Even if you're playing alone, you'll be assigned two AI teammates whom you must assist if you want to succeed.Ĭoming in first isn't enough. In each race (with the exception of one mode where you can remove the team aspect), the field of racers is broken into teams of three. The focus on teamplay keeps the game fun whether you're playing online, tackling the 7-10 hour story mode, or playing locally with family and friends. But Team Sonic Racing's best attribute is referenced in its title. You drift around corners to earn speed boosts, collect pick-ups to fire off at opponents or defend from their attacks, and gather coins as you go with the signature Sonic sound effects. That’s the one little element that makes this game a lot less exciting to play than its main Switch competitor, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.In virtually every way, Team Sonic Racing is a kart racer very much like any other. There was little to no sensation of speed while playing this game, which is a letdown for a game starring a hedgehog who was once called the fastest thing alive in one of his ‘tude-filled cartoons from the 90’s.
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No, it’s not inconsistent, but the game runs at half of the framerate of what the Xbox One and PS4 versions provide. There’s just one detail that really disappointed me with Switch version of Team Sonic Racing: the framerate. The courses are well-designed, the controls are responsive (even though they are hindered by the Switch’s lack of analog triggers), the soundtrack is as good as any other modern Sonic game, the voice acting is equally irritating and charming as any other modern Sonic game, the amount of tracks and modes to choose from is pretty high, and the roster is sizeable enough. It’s hard to point out something inherently bad in Team Sonic Racing.
While I can’t say there is a course which stood out from the rest, I can’t say I disliked any of them either. There are lots of twists, turns, loops, jumps, death traps, portals and varied environments. The courses are less extravagant than those featured in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, but they still get the job done. It always felt right.īesides these mechanics, the game plays just like your typical kart racer: simple controls, drifting grants you a small boost, slight rubber banding, lots of items, and colorful tracks. In no moment I felt like the AI was too dumb or too overpowered. They’ll send items your way whenever you need them, and will position themselves in order to increase your boost meter whenever you’re behind them. Did you get a homing rocket while on first place? Send it over to your teammate who’s dead last! He’ll most likely do the same with you if you’re in his shoes, as Team Sonic Racing features a surprisingly decent AI. One of the main gameplay aspects in Team Sonic Racing is being able to send and receive items to and from your teammates during the race.
Unlike F1, however, there are more ways to ensure this will happen instead of just hoping that everyone races well enough. Just like in Formula 1, it’s all about the team winning the championship. It won’t help if you reach first place in every race with your two teammates ending up in the bottom. Even though you only control one racer at a time, and your focus is to win every single race possible, you also have two other teammates racing on the same course with you. The main selling point of Team Sonic Racing, as the name implies, is its team-focused gameplay.
It’s also less of a full-blown party kart racing (even though there is a mode just like that) and more of a strategy-filled alternative to the simplicity of other games in the genre such as Mario Kart.
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Team Sonic Racing is less of a sequel to the excellent Sonic All Stars Racing series and more of a spinoff focused solely on the blue hedgehog and his pals. You know the drill: when you drift, you get a boost.
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