Events

Events are two-week to three-month periods when limited-time cars, titles, and achievements are added to the game. The cars and titles are usually related to the theme of the event. Players are encouraged to complete as many event achievements as possible before the event ended; said achievements almost always required using an event car. Once an event ended, its cars, loot, and achievements became unobtainable.

In many cases, the Nitro admins decided to bring some of the event cars and loot back in the Shop, during seasons, or during a later year's event.

History

The first event on Nitro Type was the 2012 Xmaxx Event, which started on December 1, 2012 and ended on January 1, 2013.

Seasons were introduced in 2017. Many changes involving seasons took place throughout 2019, making them more rewarding and more similar to events. After finding that seasons were more profitable, they began to stop running events in favor of seasons. This was confirmed by Travis on January 6, 2020.[1]

However, on May 26, 2024, Adrian revealed that events were planned to be brought back following Season 53 in a news post. It was finally confirmed on March 14, 2025, that events would be returning following Season 56, which was dubbed "The Final Season".

After Season 56 ended on May 4, 2025, an Event tab was added, confirming the eventual return of events. New additions such as Event Perks were introduced, in a revamped version of them. On May 11, 2025, Spring Showdown, the first non-sponsored event in almost 6 years, began. This event ended on June 15, 2025 and the event tab was removed.

On November 1, 2025, the Seasons tab was reintroduced. It was officially confirmed on November 2, 2025, that Seasons would be permanently staying, replacing Events.

All event cars

These cars could be obtained in the following events:

Trivia

There have been 23 events in total.
- The year with the most events was 2018, with 5 events in total.
- There have been 6 different event themes (not including seasonal events that have been renamed).
Since the 2019 Back 2 School Event, some seasons have tried to imitate events:
- Season 25 brought the return of the Rocket Sleigh. Additionally, the achievements category for Season 25 was titled "Happy Holidays! (2019)" instead of Season 25, similar to previous Xmaxx Events, which were put into categories named "Happy Holidays! (201X)".
- Season 30 was officially called "Xmaxx 2020", which imitated the naming scheme of "201X Xmaxx Event" as seen in previous Xmaxx Events. This season was also the first season to bring back an old event car, the Corsa Xmaxx LT-C. This season was also the first to bring back an event title, "Up to Snow Good".
- Season 35 was officially called "Back 2 School 2021", which imitated the naming scheme of "201X Back 2 School Event" as seen in previous Back 2 School Events. This season brought back an old event car, The DevasTater, and an old event title, "Endless Summer".
- Season 37 was officially called "Xmaxx 2021", which imitated the naming scheme of "201X Xmaxx Event" as seen in previous Xmaxx Events. This season also brought back 7 cars (including the Xmaxx Cave dealership), 5 being from past Xmaxx Events, and 2 being from Season 25. The cars brought back from events were the Rocket Sleigh the Holiday Hero, The Dark Chocolate Knight, The Silent Knight, and the Corsa XMaxx LT. The cars brought back from Season 25 were The Snowy Knight and The Rocket Klaus.
- Season 41 was officially called "Back 2 School 2022", which imitated the naming scheme of "201X Back 2 School Event" as seen in the previous Back 2 School Events.
- Season 44 was dubbed “Xmaxx 2022”, which imitated the naming scheme of “201X Xmaxx Event” as seen in previous Xmaxx Events. This season brought back 10 cars (including the Xmaxx Igloo dealership), 8 being from past Xmaxx events and 2 being from Seasons. The cars brought back from events were the Shimura Jolly GTX LG, the Rocket Sleigh, Kringle 5000 L.T., Shimura Jolly RS, Winson Dark Elf, XMaxx Xxpress XXL, Santa's Buggy, and the Holiday Hero. The cars brought back from Seasons were the Holiday Heat and the Wrapped Flyer.
- Season 48 was officially called "Back 2 School 2023", which imitated the naming scheme of "201X Back 2 School Event" as seen in the previous Back 2 School Events. This season brought back a season car, the Konirra Celebrar EVO.
- Season 50 was dubbed “Xmaxx 2023”, which imitated the naming scheme of “201X Xmaxx Event” as seen in previous Xmaxx Events. This season brought back 5 cars, all 5 being from past Xmaxx events. The cars brought back from events were Buddy's Snowmorocket, Missile Toe H&T, Party Sleigh, Gingerbread Racer H&T, and the Liberty Wraptor GG.
The event with the most cars was the 2018 Xmaxx Event, with 12 cars, half of which were brought back from previous events.
The events with the least cars were the 2013 and 2014 Halloween Events, both having only 1 car, the Pumpkin Hauler.
The event with the most Gold-exclusive cars was the 2018 Xmaxx Event with 3 cars.
The 2018 Surf n' Turf Event was the only summer-themed event with a Gold-exclusive car.
Of the 78 event cars, 6 are Gold-exclusive.