A couple of tentative titles for the game were Crash Team Racing Revved-Up and Crash Team Racing Revv'd Up.
Not counting the Stormy Ascent DLC for the N. Sane Trilogy (which wasn't free for several months), this is the first Crash Bandicoot game to feature in-app purchases.
A tie-in comic was produced by Beenox and released digitally on the same day as the game (read it here).
This game marks the first speaking appearances of Tawna, Isabella, Liz, Ami, Megumi, and Komodo Moe.
References
Scarface: In Hot Air Skyway, there are black and white pictures of Pinstripe Potoroo in the same style as the iconic theatrical poster for the movie Scarface.
