Summary
Xbox Game Passhas addedCrash Team Racing Nitro-Fueledto its content catalog. The popular kart racer has reached Microsoft’s subscription service just asXbox Game Passadded three other titles to its Standard-tier library.
Developed by Canadian studio Beenox,CTR Nitro-Fueledis a remaster of Naughty Dog’s 1999 PlayStation classicCrash Team Racing. It launched in June 2019 to immensely positive reviews, as underlined by its “Strong” rating on OpenCritic, derived from an average score of 83 and a 90% recommendation rate. Manyreviewers praisedCrash Team Racing Nitro-Fueledfor its vibrant visuals, extensive content, and excellent split-screen multiplayer, among other qualities.
Five and a half years following its original debut,Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueledhas made its way to Xbox Game Pass, reaching Microsoft’s subscription service in the early morning hours ET on December 4. This release is exclusively available to Xbox One and Series X/S users, as the game was never ported to PC. While some console exclusives likeHalo 5: Guardiansare available to PC gamers with an Xbox Game Pass subscription viaXbox Cloud Gaming,CTR Nitro-Fueledhasn’t been given the same treatment—yet.
CTR Nitro-Fueled Is Also Available on XGP Core Starting Today
Since it’s not a day-one release, the 2019 kart racer has now been added to both the XGP Standard and Ultimate libraries simultaneously. Additionally, iteven made its way to theXbox Game Pass Core catalog, which isn’t updated nearly as often as the other tiers of the service. Apart fromCTR Nitro-Fueled, XGP Core has also receivedDayZand the originalGoat Simulatoras part of its December 4 library update.Goat Simulatoris a bit of a weird addition because it was just pulled from the other XGP tiers in November 2024, shortly after its remaster was added to them. However, rather than being an unprecedented XGP Core exclusive, the 2014Goat Simulatoris now listed as once again being available across all Xbox Game Pass tiers.
Core
Console
Removed from non-Core tiers in Nov 2024; now seems to be back for everyone.
Available on PC GP and XGP Ultimate since Oct 2023.
Available on PC GP and XGP Ultimate since May 2024.
Day-one release
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Cloud, Console, PC
Day-one (console) release.
At least four more games are set to reach Microsoft’s subscription service before the end of December 2024.Xbox Game Pass is also losing 13 games this month, starting withForza Horizon 4and six other titles on December 15.
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is the highest tier of Microsoft’s flagship game subscription service that offers over 100 game titles that you can play with a single purchase, making it one of the most outstanding value propositions of the Xbox ecosystem to date.
