"Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled" is a racing game featuring characters from the Crash Bandicoot series. Players must avoid obstacles and navigate various tracks to get to the finish line, performing boosts with sliding power and jumps to gain speed, and using power-ups scattered around the track to give themselves momentum or thwart their opponents. The game supports local fast races and Grand Prix circuits, several battle modes and online multiplayer, and a full adventure mode with new areas, characters and boss battles that unlock as the player progresses.