Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Coming Sep. 25, 2025

The references and character span is admitedly pretty impressive in terms of just the 3D era of games, which admitedly is largely what Mario Kart comes down to as well. I appreciate that we don't seem to have any awkward combinations of characters to justify absenses (eg. Vector being paired with a random team that lacks one member), it seems like all the default teams are in full.

It only really looks minimal in terms of the grander scope of the series, like the 2D games and spin offs. It'd be cool if we got the odd of either, they do have 3D models of a few, but they are areas I get why they aren't there, especially if we're getting other SEGA IPs as well.

And really Crash Team Racing's roster is impressive but it does have much fewer games and medias for that franchise to take from. Much easier for it to look like it has nearly everyone.

 

I've seen at least one person speculate that the jankiness of the trick animations in the IGN footage is from them having the "Speedy Air Trick" gadget equipped, which would make sense.

 

The drifting looks very pleasing. Even more so than Transformed, and expected given the development team, this looks much more proper arcade driving than "kart". If only there was an option for manual transmission.

 

I ain't seeing the "jank" that you guys are seeing. For how fast and how small these jumps are, I want the tricks to be quick.

 

They wouldn't even necessarily need their own vehicles, now that any character can be put in any vehicle.

 

Hmm, that's six 'classic' characters I guess, perfect for teams. Also got classic Eggman, Fang and (technically) Trip for a classic villain team.

I suspect we'll get three Prime characters for the same reasons. I'd be down for an IDW team since they have some models for some of those too, or even just an 'other' team like Tangle, Whisper and Sticks.

They supposedly have 3D models for the Archie cast given some of those later covers, though even if they considered SatAm/Archie characters, those designs are likely in Penders Limbo. :P

 

I will eat a shoe if they ever work with Rafa again.

 

I feel like not including classic characters and variants would be silly. Throw in classic Sonic, Tails, etc., plus Mighty, Ray and whoever else.

If theure gonna make this a crossover banger they may as well go all the way

 

Yeah like not sure why would stop them from doing that, especially since in the mobile games it's not an issue.

If it's because it has a story mode or something then just restrict the other characters to just multi-player mode.

 

This looks like it could be good. A furrier Mario Kart with an interesting gimmick. But what is Zazz doing here? I thought he died back in Starcraft 1.

 

As far as this classic renditions stuff, I would like more characters over multiple versions of the same character.

But maybe that’s just me.

 

Something I noticed in the trailer is that there's a sign calling Extreme Gear "Air Boards"

There's also signs for Donpa Holdings, Donpa Motors, & to visit Kronos Island (an interesting tourist destination)

 

The hoverboards are only one of a variety of extreme gear, so they're probably right to refer to that in particular as one thing. There's also the bikes and I believe skates, but nobody ever seems to bring those up even though they're probably cooler.

 

At the risk of getting shot for caping Tangle too hard, IDW remembers.

 

The movies truly changed something at Sega, to think in 2014 they rather put their devs on Mario & Sonic or Japanese centric titles....that's how little confidence they had, Forces was limping along with its 4 year dev cycle, and that was it. Now with Sonic X Shadow Gens, and this game, the company is truly behind the franchise.

I agree, it's hard to point my finger on it, but it does feel Intial D-ish the way the cars moves into a drift...

 

Makes you wonder how they'll handle Eggman on a hoverboard. Even the Riders games only let Eggman use a bike.

 

It would not make sense to bring in the skates...

If the Extreme Gear does serve as this game's equivalent to Mario Kart's "bikes"...have an even smaller variant would be a much bigger hassle to work around. What's the balance there...?

 

Skates would also necessitate further animation work - I think boards are all we're getting for practical reasons that I feel are valid given the scope of the game.