was burnt out after the first gp. got the champ kart then and my goal was complete. Honestly if they would reward us with the same amount of coins for offline as they do online, i would still play it.

I was burnt out, but being able to play as any character with any class really rejuvenated my enthusiasm for the game.

I got burnt out during the Spyro GP, I had a break for a month and felt pretty refreshed. The issue is, there's just ALWAYS stuff to get, and never quite enough coins. So I think that's the main reason. Constant pressure to get all the stuff. That and the game has been out for like...4 months. So of course people will be less interested in the game.

As an offline player, it's just endless grinding of the same levels to get enough wumpa coins to get... some of the items. I could just wait til the prix finishes and buy the stuff later tbh

I feel that the pit stop needs to have a catalog to it. Like a section with all the tires, all the paint jobs, grand prix characters, etc. So you can work towards what you missed or need anytime. And 2 weeks between a grand prix would be great. So I can catch up on real life stuff. Lol.

My top 4 changes would be: -Add an actual skill score system in the game -No items mode -Pit Stop catalog -Online Cups

I wish there was a bigger break in-between the grand prix. Also the challenges are too samey and it's getting repetitive and tiring.

They need to improve the servers. Sometimes it feels there is a huge lag. You finish the race ahead of your adversary but then when the time records are shown, you actually finished behind. Not to mention that sometimes you get hit by "invisible" power-ups. And Honestly, as much as blue fire is part of CTR identity, it is bad for the online balance. If one player is able to get ahead of the initial mayhem he will finish the race much, much ahead than everyone else, even when we are considering players of the same level. U-turn is also kinda broken and make everything other than Speed engine obsolete, since you can make perfect turns at max speed even with the worst handling engine. And the pit stop is trash. I dont care if there is monetization on the game (as long as is only cosmetics) but let all itens availabe to purchase all the time. The fact that you have to check the pit stop every day to see if the item you want is at sale (or buy itens that you dont want to reshuffle) is a terrible experience.

If they could just reward us the same amount of coins offline like they do online, I wouldn't feel that time pressure to get all the items by playing online every day.

What really salts my apples is when I'm racing online and every person racing disconnects and are replaced with AI. I don't receive my winnings and I am taken straight to the lobby.

I got bored playing online because of the game's inconsistent lobby service.

I love this game and Beenox is doing an amazing job addressing the fanbase's concerns, but I'm definitely feeling the burnout. Here's a few tips for others who're feeling it too and want to minimize it: 1) Always play online on the weekends. The 2x multiplier added to wumpa time should net you about 5000 - 7000 wc a day, so make sure to use that time wisely to get whatever items you want most. 2) Buy at least one skin, kart, and set of wheels as soon as possible. This is to maximize the amount on bonus nitro points you earn. The more you earn, the less time you'll spend grinding for them. 3) Make a daily quota for nitro points. What I usually do at the beginning of any grand prix is work through as many challenges I can while maintaining a 50% nitro bonus (mostly from the grand prix and expert challenges) then make a goal of about 1000np a day. 4) Do multiple challenges at once. There's always a daily character of the day and track of the day. Make the most of it and complete as many challenges as you can in one race if possible. Doing this, you can make over 1000np in one race even if you're offline. 5) Be smart about what challenges you're aiming for. Things like checking the pit stop for an easy 200np are a given but be aware that other challenges may need you to go out of your way to complete them. One example may be to play the track of the day while online and doing one of its challenges at the same time when there's another active challenge to play it in mirror mode. The better choice would be to play it offline in mirror mode (doubly so if it's also got a CTR challenge). 6) Set a limit to how often you want to play. I typically only play about 10-30min a day (depending on challenges) or a few hours if I'm doing weeklys. 7) Relax and have fun. Don't bother with any challenges that annoy you or make things difficult. Just do the ones you want and you should be fine. Honestly, if you visit the pit stop and win just one race with the 50% increase, you'll make about 800np alone per day (not even including the ones you probably did by accident), so don't stress.

They should let people buy whatever they want instead of waiting or unlocking stuff you don't want in order to get the items you want

Not gonna lie, im burnt out for a while.. 3 GP's i completed them 100% but now its losing the fun for me.. Im not even gonna finish the Nina GP

Remember when they introduced microtransactions, despite saying there wouldn't be

I was thinking of a Month in and Month out the situation: So for Every Even-Numbered Month and Bimonthly, (February, April, June, August, October and December) should be Grand Prixs. and for every Odd-Numbered Month and Bimonthly (January, March, May, July, September and November) should be when there isn't a Grand Prix. I can see that for even someone as myself who now has school is starting to struggle in finding time to play some CTR other than playing it on the Weekends.

I've been reading through the comments, and honestly, have to agree with the "we need a longer gap between each grand prix" group. Speaking as a bit of a crap player, and one who doesn't play often online except to briefly benefit from wumpa time, I don't mind grinding offline to unlock things from the pit stop. My issue is, I'm only on my second grand prix and I'm in the beginning of getting bored, which is a bit of a shame given that I don't usually suffer from game burn out for a good six months. But the single week between each grand prix is beginning to wear me out, as I feel like I don't get enough time to finally decompress between one grand prix before the next starts. So yeah, if they could stretch that out to two weeks this game would go from a 90/100 to a 100/100.

I'm definitely feeling the burnout. I'm on the cusp of burning out completely at this rate. I play only once a week now, and I'm struggling to find motivation to play because of the constant time pressure. Feeling pressured to clear my weekly and daily challenges to prevent missing all the items I want before the end of the GP is starting to become very tiring. I'd be significantly happier if they did the following: - Give a break of about 2-3 weeks between each GP so that I can play my other games/live my life - Include 3-4 of each item in the pit stop each day instead of limiting it to one item per section (ie: instead of having just one character unlockable at a time, have a selection of 4 so you have a higher chance of spawning a specific character unlockable each day) - Increase the nitro point rate per race. Currently, you only get something like 7 nitro points per race if you've got a 50% nitro boost in offline races. If they even amped that up to 20 points per race, that would make me feel less pressured into checking off all my daily challenges if I don't have the time to do them all in a day Don't get me wrong, coming from playing WoW for years, I am completely fine with grinding dailies and weeklies, but when the game feels too much of a grind, and too time-sensitive, I struggle to balance the game with my IRL life.

Honestly if it wasn't for the engine swaps I wouldn't be unlocking the other characters' skins outside of Accel and Speed (nor would I be going for Oxide's times without Drift). Having rotating Nitro Gauges sounds effective for those who want the grind; and the "Legacy" section of the pit stop also sounds like a fantastic idea. A hope I'd have is that these special edition exclusive items (retro character skins and karts, exclusive Crunch and Oxide skins) will become available to those who didn't get those editions or are playing on Xbox or Switch.

I’m officially over CTR as of yesterday. Nearly got Ragdoll Nina but honestly lost passion. Too much time and want to commit to other games and overall life.

I don't know is anyone else has commented on this, but yes: Motosport Tawna is available in the pit shop (got her today).

I just would like to play casual, but I want every champion decal and its like I must play everyday like an hour to have it, and I cant because I have a lot of work... I would like like a month of relax instead of gp every month

Essay ahead, you've been warned. I really feel the burn out mid-GPs when I have the Nitro Bar full at gold rank, since I'll still have skins, paint schemes, wheels, and on some occasions, vehicles, but the offline grind isn't worth the roughly 30 coins per race, the reason being that paint schemes, decals, wheels and skins are pricey for what they're being sold at, why should it cost 2500 coins for a skin or themed wheels when at most, they're cosmetic? Unless they drastically affect the game with new stats, which isn't a thing to keep some form of balance and it that it's the engines that really make a difference, they shouldn't cost what they're being sold for, yet it's those costs why Activision/Beenox ended up making it so you could buy bundles of coins, because people weren't making enough coins and didn't have time to play everyday or enough patience to get those items before the current GP ends, so the idea of actually cutting the cost of things from a day onward is a no go. There's also how the Pit Stop will just have days of not giving you what you want, I missed out on two Spyro-themed wheels and paint schemes because they never showed in the last days before Nina's GP started, maybe if they allowed for people to buy things without being hindered by what the Pit Stop has active, then it'd help the process. With online, it's so easy to get annoyed with it if you're me, I'll get tired of playing the same tracks over and over, with the main one always being the new track added for the GP, while I'll get hit by stuff that either shouldn't have connected (the only items you get warned of are missiles and the warp orbs) or by people who weren't even that close to me, namely being hit with someone with a mask when they've yet to even pass me. And I know they've added the Wumpa Time thing for offline play, but it's yet to really happen for me, it just never seems to be active when I do some of the GP challenges, and while I would enjoy more than just the one map for every GP, at the same time, it'd be unfair to the people at Beenox to make 3/4 maps on top of what they're adding, plus the quality would no doubt take a hit from the time crunch to get 3/4 maps made before the next GP. But speaking of, with me now completing the gold tier of Nitro, the only reason to play is to grind online so I can get the coins for the other items, but it'd be nice to have it so once the Nitro Bar is full, the excess points are converted to extra coins so you still have some incentive to play. At the same time, there'd have to be some sort of conversion rate for Nitro Points to Coins so it doesn't end up breaking the system, as you can get up to 50 - 750 points depending on the challenge, it's difficulty and so on, but it'd be a system that'd help me get the GP-limited stuff that little bit faster.

I love how his character is hit by a missile as he describes the instability of online play in CTR. The only thing that would make it better would be if he had crashed into a nitroglycerin box instead. Edit: The Motorbike Tawna skin was the first skin available for purchase during yesterday's Pitstop update.

My idea for the Nitro Bar: Once Beenox eventually decides to no longer introduce new Grand Prixs, have Encore Grand Prixs in rotation.

Sorry not gonna happen. How do you monetize the game if everything is available at all times. It is activision after all.

Personally I have a big problem with the Nitro Cannisters. It's like the philosophy goes against itself: "Here is a bunch of stuff so you can customize your kart and character just how you like it - But you should only use one of these few things if you want a chance in the Grand Prix". Every GP I've felt very limited, and sad that I "couldn't" play with my mains.The engine swap helped a lot (Imagine if some of the Driving Styles had Nitro Cannisters), but I personally think they should remove Cannisters entirely. If Beenox wants players to use new content, they shouldn't worry. People will use stuff just because it's new. Besides, there already are the GP challenges which make you use certain characters and karts. This works way better than the Nitro Cannisters.

I'm still not burnt out. Loved it on release, love it now, and will continue to love it

Great video Can. Tbh I'm one of those people who are kind of burnt out from this game, and it's not just for the grand prixs only, what's really frustrating is everything that has to do online. For example, you have to stay connected to the internet to get items, characters and vehicles (which is not fair for offline people), players always using the same character, invisible walls, others using power ups, glitches/bugs you name it all. Aswell I do want to play other games that I'm looking foward in the near future, but this game is starting to smell and feel like Fortnite imo, and I don't want that to be the case. This is how I feel, and you can disagree with me all you want, but at the end of the day this is just my opinion. Have a nice day 😊.

Ever since they got rid of all the warp orbs and clocks, whoever is in first stays there the rest of the game.

We also really need the ability to create our own cups and save our kart loadouts. That'll breathe in a lot more life into both the online and offline areas of the game.

That was one thing I was talking about. I was hoping the Grand Prix events were going to be something like "quarterly", "seasonal", or "holiday" tailored. The back to back stuff is like "bro, I got other games I wanna play".

We have plenty of time to collect the unlockables. My sister doesn't have a job and I'm a school bus driver, so I get several hours off each day between 8:30 and 12:30, plus the entire evening off.😉

You were saying about the motorsport Tawna I actually have her skin in my pit stop currently. So yes, most to everything returns

I got burnt out because the Grand Prix are way to long. And when I’m done unlocking everything I just have to wait for weeks for the new Grand Prix to start

Tawna's Motorsport skin is in fact back, and available in the Pit Stop Shop. I got it a few days ago, so yes, I can confirm that the nitro bar rewards can be made into pit stop shop items later on. I personally am annoyed with the constant Grand Prix events happening monthly, but one thing I noticed was the Nitro Points in Nina's Nightmare is that they have been increased in payout. Previous Daily and Quick challenges only gave out 100 nitro points. Now they offer 200 points. I think this, along with Nina's Ragdoll skin offering a total bonus of +60% Nitro Points, was introduced in an attempt to address the burnout and lagging players, but I could be wrong.

Yeah, gotta be honest, for me the initial turnoff was their blatant "lol go buy coins now" move, and I've not really wanted to play since. Gave it a few runs since, mind, and the core gameplay is still rock solid, but I still don't particularly feel like playing it anymore, which is a massive shame. This couples with the fact that I'm not great with multiplayer, and a massive completionist. I.e. if you want all of the things? Good bloody luck with the rotating store, much less gathering enough Wumpa coins a day. I get why they do it from a business standpoint, but for me, it's a gigantic turnoff to have to wait for the item you don't have to hopefully maybe perhaps show up. And even if not being a completionist, there are things that I'd really want to unlock, but hey, gotta wait for the shop RNG to turn up gold! I find it a shame for a game that, at its core, is really solid, but yeah, I burnt out of it early on with those decisions for the game. Glad to know you're still having a blast though. My lack of joy shouldn't mean others can't have fun with it :)

To be honest... I'm kind of tired to play CTR Nitro-Fueled. Don't get me wong, the game is great, but I'm kind of getting tired of the whole thing. I have been playing the game since the release date, I had a lot of with it of course! The thing is I do not have time to play CTR Nitro-Fueled 24/7, I have other important things to do too. I hope the whole GP will end or atleast take a break, sorry to saying this but I'm getting sick of it, again do not get me wrong, it's amazing all the content they are putting into the game, but to be honest... I hope the GP will end soon, I feel we have enough content for the game.

I actually think that the grand prix challenges are what are burning people out. They are very slow and tedious to do and makes it feel super grindy. People are focused on that instead of the actual racing. I know people can just ignore all the cosmetic stuff but they do not. People want that cool stuff but getting it makes the game feel grindy. Which burns people out

They honestly need to add in extra modes, or the game will lose player base quick. Either by bringing in BIG CHARACTERS & MAPS from other games, or release it on the PC QUICK + Enable Cross play.

Really digging your suggestions about the Legacy slot and rotating nitro bars

I kinda do, cuz im so done with the online servers problem.

I was incredibly burnt out after the Halloween Grand Prix and didn’t come back to the game until they were all finished. The obligation to play every day in boring ways for the challenges and with the frustration of playing online just made it no longer fun. They should’ve took November off. I’m enjoying the game now but they should’ve put in a break to stop the burn out

I just recently got the game and I was SO excited to play as Spyro and then found out there was no possible way for me to do that right now, and I was really disappointed. And the game didn't do much to explain how the pit stop or the Grand Prix or any of that worked, so this is my first time even learning why I can't do that. I didn't even know it would change if I checked in the next day. The way it looked to me, I thought I had to buy what was there to unlock the ability to buy the next item, and I ended up buying some things I didn't really want when I could've saved up to buy things I was more interested in later. Nothing on the pit stop told me I could come back later to find different things. There are cool skins that I really want to play with, like the goth-looking Coco that I really like the look of that say they're available in the pit stop and when I finally looked at the pit stop, there was nothing I was even remotely interested in for sale there. I just feel like people who got a start on ctr before I had the chance to get the game have all these cool advantages I was looking forward to while I was left in the dust. I know the difference is mostly cosmetic, especially now, with the option to change your driving style, but for a game with such repetitive gameplay, those cosmetic differences are what makes the game interesting. I can't play online without everyone around me lagging all over the place or being the target of every projectile there is, and as cool as it is to play with other people, it's more frustrating than it's worth. If the pit stop is set up the way it is to encourage recurring players, that's really just a crappy marketing tactic and it keeps people from accessing the contact it really wants. If the gameplay is fun and varied enough, you don't have to wait people to come back just to see what you put in the pit stop that day.

I burnt out after second GP because of power ups and bugs! I stopped playing this and only watch CTR Funny moments on YT xDD

As long as Megumi exists in this game, I’ll never burn out.

My friend was burned out by the time the second grand prix started. There has been a very noticeable decline in the player base since the first grand prix. During the first GP there was over 375,000 players on the xbox nitro leaderboards and this time, now halfway through the fourth GP, it only just ticked over 107,000. I'm finally starting to get worn down. And it's not by the challenges, I've kept up with them by knocking out as many daily challenges as possible in one race and that's usually my daily participation done in 5 minutes. What's getting to me is the cost of new characters, karts and skins with every grand prix. I haven't been able to take advantage of the daily bonus because online play is near impossible for me these days as usually every lobby I actually manage to find either drops out as soon as a track is selected or right before the lobby countdown ends. I've only had one successful online race in a month. Because of this I've had to play offline to get coins and even though I'm pretty tolerable of grinding in games, the rewards are so lackluster that it becomes less and less fun. Four GPs in and I finally caved and purchased wumpa coin bundle (something I promised myself I wouldn't do) because I just could not bring myself to spend entire days grinding the same track to get what I wanted/needed for the nitro boost. I sincerely hope that the December grand prix is the last. At least for a little while.

Totally agreed, my biggest issue with burn out was the ongoing "need" to play daily to unlock stuff so I wouldn't miss it. I've got work, I need to travel a bunch, I've got eyesight issues and headaches and can't focus as well as I used to and it hurts too much to play some days. When I miss out on stuff it was a major bummer. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore the game, one of my favorites of all time and the remaster is done soooo well. It's great fun to play when I'm in the mood to play it and actually want to give it time but otherwise it just became a chore

I haven't watched the video yet, but definitely. I genuinely want them to take a break with the GP's, because I'm kinda sick of the game, but I don't want to miss out on content.

i played avidly for the first two GP's, but it is SUCH a grind and there isn't enough changes to really make such a grind feel worthwhile. I haven't played in about 2 months at this point. So yeah they definitely need to ease off a bit

Best way to make game interesting for all are more online modes. Now we have 2 modes, race and battle. For online mode race I think is best to have 5 modes. First mode - single race, second - race without boxes, third - cup mode (computer choose 4 tracks random, in that way we have diffrent cups and fun), fourth - mirror single race and fifth mode - battle race like in crash tag team racing. Now, online is too monotonous and boring. Further, codes for power ups are too bad. In original CTR, codes for power ups were perfect. No one dont get warp orb or clock. Player on first place can drive like in time trial, while who is on 5th place would be hitted by too many bombs or missiles. Terribile codes for power ups. Online battle mode is too demotivating to play cuz gives too little wumpa coins. Prime reason is very very bad online servers. Servers are often crushed and sometimes I need wait 5 minutes for one race. Best solution would be that computer is host of the rooms. Now player who is host of the room leaves, all players also leave the room. Online mode must have more varoity for fun and playing.

I thought there would be a break after the Spyro Grand Prix but nope, I don‘t see an end to the Grand Prix‘s and I can‘t stop to farm the coins every day and unlock everything that comes with a new Grand Prix

The only reason why I playing this game again is because of the Engine swap feature

You need to many wumpa coins to buy one simple thing, 2500 for each new color of the Grand Prix. This make the players so tired to continue playing, everthing looks expansive, even the stickers, 4000 or 3000 wp coins (I don't remember exactly) to buy Zam, Zem and Velo stickers... Come on dude

One new things they've added that I love is the more accurate matchmaking based on your skill level. You're now matched with people who are more or less as good as you are and it makes the races so much closer and more intense. When I started playing, I was pretty consistently coming in last place and that gradually built up to the point where I was winning almost every race I played and by a pretty big margin. It kind of got boring being way out in front of everyone. Now, it's seems just as likely I'll come first as I will come last. There's no way to predict the outcome of a race and it's just pure chaos from start to finish.

I wish that online racing had options. For example : single race or Cup Race. I know you can do battle and all that but im tired of doing 3 laps and boom back to lobby with more waiting. A cup option would be awesome!

I feel like they did the circuits why to quickly.. I literally just finished the single player at launch and they were right in on these circuit cups and characters.. It was way to quick.. Then it was over really fast as well.. I just didn’t have the time to actually play it.. Which is a shame because I really wanted to check out these new tracks and that impossible because of how they’ve done these things.. I’m not going to play the game non stop online for a track and a character.. Then it seems like there’s a another one like right after it.. I’ve played non of these new content because of how they’ve handled this.

There's another issue is that they release 1 track a month and when it's released everyone plays that one track till the point you hate it. There needs to be more tracks in a release even if it ends up with less grand prixs.

All they would have to do is get rid of the daily shop rotation & let people buy what they want whenever they want it. You know, like an actual friggin' shop. Also, make the x5 bonus available offline. Also, give a bigger bonus for playing Battle Mode Online, no one play's that mode because the coin rewards aren't worth it. Playing the same mode over & over is what causes burn out. I was burnt out after the first GP after grinding for the car but came back for the Circus GP. Dunno if I'll play through the Winter GP though. I'm already feeling burnt out again after a week.

What makes me feel burnt out, is the fact that it's hard for me to find players to play with. I keep finding lobbies that are either super laggy, which end up being disbanded, people who glitch lobbies, and people that dodge matches all the time. Sometimes I spend 20 minutes trying to play, because people simply can't handle a 1vs1. Not only that, I HATE it when someone wait those whole 50 seconds before disbanding a lobby, instead of leaving right away. Seriously, I just want to play and get my daily coins, I don't care how good, how bad nor how many people there are. Gladly, being able to play with multiple characters without changing your driving style, makes the game even more enjoyable now, and less tiring.

I wish there was a "practice" mode where you could be on a track for an infinite amount of laps and just practice. I could be on a blue fire track for 10 laps or more if I wanted to, just to nail down the corners. It's annoying only getting 3 laps and only 2 of them you have blue fire, then you have to restart, wait a lap, and you have blue fire again. It just kills the momentum. I feel like I'd get way better

Not me! I play this game pretty consistently. I love the game so much 👍🏻. I understand if people want to move on tho

I just bought this game 3 days ago, and I'm already feeling burnt out. I hate the pit stop. It only shows the featured circus themed items everyday, and they all suck.

what also kinda sucks are very exclusive items, like recently I have seen someone using a plane as kart and I was really confused from where the fuck he got that plane.... well it was a short time special that was handed out to people by reaching a certain money goal (to help veterans).... but only in the US and UK. So this item was not just time limited but also region limited. Nice cause, but the rest of it is just kinda unfair to other players. "Oh you want to drive in this cool plane? Well fuck you for not living in an English speaking country, now sit here and watch the others having fun in their planes, you turd. " like not even offering it as DLC or something

i used to adore this game to death but now i feel like im gonna throw up if i see gameplay again. SO. MUCH. GRINDING. the only reason the grand prixs exist is to get you to stay playing but since so many good items are locked after the grand prix ends i keep grinding the nitro points to hell and it became super repetitive. why did the pit stop need to exist!?!?!?!?! it feels like such a mainstreamed game bc of the pitstop. why dont i get the karts and whatnot by the means of adventure mode or just... PLAYING THE GAME. im sorry but they did NOT handle this game well post-launch.

Yes im burnt out. I force myself to play the bare minimum because I want to have all the unlocks. I've spent 150+ hours on the game since it came out how could I not be burnt out

I didn't suffer from the burnout, because I stopped playing one day because I didn't like the controls. But now I've come back to the game and I can play all the content I missed out on at once. And I've started to come to terms with the controls, boosting my playtime on CTR.

My main problem is that every unlockable is basically tied to the grind, so if my motivation is the GP aka the unlockables in the Pit Stop, I need a lot of coins fast. Since I'm pretty good at the game, I often win (or used to), but if someone in the lobby is better and I get 2nd or 3rd, I get frustrated because for the same amount of Wumpa Time, I could've gotten a lot more points, so it doesn't feel rewarding to play if I'm not winning aka getting the most coins out of my Wumpa Time. After a few months, this piled up so much that I basically stopped playing. If I could unlock the content by other means (offline challenges, online challenges that are not just "win x races") I could play online for fun and mess around online, and enjoy races even when I finish 2nd or 3rd, or 8th. On top of that, the lack of a ranked mode is very frustrating. Even if they managed to put good players in a lobby together, this only enhances the frustration mentioned above. Now I have an even harder time winning races because I'm good at the game and get thrown into lobbies with people who are also good. This means that on average, I'll make even less coins just because I'm good at the game. It doesn't really make much sense to me.

I still playing CTR I love this game alot.

Im not burned out at all, I still love the Game To death

Can confirm the Motorskin came back in the pitshop with Tawna

What burnt me out of this game were glitches that took me back to the PlayStation Home Screen during gameplay and got me stuck in the Customization Menu.

I mean, we've been playing it for three months now. Yeah, do anything that long and people will get bored. It's not the game. I'm kind of sick of people trashing on this game all the time. Playing it and claiming to love it, but never have a positive thing to say. It's always stereotypical sheepish gamer talk. Screaming at Activision for the microtransactions (which arent in your face at all), the online issues which yes need fixed, but you guys just whine and whine and whine. Yet people totally forget the fact that Activision brought us this amazing game with tons of tracks, and customization. All because its trendy to be upset at big companies. Ignoring the fact that this game is nothing short of amazing. All the characters, their quotes, animations that bring personality. The look and feel of the game. This is one of the best games I've played in a while, having played the original as well.

Well im very annoyed from the bad online modue

I personally think the pit stop is fun because all you have to do is check daily if an item you want or that seems cool to you is available, kind of like seeing if santa claus got you want you wanted, or if he got you coal. The only issues I see with the game is that playing offline gets you like 20 coins when the good items range from 1500 - 2500 coins, the lag online, and the repetitive tasks.

I felt completely burned out right at the start of the Spyro GP, mainly because I was so committed to hitting the top 5% in both of the previous GPs that I'd been playing it for several hours every day since launch. I nabbed the new characters and two of the karts, then shelved it for a month. I decided to nip back into the Spooky GP just to get the new characters, but was surprised to find how much I was already enjoying it again, so I'm back to playing it regularly - just not nearly AS regularly as before lol. From here on out I'm just gonna focus on weekend play and not worry so much about the leaderboards. Personally, I feel like it'd be a win-win for everyone if the devs would just space out the GPs a little more; a month between each would be ideal, or at least a couple of weeks. So far I've clocked around 100 hours yet I still have an insane amount to do and collect from the base game, simply because the game is constantly throwing new stuff at you that you're under pressure to get before the events end. And spacing them out would be good for the devs, because they could make the stream last twice as long instead of running out of content early.

I agree that a break in between grand prix's would be great. I want to get the items. It's a bit of a grind and because of that it's the only game I have time to play. And I can't play every day.

This is exactly why I don't play these types of games.

All of your ideas are genius for this game! I keep having this problem by the way when doing 2 player offline in Nintendo Switch version where it lags once I cross the finish line badly for player 2 and sometimes crashes.

One thing I really think Beenox needs to do is make the amount of WC you get from the 2x Weekend bonus offline be the base amount of WC for playing offline any day. 'Cause if you don't play online and you're busy on the weekends you can forget about unlocking what you want on a weekday.

I'm done. I uninstalled it cause i know i'm vulnerable to these types of predatory monetization.

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You made a large oversight in discussing the GP Rewards, and that's the "Top 5% Championship Skin" reward, which you can only get if you're continually playing the game to obtain and then KEEP a Top 5% spot in the Nitro Points leaderboards. If you want that skin, you pretty much have to complete most (if not all) the Challenges every day with a 50% GP boost, which also means you HAVE to play the game a particular WAY. Every Race. Every day. It's exhausting and a big reason why I hate the Grand Prixs now. They should have spaced these things out with 1-2 month buffers inbetween rather than back-to-back.

I feel the same way as Koopa Kaos, as much as I love the game I'm feeling tired of the grand prixs, and I've also always looked forward to the first day of the grand prixs each because of the new tracks and for most of the time I've managed to beat them in at least 2 weeks, this one I've felt like I've really had to grind my gears because on the first day of this one certain challenges weren't marking off and giving me my nitro points as I completed them such as the time trial ones, gave that a few days and it was fixed by the time I next got back to it but I feel like I've had less time to do so and really feel like we need a break cos I don't feel like I've got enough of one, I'm not even sure how I'm gonna go down with the next 2 months

the grand prix bar should just act like a permanent ranking system as well as the pit stop items (both of those simply stacking up one after another), whilst a new grand prix season just means a new map, a new tier of leveling and new permanent pitstop items...but nothing time based, that way not only does it not become a chore, but it also adds constant game "leveling" to go through at your own pace and only those who have put in the hours have been able to reach the higher tiers/characters/skins etc, but you can put in the hours at any time you want without the need to rush

This GP in general, Engine Swap, and GP items now rotating anytime in the Pit Stop reignited my love for the game. The only parts that I still feel burnt out on are earning Wumpa Coins for the next GP and staying in the top 5% on the Nitro Leaderboard. I wish the decals would just be unlockable in the Pit Stop (for those who already won the Champion kart), so that we don't have to worry about staying on top of the leaderboard and just stop playing after completing the Gold Tier. Also, just like in the Back N. Time GP, the game (sometimes) won't let me go into Online mode due to a network error. If only I could earn the same amount of coins during Wumpa Time in arcade mode besides the Weekend bonus. That way I don't have to worry about going online; since I'm more of a solo player (unless I'm playing with a friend).

They need more tracks, the ability to make your own cup races, the ability to save a kart you made, and much more

I agree that something needs to be done about previous characters. I recently got CTR for Christmas and I REALLY want to play as Koala Kong but I just cant because even though ive got wumpa coins to spare he's currently unavailable in the shop and I have no idea when hes coming back.

I'm not completely burnt out yet, but one thing that I'm sure is going to contribute to it is the pit stop. I wasn't following everything when the game was coming out, so when I heard they were adding a shop I was actually really excited, because I love customization options in video games, but I hate the way that the pit stop functions. The most annoying thing about buying things in general is not being able to buy things when they come out. During the Back in Time Grand Prix there were still people who didn't have N.Trance because the ONLY way to buy him was through a pack (which the game wasn't recommending due to the Grand Prix). The prices for the items are also grossly inflated. When me and my brother played the game for the first time, we were absolutely appalled at how little coins we were getting compared to how much everything costs, then we got PS Plus and were even more surprised at how much we were getting. It's absolutely disgusting how the pit stop functions especially for people who CAN'T buy PS Plus. I don't care if it "encourages" people to use PS Plus (which it doesn't because there are people who just can't afford it).

I got pretty burnt out during the second GP. It just takes so long to complete everything, and some of the challenges are just plain stupid or even broken sometimes. The biggest thing that really killed it for me was the nitro bonus items and characters. Being forced to play a certain group of characters and karts got really repetive, and annoying online, when everyone is literally the same character in the same kart. Also i noticed, that after mtx were introduced, the time to complete a GP got longer and the items in pitspot MUCH more expencive. I think that was pretty unneccessary when most people wouldn't have had enough nitro or wumpa coins to unlock everything anyway.

My burnout definitely comes from the pit stop and wumpa coin payout. I don’t mind the GP much at all since the stuff you get from it is constant every day and I generally have more than enough time to complete it up to silver tier (and I rarely want anything beyond that enough to justify the grind), but the pit stop is incredibly annoying because, unless you wanna tear your hair out grinding and have the time to do so, you NEED to play online matches to earn a good enough number of coins to buy more than just one item at any given time, especially considering that you have no idea when the item you want will even show up there. And if it DOES show up and you don’t have enough coins, then you need to scramble to earn enough before it’s too late, which sucks. And if the item you want isn’t part of the GP, well, good luck ever seeing it...

After farming enough coins to get all the grand prix shit I have literally no gusto to go and farm coins for getting all the regular content. The Wumpa time running out is the largest concern for me regtarding farming because losing it after so long basically makes playing online races not even worth it. I also refuse to buy coins so shits just gonna sit there unbought. I work for a living and I enjoy this game at a leisurely place but it has become a total grindfest.

I was burnt out for a bit after the first GP. I would always play, of course, but once I got the special characters in a GP, I would just stop. Maybe some wheels or a new paint job, but once I got the characters, I just wouldn’t play. The changes they’ve put in the game recently reeled me back then and two of my favorite characters being put in my favorite racing game (I missed N. Brio and Nina quite a bit) but those servers end up frustrating me to the point where I don’t really wanna play anymore. Trying to start up a game online only got it to just cancel itself with five seconds left on the countdown timer is incredibly aggravating

I think the solution is to add a speed mode (without weapons) and a war mode (without turbo boost). As a reward, earn points to redeem new victory poses, and some exclusive prize for each mode, including in battle mode. Finally, add a second adventure mode with more challenges and new bosses

I've been burnt out since the Spyro GP started. For me, the biggest issue was the GP's. The challenges were way too repetitive and new GP's kept happening way too frequently! I realize that Beenox has finally added actual online matchmaking now, but that was really something we could've used before too, because constantly getting my ass kicked online due to me being paired with people who can maintain USF throughout the entire track also contributed to my burn out.

I still LOVE the game, yet I’m starting to get a bit frustrated with it. To get enough wumpa coins to be able to buy all of the items and remain in the top 5% of the Grand Prix to get the champion cart skin, you need to play for a MINIMUM of about 2-2.5 hours a day. Also, just to get your half an hour of wumpa time coins online, it literally takes 1.5-2 hours due to all of the disconnects, servers crashing and just the general waiting time between each race. It also annoys me that countries other than the US and UK are being forgotten about with the exclusive items like the sour patch collection and the fire hawk cart. I want to collect all of the items yet I can’t just because I live in Australia. They need an “express” online mode where it instantly just goes to the next race without the one minute waiting time between each race!

I know I'm late... but the fact that we're forced to play online to gain coins is one of the main problems for me. However, I personally have loved the game since I was very young so I enjoy time trial and beating my own times. This raises the second issue, the global leaderboard is covered with glitched completion times, demoralizing anyone from actually trying to see where they place globally. From a viewers point I can only draw one conclusion: someone who is very good at the game is essentially doing the same race over and over and I'm not sure that someone would enjoy watching that. For people new to the series we can easily draw a line that they will feel completely outclassed if they don't improve against bots offline and then progress to time trials to learn shortcuts/tricks so they will bail on the game. Finally, the core issue is in the online mode since you can be in first but one attack can drop you back to 5th place with absolutely no way to recover if the first two are playing efficiently. Overall, I find the game to be a great couch game to play with friends but not a good watching game since the 'content' isn't engaging i guess.

I’m not necessarily burned out, but I play it on the weekend for the bonus coins. I’m not done with the game at all and still like getting characters for the Grand Prix. However, it is not easy getting into it everyday because of work, and well, I have other games too.

I loved CTR, always have. But I didn’t play in ANY of the grand prix’s. I HATE with a passion timed events in video games. I want to play at my own leisure, when I do choose to do so. Game developers act these days like players have nothing else better to do, meanwhile I have real life shit to get done. It’s a shame too cause I really wanted to play as my favorite purple boi, but refuse to jump through these ridiculous hoops to do so.

They should change every day which items are supporting nitro bar. So you don't have to use same items the whole month to get moere rewards.