Team Sonic Racing

[speedlolita]

Why is Sonic is a car?

[Dogg Thang]

Apparently because it would be too easy to win if he ran.

[Asura]

Apparently because it would be too easy to win if he ran.

The real reason is similar; it's to normalise the playing field, not just in terms of speed, but in other areas like the size and rough footprint of their vehicle. Sumo's guys used to answer this question all the time.

I still don't personally go for it; I think it's a shame the characters aren't running like in Sonic R or Rivals... Though admittedly neither of those games were that good.

[Neon Ignition]

https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/25/18022538/team-sonic-racing-release-date-delayed

Delayed till Spring 2019 *tumbleweed*

[Digfox]

Delayed till Spring 2018 *tumbleweed*

Was it a good game?

[Dogg Thang]

I'm going to hold off until last summer to give it a try.

[Neon Ignition]

It's probably knocked back to avoid getting crushed but I'll be curious if any last minute fan pleasing gets added

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[Neon Ignition]

Still looks better than before, still looks worse than Transformed

[cutmymilk]

I played this and the problem with the team aspect is that you can't do much to help team mates that need it most, who are going to be well behind. Adds depth I suppose but makes a simple racing game needlessly complicated.

[Neon Ignition]

US Switch store has this live for those region hopping.

The more of this I play the more I quickly feel that it's very solid but absolutely infuriatingly misguided as a follow up to Transformed.

[Dogg Thang]

It's the Switch version you're playing? Is it pretty? Does it handle very similar to Transformed or is this really a whole different game?

[Neon Ignition]

Switch version, I'd never get round to playing it on PC with everything else I have. To Sumo's continued credit it's a really solid version, doesn't seem that compromised to fit on the system and looks good. The fuss about 30fps isn't much either, they've largely refined Transformed handling with some tweaks like the camera tilting as you drift. Rubber banding is in full force but is only really a major pain in Hard mode.

There will be defenders but the game definitely takes a big hit for dropping other Sega licenses. The track design is good but I think there's about 20 tracks over about 4 or 5 themes so it quickly starts to feel samey because it's either recycled theming from Transformed Sonic courses or falling back on Heroes theming again. There doesn't feel like much point in the different racers either, there's about 15 but in just 3 types that are very similar.

Dropping the other licenses definitely makes no sense, it's limited the variety a lot and is a huge missed opportunity. No genuine good reason for the decision and I think people will find TSR broadly plays the most solidly of the three but is easy to move on from as a lot of these course themes etc were in the last game.

[Dogg Thang]

That doesn't sound great, especially with the limited themes. I'll probably give it a miss for now.

[Asura]

That doesn't sound great, especially with the limited themes. I'll probably give it a miss for now.

It's also 30fps on Switch, so you'll want to steer well clear.

->Open Spoiler<-

EDIT: That is also legitimately true, I should add. I wasn't planning to buy it full whack regardless though.