Nitros Oxide was first seen in Crash Team Racing when he came to earth to challenge the planet's people to a racing contest he called Survival of the Fastest. He said that if earth's inhabitants won the contest then he would leave earth alone, but if he won he would turn earth into a giant concrete parking lot and enslave the inhabitants of the planet. Thankfully Crash was able to defeat Nitros Oxide and he went back Gasmoxia in embarrassment. In the game, he can be playable, but only through the use of a cheat device, particularly GameShark or Action Replay. His home track is Oxide Station.