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A nitro

For other uses, see Nitro (disambiguation).

Nitros are used to give the player an advantage in races in Nitro Type or games in Nitro Math.

In Nitro Type[]

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Using a nitro

Nitros are used to skip a word or number while racing. Pressing the "enter" key on the keyboard or pressing the "return" key on mobile triggers a nitro to be used. Upon this happening, the animation for the custom nitro that the player has equipped plays and the track pulses. Only one nitro per race can be used. Using a nitro does not increase or decrease WPM. When used at the end of a race, it can sometimes bring the WPM up or down by 1 to 3 WPM unexplainably.

Nitros are commonly used on words that are long or difficult to type, and when strategically used, it is possible for players to win many more races than otherwise possible. This practice has been criticized by some players, however, due to the fact that nitro usage on longer words discourages actual typing practice. Skillfully using a nitro at the end of a race has been referred to by players as "nitrolling".

In Nitro Math[]

Nitros are used to turn all of the answers on the playing field into correct answers by pressing the "enter" or "return" key on the keyboard during a game. Upon this happening, players can then collect any node to gain an extra point. Using a nitro will fill the fuel meter. Only one nitro can be used per game.

History[]

How nitros are used have changed a lot throughout the years. Nitros were introduced with the release of Nitro Type. Initially, players could use up to three in a single race and earn nitros by placing first or second. Nitros could also be bought for $2,000 each from the Dealership.

  • On November 12, 2012, an update occurred where nitros could be sold for $500 each in the Garage.
  • On April 28, 2015, nitros could now only be bought and sold in groups of 10 in the Dealership. Previously, they could be bought and sold individually. This was changed with the Nitro Type 2.0 update.
  • On September 7, 2016, an update occurred that made it where players who averaged a low WPM could no longer use 3 nitros. Specifically, players who averaged less than 10 WPM could no longer use nitros, players who averaged 11-20 WPM could only use 1 nitro per race, and players who averaged 21-30 WPM could only use 2 nitros per race. Anyone who averaged more than 30 WPM could continue using three nitros per race. In addition, nitros now run from bottom to top in the panel instead of top to bottom.
  • In December 2018, it was announced that the ability to sell nitros would be removed with the start of the new year. However, nitro selling was not removed at the beginning of 2019. Travis then stated that the ability to sell them would be removed once he "figures out a better system for distributing nitros". The ability to buy and sell nitros was later removed in v3.
  • On November 30, 2019, the nitro system was changed extensively. All players were given an unlimited nitro supply, the nitro reward for getting first or second place in a race was removed, nitros were removed from being a mystery box reward, and the amount of nitros that could be used per race decreased from 3 to 1. This change (unlimited nitros) was later reverted and then reinstated. No compensation was provided for players who lost nitros. A news post a few days later explained why the admins made these changes. Specifically, they felt that the old system "favored veterans."
  • Starting in Season 26, there were no more seasonal/event nitro achievements. This was done to appeal to players who don't like using nitros. [1]
  • On April 10, 2020, the Hall of Fame category for the most nitros used was deactivated.
  • On May 7, 2020, an update occurred where players that average 15 WPM or less can no longer use nitros. This was done to combat an exploit in which racers would purposely lower their average speeds to 9 WPM for extremely short texts and use their nitro on the longest word of the text, effectively skipping up to half of the entire text, which increased the amount of races one could complete by a drastic amount.
  • On August 28, 2023, custom nitros were released, allowing Gold members to use nitro animations aside from the Default Nitro one.

Achievements[]

The table below contains all of the achievements that can/could be completed by using nitros in Nitro Type.

Achievement Nitros Used Reward Achievement Section Still Available? Hidden?
Zipping Past Words 10 "Word Skipper" Nitro Addiction Yes No
SKIPWRD 50 "[SKIPWRD]" Nitro Addiction Yes No
Type Words? Not Me! 100 "I Hate Words" Nitro Addiction Yes No
Skip, Skip, Skip 200 "I Love Nitros" Nitro Addiction Yes No
I Skip Sentences 300 Winson R/T Nitro Addiction Yes No
Epic Word Skippage 400 "Epic Word Skippage" Nitro Addiction Yes No
Never Typing Big Words 1,000 "Epic Nitro User" Nitro Addiction Yes No
Summer of Nitros 20 $40,000 2013, 2014, and 2015 Summer Event No No
I Smell Smoke 50 $100,000 2013, 2014, and 2015 Summer Event No No
What's Burning? 200 $400,000 2013, 2014, and 2015 Summer Event No No
So Many Nitros! 500 $1,000,000 2013, 2014, and 2015 Summer Event No No
Summer Hacker 1,000 "Summer Hacker" 2013 Summer Event No No
Winter of Nitros 20 $40,000 2013 and 2015 Xmaxx Event No No
I Smell Ice 50 $100,000 2013 Xmaxx Event No No
You Cold Bro 100 $200,000 2013 Xmaxx Event No No
Ice Patch 200 $400,000 2013 Xmaxx Event No No
Cold As Ice 400 "Cold As Ice" 2013 Xmaxx Event No No
Dark Elf 1,000/600 Winson Dark Elf 2013 and 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
Hot Hot Hot! 1,000 "Hot Hot Hot!" 2014 Summer Event No No
That a Dolphin? 2,000 Hammer Wheels 2014 Summer Event No No
Season of Nitros 20 $40,000 2014 Xmaxx Event No No
I Smell Snow 50 $100,000 2014 Xmaxx Event No No
You Chilly Bro 100 $200,000 2014 Xmaxx Event No No
Good Grief 200 $400,000 2014 Xmaxx Event No No
72% Accuracy. Niec! ☃ 400 "i luv nitrontip!1" 2014 Xmaxx Event No No
Buddy's Ride 600 Buddy's Snowmobile 2014, 2015, and 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
Kringle 4000 XL 1,000 Kringle 4000 XL 2014 Xmaxx Event No No
Burnin' Rubber 1,000 "Burnin' Rubber" 2015 Summer Event No No
Add That Up 2,000 Liberty Six Four Plus Three 2015 and 2016 Summer Event No No
Fresh Powder 50 $100,000 2015 Xmaxx Event No No
You Frosty Bro 100 $200,000 2015 Xmaxx Event No No
Good Golly 200 $400,000 2015 Xmaxx Event No No
Velocity Wrapper 400 "Velocity Wrapper" 2015 Xmaxx Event No No
L.T. Smash 1,000 Kringle 5000 L.T. 2015 Xmaxx Event No No
Reel Magic 20 $40,000 2016 Summer Event No No
D-bait-able 50 $100,000 2016 Summer Event No No
Fear Knot 200 $400,000 2016 Summer Event No No
Drop the Bass 500 $1,000,000 2016 Summer Event No No
Cod Squad 1,000 "Cod Squad" 2016 Summer Event No No
Snow Down! 20 $40,000 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
Gnarly Powder 50 $100,000 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
You Frosty Girl 100 $200,000 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
Good Holly 200 $400,000 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
Conductor 400 "Conductor" 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
Lamborgotti Xmaxx LT-C 1,000 Corsa Xmaxx LT-C 2016 Xmaxx Event No No
Getting Warm 20 $40,000 2017 Summer Event No No
Getting Toasty 50 $100,000 2017 Summer Event No No
Heat Wave 200 $400,000 2017 Summer Event No No
Strykist 1300 XT-LR 500 Bozz Strykist 1300 XT-LR 2017 Summer Event No No
Weekend Racer 1,000 "Weekend Racer" 2017 Summer Event No No
Make It Rein 20 $40,000 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
Snow Way! 50 $100,000 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
Achieve-mint Chip 100 $200,000 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
#elfie 200 "#elfie" 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
Snow Baller 400 "Snow Baller" 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
Car == Lit 600 Corsa XMaxx LT 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
Missile Toe H&T 1,000 Missile Toe H&T 2017 Xmaxx Event No No
May the Fourth 504 "The Force" 2018 PAC Event No Yes
Summer Sizzle 20 $40,000 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
It's a Scorcher! 50 $100,000 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
Burned My Fuel 100 $200,000 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
My Pie Melted 200 $400,000 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
HoverJet 5000 Mk. 3 400 HoverJet 5000 Mk. 3 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
Mmm... Lemonade 600 $1,200,000 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
Surf's Up 1,000 Liberty Six Four 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No No
I-Scream 1,500 "I-Scream" 2018 Surf n' Turf Event No Yes
Study Session 20 $40,000 2018 Back 2 School Event No No
Cram Session 50 $100,000 2018 Back 2 School Event No No
The Underachiever 200 The Underachiever 2018 Back 2 School Event No No
Straight A's 500 $500,000 2018 Back 2 School Event No No
The Graduate 1,000 "The Graduate" 2018 Back 2 School Event No No
Brrrritos 20 $40,000 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
Chili Brrrrgers 50 $100,000 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
Brrrrioche 100 $200,000 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
Winter Besties 200 "Winter Besties" 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
Makin' it Rein 400 "Makin' it Rein" 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
The Wraptor GG 1,000 Liberty Wraptor GG 2018 Xmaxx Event No No
Nitro Igniter 50 $250,000 Season 21 No No
Nitro Burnout 300 "Nitro Burnout" Season 21 No No
Buggy Racer 50 $250,000 Season 22 No No
I Have Fans! 150 "I Have Fans!" Season 22 No No
Running the Halls 10 $50,000 2019 Back 2 School Event No No
Sprinting Through the Halls 25 $100,000 2019 Back 2 School Event No No
Nitro Scholar 50 "Nitro Scholar" 2019 Back 2 School Event No No
H2GO 100 H2GO 2019 Back 2 School Event No No
Spooky Fast 25 $25,000 Season 24 No No
Count Track-ula 50 "Count Track-ula" Season 24 No No
Snap, Crackle, Pop 200 "Snap, Crackle, Pop" Season 25 No No
X to the Maxx 500 "X to the Maxx" Season 25 No No

The following achievements were removed along with the purchasing of nitros.

Achievement Nitros Purchased Reward Achievement Section Still Available? Hidden?
My First Nitro! 1 $500 So Easy, Why Wait? No No
Nitro Helps Me Win 10 $1,000 Nitro Addiction No No
More Nitros 4 U 30 $2,000 Nitro Addiction No No
Nitro Collector 50 $5,000 Nitro Addiction No No

Trivia[]

  • In 2011, there was a glitch where someone could have negative nitros that added a word to the passage. Using these could damage their account. Obtaining more nitros would erase how many negative nitros they had. For example, let's say someone had negative 50 (-50) nitros and won 1st place in a race and got two nitros (+2). Then they would have negative 48 (-48) nitros. This glitch was later patched.
  • Before being demoted from admin, asssa123 had talked about the admins' plans to:
    • Reduce the chances of getting nitros in a mystery box (this was eliminated entirely with the unlimited nitros update).
    • Have limits as to how many nitros a player could use in a certain amount of time (depending on their speed).
    • Take away all nitro achievements. In fact, for Season 22 he had said that there wouldn't be nitro achievements and that they would most likely be replaced with friend racing achievements. However, this didn't happen, and there were two nitro achievements (Buggy Racer and I Have Fans!) and no friend racing achievements in Season 22. This did, however, eventually end up happening for season achievements (starting in Season 26), but not all achievements entirely.
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