Rustland Grand Prix: I like my post-apocalyptic settings, I do. So, when I saw that the developers were aiming to that, I genuinely felt in love with the concept Megamix Mania is an awesome track to look at with many references from other tracks and Crash games. What killed it though was what two-out of-three youtubers from the list point out: Megamix alone. Still, I love the rustland skins for all the main eight characters Just wished I could have seen all the N. Sanity cast in rustland skins though (but I know this is a personal whim of mine )
Back N Time Grand Prix: This one brought a cool track from the past (get it? ) along with some interesting and cute skins-I'm looking at you Fake Baby T. and Sabertooth Pura - as well as the introduction of Baby T. as a playable character. The baby forms however, I still-to this day-question why are they here?
Spyro N Friends Grand Prix: It saddens me to say this but I have to agree with what was said about this prix by the others. While the track looks good is not memorable by any means, and while I adore to hell Spyro as one my favorite ps1 character/hero-with a fantastic trilogy to back him up-, I cannot say that Hunter or Gnasty Gnorc were good selections, specially the latter since there was another character that got a really good transition from the ps1 era to the ps4/switch but sadly he wasn't selected :/
What about your favorite and least favorite Grand Prix? As always, all opinions are welcome Take care and have a fantastic day!
I can't describe how good, enlighted and proud I felt when reading this post in my tumblr. Sometimes I wish some people wouldn't be so judgmental about it :/ and embrace it for all the marvelous things it can offer