The goal of collect rings to top off the ever dwindling timer clock is still in place, but the lay out of the rings on the track and amount of time they add demands perfection. The last has increased in challenge from the last title. These run a wide gamut of styles from slaloms, target destruction and ring gathering races. Of course there are races and grand prix matches to barrel through, but the challenge stages also return. The maps are laid out in worlds, similar to Super Mario Bros. One of the things that made the last title stand out has been carried forward to Team Sonic Racing: the expansive single player campaign. The team dynamic helps to create a balance that allows for the lesser talented to still contribute.
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This isn’t to say that the skilled driver can make up for the unskilled moonbat throwing themselves off of every conceivable cliff. Sure, a talented player will be able to take first while using every item they find and expertly drifting around corners, but teams working together will end up winning on points even if they come in behind the selfish driver. Players can aid each other by sharing items, providing a speed boost to friends who have been slowed by a rocket and creating a trail for other teammates to follow that provides a bonus acceleration. Racers are divided up into teams of three, with the goal being to work together to get everyone across the finish lined as soon as possible. While there are classic “every anthropomorphic nightmare creature for themselves” races, the biggest change up comes in the team based races. That is to say, it knows exactly what it’s about and leans into it hard.Īs far as new features go, Team Sonic Racing lists what it’s about right in the title. It’s a throwaway moment to introduce the single player campaign, but it managed to be more endearing than most of the high-budget CGI Sonic cutscenes since the 16 bit era. Look, one doesn’t show up for a kart racer for a story, but credit has to be given for the developers leaning into the worst of the Sonic lore to create something that manages to land hard on the correct side of the irony scale. The inventor of the vehicles shows up and amiably invites the rest of the crew while calling them idiots.
Sonic shows up to tell his friends that he’d love to eat a chili dog at a picnic, but he got offered a chance to go race some experimental cars. There’s a bit of a story to be found in the game, but it’s unimportant. This isn’t to state that developer Sumo Digital phoned it in with Team Sonic Racing, though. Lamentably, the results are a tad underwhelming, not quite reaching the level that Transformed had to offer. With the announcement of a follow up, the mind races through the potential leaps forward that would be found in the package.
The fact that Mario Kart 8 turned out as well as it did probably had much to do with Sega pushing the genre forward. The thing is, once all the kinks were ironed out, the second title in the series, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed topped everything Mario was doing in his karts. This is a long way of pointing out that the existence of the Sonic kart racing games can only be described as equal parts ridiculous and smacking of attempting to get some of that Mario Kart money. The only thing that might top it is Ham Gloves, the fashion wear for the cowardly autosarcophagist. In the pantheon of stupid, stupid ideas, taking a character known for his foot speed and tossing him into a car for a racing game manages to top the list.
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